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Blacks Don’t Keep Money At Home
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"The country was founded on
no taxation without representa
tion. They say we eire not quali
fied. Do you have to be qu^fied
to get your money back? We're
talking about our money!”
That is Just one of the
"fundamental concepts of mon
ey” that Dr. Martin hopes black
people will begin to understand.
But, at the same time, he worries
about the black community's
level of awareness. "Blades do
not have the sophistication to
participate In economic devel
opment," he laments.
Hie blame for that condition
fadls, according to Dr. Martin,
on the country's current educa
tion system, the black leader
ship, and black people's unnatu
ral habit of giving away all their
money.
If blacks march for education,
Dr. Martin hopes they'll march
for relevant education. The edu
cational system of today Is "an
education of obsolescence,"
maintains Dr. Martin. He refers
to the fact that there are no busi
ness courses offered In elemen
tary or secondary education.
There Is no, as Dr, Martin likes
to say, "B-School"
'This country Is founded on
business, not on education. That
being the case, the school's cur
riculum should Include strong
emphasis on entrepreneurship
and formation of business," said
Dr. Martin, "Money 101 and
102."
With the lack of these business
courses, according to Dr, Martin,
"It Is the epltomy of Ignorance
for blacks to Insist that their
kids be educated for an environ
ment that does not exist."
'We must stop telling our kids
to get an education to get a Job
and begin telling them to get an
education to get a corporation.
The ultimate level of education
Fiilani
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"It doesn't necessarily translate
into votes for me, but all we need
Is 1 to 2 percent to defeat Duka
kis."
Fulani's strategy Is to cost the
Democrats the election by si
phoning black votes In swing
states where Dukakis and Bush
are running even. States with
large black populations, such as
California, New York, Texas and
North Carolina are New Alliance
targets.
Those states cany the balance
of the 270 electoral votes needed
to win the presidency.
Black voters, Fulanl feels, are
becoming impatient with a po
litical process tliat doesn't work
for them. Earlier this centuiy,
blacks bolted one party for an
other and now the pendulum
may be swinging again.
"In the 30s we left the Republi
cans because they failed to de
liver and blacks are leaving the
Democratic Party," she said. "I
don't think blacks are stuck to
the Democratic Party. I think
our leadership Is tied to the
Democrats because that's how
they got their Jobs."
Fulanl supported Jesse Jack
son's bid to win the Democratic
nomination but now that he Is
out of the running, the New Alli
ance Party wants to carry his
message.
"Jesse has done his due and
run his race," she said, "and now
the Rainbow Party has to pick
up the ball and run with IL"
Fulanl has not spoken to
Jackson personally, and doesn't
expect to because of Democratic
"pressure" on Jackson to deliver
black voters In the general elec
tion.
"I think It was very clear when
he started running In '88 that
Jackson had to take what
amounted to a loyalty oath" to
the Democratic nominee, Fulanl
said, "Jesse supported the ideas
of the Rainbow Party, but he has
to support Dukakis. We don't."
Running a national campaign
as a little-known candidate has
been tough, Fulanl said, but she
feels her message Is getting
through to blacks,
A recent poll conducted in New
York, Chicago and Phlladelphia-
-cltles with large black popula
tions—show that Fulanl sup
port Is good where voters are fa
miliar with her candidacy.
Among 3,329 blacks polled in
New York, for example, 3 percent
said they would vote for Bush, 30
percent for Dukakis and 43 per
cent for Fulanl.
Fulani's biggest hurdle may be
the lack of coverage by white-
controlled media, which she
said was evident by "the most
lily-white debate I've seen in my
life" Sunday In Winston-Salem.
Because she wasn't Invited to
participate, Fulanl filed a feder
al lawsuit against the Commis
sion on Presidential Debates,
the sponsor.
Even though the debate went
on, Fulanl was campaigning In
Winston-Salem, rallying sup
port outside the hall where Du
kakis and Bush met,
"I'U be at the next one, too," Fu
lanl said, referring to the debate
scheduled next month for Los
Angeles, "I'll either be in It or I'll
be outside protesting,"
Is the control of resources —
power."
Don't look for the current
black leadership to stress such
things, says Dr. Martin, who
claims the black leadership is
not talking about such. "They
want someone to give us some
thing.
'They (whites) are not going to
give you their money. We need to
learn to take from the environ
ment legally."
Dr. Martin reiterates that
there needs to be a change in the
behavior of black people regard
ing their money. He points out
that blacks give away 95 to 96
percent of their money by spend
ing with white businesses and
Investing In white-owned banks
that. In turn, refuse to give loans
to black entrepreneurs.
He an,d AEID are now working
with black churches around the
country In an effort to change
some of the siphoning off of
black wealth. He compares the
fact of the black churches squir
reling their weekly donations in
white banks to the notion of a
Jewish rabbi putting his tem
ple's funds in a black bank. 'The
Idea Is absurd," says Dr. Martin.
When he speaks. Dr. Martin's
serious subject matter is inter
jected with biting satirlsms on
the subject of black economics.
He admits he Is ruthless and he
does not hold back on pointing
out that many of the practices
black people engage In with
their money can't be called any
thing else but stupid.
For example, he relates how
some black people say they hate
white people. "'I can't stand
them,’ they say. But they'll give
them all their money," Dr. Mar
tin retorts. 'They'll shop at their
stores, invest in their banks, etc.
'They must not hate them too
much."
'They (whites) have been doing •
right," says Dr. Martin, referring
to the fact of whites keeping
their money in their communi
ties. 'We have been doing wrong."
'We must make spending with
blacks a moral Imperative. We
now have $220 billion to do
right with."
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' Donald Johnson (1) of Mechanics and Farmers Bank and Louise
Sellers (c) of the West Trade Beatties Ford Area Merchants Associa
tion accept a $500 dollar donation from Dr. Dennis Watts, chiro
practor. to go towards the Beatties Ford Rd. Incubator Project.
Watts' Chiropractic Center is located at 2501 Beatties Ford Rd. He
says he is a strong supporter of minority-owned business and eco-
nmiic development in the area ever since he opened his office there
several years ago. Dr. Watts' donation goes toward the $150,000
goal set by the Incubator Project's Board of Directors to be raised
from private sources for the Inciibator Building Fund.
Jackson Seeks Commitment
Former Democratic presiden
tial candidate. Rev. Jesse Jack-
son, told a capacity crowd of 750
people that major U.S. compa
nies are not fulfilling a commit
ment to minority suppliers.
Jackson was the ke3mote
speaker for the Eleventh Annual
Banquet of the Minority Suppli
er Development Council
(CMSDC), held Wednesday night
at the Marriott City Center.
Jackson said America uses
blacks to win wars and sporting
events: If It begins to give more
business contracts to blacks the
country can win economically.
Former U.S. Congressman
Parren Mitchell, a guest speaker
at the banquet, reinforced the
complaint concerning major
corporations' non-commitment
to minority suppliers.
Jackson's appearance at the
banquet was sponsored by the
CMSDC with assistance from
Frito-Lay.
At the banquet, Gale Boland,
Trade Fair Chairman, CMSDC,
gave the welcome. Ken Koontz
served as the master of ceremo
ny. There were award presenta
tions made to companies that
have shown a commitment to
minority suppliers.
The banquet kicks off the
Eleventh Annual CMSDC Trade
Expo. The Trade Expo opens
Thursday, September 29th at the
Charlotte Convention Center
and showcases exhibits of more
than 200 minority vendors.
The CMSDC has an estimated
membership of 450 minority
and majority-owned companies.
Majority companies In the Car-
ollnas reported spending $457
million with minority-owned
companies in the two states last
year.
Photo>/FRANK WILLIAMS
Jackson addresses 750-member audience at CMSDC banquet. Ken
Koontz (seated, right) was master of ceremony.
Parren Mitchell was guest speaker for the event.
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Drug Tests Are Unreliable
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one of the report's authors.
The RTI researcher and princi
pal author of the study, Kenneth
H. Davis Jr., said It showed that
the accuracy of drug-testing labs
across the country Is "In need of
remedy."
The study was carried out un
der federal contract to the Na
tional Institute on Drug Abuse
as a preliminary survey to help
the federal government estab
lish standards for accrediting
drug-testing laboratories. Until
recently, the federal government
has not regulated the accuracy of
drug testing.
Dr. Richard Hawks, of the drug
abuse Institute, who pai-ticlpat-
ed In the KH study, said the sur
vey showed wide variations In
the accuracy of labs.
"We had some labs that got vir
tually everything correct and
some that were very bad,” Hawks
said In a telephone Interview.
Some detected virtually nothing
In the samples."
"If that happens In real life,
North Carolinians could be Lm-
Justly fired," said Jim Shields,
executive director of the N.C.
Civil Liberties Union.
'Thousands of peoples' liveli
hoods depend on the accuracy of
the testing. It's critical."
The survey, conducted In the
fall of 1986, monitored 50 labs
In an "open" fashion, meaning
they knew when they were being
monitored. Of those 50, 40 also
agreed to allow "blind" tests
where they would be monitored
without their knowledge.
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