Pflge 2A - THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday, August 17,1989
U.S. Education Amazes S. Africans
Continued From Page lA
me schools and the desks. The
classes are tremendously over
crowded, the ratio Is 100 stu
dents to one teacher," he said, "
The government doesn’t even
encourage education for blacks.
There are road blocks every 100
meters where the police check
passes and confiscate books."
Another educator,who asked
not to be Identified for fear of
punishment, said It would be
wonderful If South African
schools had programs like
Teen-Age Parents Services and
a school for excluded students."
It would make the young mother
or delinquent still feel like a part
of the community Instead of re
sorting to the streets," she said.
The consensus of the group
was that blacks In America have
much greater opportunities
than the blacks In South Africa.
"It's great that the state pays
for each child's education equal
ly. I would encourage all black
people to go to school. If I lived
-in America I would go for It," she
said.
While tour guide Kim Jones, a
student at Smith, told the hlsto-
ly of the school, many of the ed
ucators marveled at magnolia
trees and searched for spots of
shade. Others hummed native
African songs and snapped
photographs.
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June Fredricks acknowledged
that there are distinct differenc
es between the two black cul
tures but she says that there
some similarities. "In order to be
Rev. Stallings: 'We Should
Not Deny Our Culture'
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Stallings was suspended by
the archdiocese of Washington
for having mass at his Imanl
(Swahili for faith) Temple on
July 2. The services at the Ima
nl Temple, which Is temporarily
located at Howard University's
Law School Chapel, attracted
over 3,000 people.
Having tried to work within
the framework of the church,
Stallings said what he Is doing
Is the best way to bring about
change.
Some observers say Stallings
will be excommunicated from
the church If he continues but
he does not believe that will
happen. 'That's (excommunica
tion) Is the last thing they want
to do. It would split the black
Catholic church," he comment
ed.
Stallings has continued say
ing mass and performing sacra
ments despite his suspension.
'The Catholic church Is not
meeting the cultural and spirit
ual needs of Its black parishion
ers," he said. " Ours (Imanl Tem
ple) Is a liberation
theology...we're talking about
creating so that we can make
Inroads. The church has not al
lowed us to take control of our
local parishes," he said.
Stallings contends that white
priests are not educated about
the black community.
"When a priest Is sent Into a
Spanish community he Is
taught about that community
and culture before he enters.
This Is not being done for the
black community.
"We have specific cultural
needs and they need to be sen
sitive to that," he said.
"Most of our leaders used to
come from the church," Stallings
observed.
"Church made us feel like we
were somebody. Church Is
where we develop our agenda for
life. Life for us...Is holistic."
Stallings made the observa
tion that when blacks are In
church they participate and
when they go to sporting events,
they're active; but whites are
generally quiet In church but
are vocal at sporting events.
"We should not deny our cul
ture or Inclinations," he added.
In his services at the Imanl
Temple he combines African re
ligious rites and gospel with tra
ditional Catholic liturgy.
During Stallings's 12-year as
signment In Washington, he
built up a black parish from 200
to 2,000 families.
While Stallings has a large
congregation, he says African-
Americans need to redirect
themselves to finding self-
determination.
"We are no longer vigilant and
Inquisitive. We're not watching
and asking questions," he said.
'We have to remain vigilant."
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about 21 when you get out of
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Jones asked If the group was fa
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group approvingly replied In
unlson."Ummhumm."
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