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Leader Sees Non-Violent Peace Plan ^BY DR. ALBERT E. JABS—— Contributing Writer The. recent election in the United States is important, but the late election in Israel may be even more significant for peace prospects, in the Middle East. With all tKese events transpiring, Mubarak Awad, a noted prophet of nonviolence, appeared in Raleigh to speak one week before the election at Meredith College. Awad, whose father was killed, admits being influenced by his Christian mother, and other ad vocates of non-violence such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi. Awad is celebrated as a Palestinian-American with an American college degree who directs a center for nonviolent conflict resolution in Jerusalem. A controversial personality, Awad has been blamed for the uprising (Intifadh), has appeared on Ted Koppel’s “Nightline” show, and was threatened with deportation. Awad has renounced the use of lethal means to resolve conflict and was highly effective in presenting his message after he was introduced by an Episcopalian priest at the Baptist College. Following his thoughtful prospective, he concluded with a moment of silence and prayer for the resolution of the Middle East conflict. The hour-long address is wor thy of reflection on the part of all citisens interested in. peaceful resolution of conflict. Awad noted that the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza since 1987 is wrong because it is oppressive in many ways: • It destroys the culture of the Palestinians; •Palestinians have to carry yellow license plates and are sub ject to random arrest; •They can be sent to Jail for six months without next-of-kin notification; •Law is used to sequester land illegally, whether it is Turkish law, British law, Israeli law, or military law; •Palestinians feel as if “so meone has their hands on their neckd.” Mubarak Awad is convinced there will be a Palestinian state and he hopes that it can coexist with Israel. The current uprising, according to Awad, is carried out by children from the age of nine to 18 who'use stones against the occupational forces. This in a sense is a kind of non-violence which is generated by people who smell the stuff of freedom. Awad is clear on this point. He is against all killing, no matter who; moreover, he says that every individual has to make a choice; tor Awao, it is to re nounce the use of weapons of any -htodr—— -----r His methods have incurred the (See LKADCitv. P. */ Racial Discrimination Producing Integration NEW YORK, N.Y. (AP)-At the Starrett City housing complex in Brooklyn, skin color determines how long you must wait to move in, and where you live once you do. If you’re white, you wait months; if you’re black, you wait years. So why has Jesse Jackson called it the embodiment of “We Are the World?" Why are its policies endors ed by the state NAACP? Why does Kenneth Clark, whose research helped discredit the doctrine of “separate but equal," say it would be tragic if Starrett City were forced to change its ways? It is because the complex—one parkway exit from the white enclave of Howard Beach and a few hundred feet from the black and Hispanic pro jects of East <New York—has used racial discrimination to achieve racial integration. - It does it with quotas. Starrett City's population is about 55 percent white, a quarter black, 10 percent Hispanic and five percent Asian, a mix that is roughly duplicated on each floor of each building. Hie result is an urban rarity—a thoroughly integrated community, from its two schools and community center down to kids' Saturday after noon football games. The bakery even sells wedding cakes topped with mixed-race bride and groom statuet tes. (See RACIAL, P. 8)_ a naan. WTVD'i Dwayna BaNan wW pravMa tha a»awH IINvIh w> III kVWH| diM ■aiWWlWJ |RnlVVlWlly lar WBAL-TV wi Intraduea tha apaakar. YMCA physical a > _ m *ajl|| a*h|a a m hi nl MVII9|Nn9IH wm Ififl II HIIIVI W vllIIHIIilVli ; - ™r]ng Joint Heritage acks Arrive I BY DR. CAROLYN L. BENNETT An Aulyiln As the 20th century comes to an end and with it an era in which we’ve grown increasingly ambivalent about the names by which we have called ourselves (Negro, Afro-American, Aframerican, People of Color, blacks), we are finally coming toa definitive name which honors our joint heritage and expresses our iden tity and our responsibilities attendant to both aspects of our heritage. We are beginning to call ourselves "African-Americans.” Thirty years ago we could not have seen this trend or the resolve and reconciliation which it implies. In the 1960s, backed against a wall of perceived ugliness and plunged in a cellar of low self-esteem, we struck out desperately against the forces ad vancing upon us, and proclaimed triumphantly, “Black is Beautiful!” And a power to be reckoned with. Our proclamation had immediate impact. But on sober reflection, we found it to be nothing more than a perpetuation of the name-calling and superficial definitions by which we had been known for generations prior to the proclamation. We changed our name from Negro (“a white man’s concentualization,” we called it) to black. But both of these terms failed to assist us with our identity crisis or raise our self-esteem because they were limited to physical character istics and invited pejorative associa tions. Some of us who were born in the generation of the 1040s and before had intimate knowledge of nouns and ad jectives turned to racial slur: Negro turned to nigra and nigger; black as a designation of ugliness and inferiori ty. And black persons who were born at any time during the 20th century couldn’t help but be aware of the overwhelmingly negative denotations of the word black in the English language. In everyday usage, black means outrageously wicked, dishonorable, discreditable, as in “blackguard.” It means a harmful aspect of the super natural, as in “black curse” and “black magic.” In “black market,” it takes on the meaning of something il licit or illegal. “Black deed” and “black heart” denote something deserving of unmitigated condemna tion. The term black has always had negative connotations so ingrained in our language usage and our understanding of things that, regardless of the intent of this (See BLACKS, P »» 1 T m Carolinian RALEIGH, N.C., MONDAY NC's Semi-Weekly DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST SMGLECOPY OC IN RALEIGH £,Ot 47, 30$ FUpt Black Officer Named For Baker ii ueaicauon Ceremonies To Be Held At 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, the City of Raleigh will hold a dedication ceremony for the new. John Haywood Baker, Sr. Police Training Center, 4306 Spring Forest Road, and Fire Station No. 19, 4209 Spring Forest Road. The Police Training Center is nam ed in honor of Baker, the city’s first black police officer and father of Wake County Sheriff John Baker, Jr. Baker, Sr., served on the police force from 1942-85, including several years as sergeant-at-arms for the City Council. Fire Station 19 opened in May and provides living facilities for 12 fire fighters., The station also houses a 1,000-gallon-a-minute American La France pumping engine. Cost of the station building was $435,771. ' Attending the ceremony will be Mayor Avery C. Upchurch, City Manager Dempsey E. Benton, Fire Chief Sherman Pickard, Police Chief Frederick K. Heineman and other of ficials. Also attending will be Sheriff Baker and Ms. Delores Wilder, son and daughter of the late John H. Baker, Sr. The city originally purchased the 24.68-acre tract at a cost of $741,300. The two public safety facilities were built on two acres of the property and the other 22 acres were set aside for development as Spring Forest-Fox Road Park, to be funded through the 1967 bond referendum. "CftlUtrwlluii of the park is ex pected to take place in 1990. LLATWN MHEMOHIES-Dr. Talbert 0. Shaw wi be IriaugutiM Nov. 18 at 2*0 p.m. in the RaWgh Memorial Auditorium as Shaw University's 12th prasMmL Shaw also announced that the Moral government has agreed to grant, $2 mHon ter endowment funds to the university. Dr. Shaw Selected As Shaw’s 12th President Dr. Talbert 0. Shaw will be in augurated as Shaw University’s 12th president on Friday, Nov. 18, at 2:30 p m. in the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. Outstanding and distinguished educators, ministers, entertainers and many other guests -from across the country are expected to par ticipate in the weekend that will also include alumni activities celebrating Founder’s Day/Homecoming in the 124th year of this historic institution of higher education. „ Dr. Shaw was selected by the Shaw Board of Trustees from among more than 65 candidates for the position. He came to Shaw University after having served nine years as dean of arts and sciences at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Md. Since his appointment in November 1987, the new preisdent has made some significant achievements on behalf of the' university, including constructive contacts and relationships with the Raleigh-Durham business, cor porate, social and political com munities; financial contributions; church relations; and significant outreach efforts for national and in ternational contacts in the corporate world. President Shaw announced recent ly that the federal government has agreed to grant $2 million for endow ment funds to Shaw if the university will match the grant with $1 million by June 1889. Shaw University is now seeking to raise those matching funds from corporations, foundations, chur ches, alumni and friends of the univershv oHCKsoa i^rmcizea For Widening Scope, Leaving Grass Roots BY EDWARD FAISON, JR. t'ontrlbutliiK Writer I still like Jesse Jackson but when I see him way overseas in these foreign countries, I feel so distant from him and somewhat different about him. I don’t feel like he is “my man” and that ha belongs to us like he used to. His scope seems to have widened to the point that I can hardly remember what he was originally about. I sometimes wonder if he remembers what he was originally about or if he knows what he Is really about now. I wish he would come back to earth and to us and get with the grassroots again. I don’t know If it has occurred to Mr. Jackson or not but many country preachers leave their small hometowns, churches and en vironments, for whatever reasons, and lose the focus of their original premise. Down South we call It “getting too big for your britches,” They become engrossed with other matters and seldom If ever regain the focus. Some even forget “from whence they came" and lose sight of the world. Mr. Jackson made exceptional achievements in many areas and certainly has gone as far as any other black man in America. For-, tunately he Is still young and handsome, has his good health and a stable family. I hope he doesn’t push his luck too far because white America has a way of destroying black men who do exceptionally well in America In spite of them. Mr. Jackson was at the helm of the sit-ins in Greensboro, he was Martin Luther King, Jr.’s right-hand man, he headed PUSH for Ex cellence and ran for the office of president of the United States of America. He is truly a dynamic speaker. Everytlme I have had the honor of being in his presence or hear ing him speak, I get chills and goosepimples because I feel I am in the presence of a “great black man.” I got this feeling with another great black man, Muhammad AU, and I watched him go from the apex of excellence to what appears to be ordinary and even mediocre, mostly because he achieved his greatness In spite of white America. It Is time for Jesse to regroup. When you have gone as far as you can go, unfortunately the only thing you can do is come down. If com ing back to us is coming down, he will be coming down with the folks who helped him get up there In the first place. We will let him down easy. Jesse’s star was shining brightest when he made the speech at the Democratic National Convention. He covered ail bases and made the greatest speech most of us have ever heard. I feel he will never again be able to top himself, especially in the political world. Besides, white people have a way of being prepared for a black on the “second go-round.” Mr. Jackson has proved himself to Americans and the world. He overcame adversities and established himself as a statesman. He has shown blacks that they, too, have the ability and can run for the top office in the United States. We know that the only thing wrong with him is the color of his skin. There is no reason for him to con tinue to follow the crowds, repeating himself and “crying in the wilderness.” I wish he wouldn't'spread himself so thin and apparent ly searching for a purpose until he becomes vulnerable and loses his credibility. Black people still love him, though we didn’t have the gumption to vote for him. We should have declared him our official leader and president in spite of the outcome of the presidential election. We still need a leader and would appreciate it very much if Mr. Jackson would leave those unsolvable world problems to Reagan and other warmongers of the world. I know Mr. Jackson would like to be an in ternational peacemaker, hut Greensboro and Greenville and hungry black people all over America need him. I can assure him if he will return to us he will have his hands full, will live longer and be loved forever. Excerpted from “Racism the Inevitable in America,” IMS. Japanese Racial Insults Leading To A Selective Buying Campaign BY CHESTER A. HIGGINS. SR. NNPA Newt Editor WASHINGTON, D.C.- friend sauntered up the other day and casually asked the “what if” ques tion: “What if Japan becomes the dominant economic power in the world, how will that affect blacks in i the United States?” Well, brother, was the response, Japan is already one of the three most powerful nations economically in the world, right behind the United States and Russia, and if you are unaware of how this is already im pacting our country, you, like Rip Van Winkle, must have been snoozing blissfully in the Land of Nod. The short answer to your question is: We will experience a greater layeer of Insidious foreign racism smeared atop our own insidious home-grown brand of racism. Indeed. that is already a fact of life. A recent hearing by the Con gressional Black Caucus on Capitol Hill titled “Japanese Trade, Economic and Cultural Activity-Im pacting Black America,” began a penetrating probe of this very ques tion. More than a score of witnesses, including NNPA Executive Director Sieve G. Davis, testified in person or presented written statement* for the record. Judging from the responses, many people, individually and organiza tionally, want a definitive answer to the “what if' question. Japanese public expressions of racism in the psst two years-display of Black Sambo mannequins in department stores; statements by leading Japanese officials that U.S. blacks are dumb and deadbeats-have add ed an urgent thrust to the query. In his statement for the CBC hear ing record, John E. Jacob, president and chief executive officer of the Na tional Urban League, Inc., said 1 Japanese apologies are not enough. I “Some Japanese spokesmen excuse I hemselves by claiming ignorance or infamilarity with foreign cultures ind with black sensitivities. Others nay think that it doesn’t matter what >eople in a faraway country think or io. We don’t buy that. Racism in fapan is a matter of intense concern o us. Japan may be far away, but lapanese economic power isn’t.” Jacob continued, “Japanese com panies have become major players in our own economy. Japanese-owned plants and businesses, banks and financial institutions are playing a larger role in extending credit and making loans here in America. Japanese acquisition of American (See JAPANESE, P. 2) I'fMli1 | in tfofoi Vi|* UK* WacK p«fl«. SAMBO SELLS-A furor lull loon rMM roconuy Mthpista uuil to sol In jnpnn MhiMy 3 ■ ; _ ' ,v
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