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MRS. TURNER lO'NUfeMMdu'Mb pap l) tkn counselor at both Urastead ui Dorothea Dlx hoapttala; as public relations director at St. Augustine's College; admlnlstra ,<ttoe secretary at North Carolina ’“Ceutnd University; clerk-typist ■ at the Veterans Administration; and a real eatate broker. -» While working fulltime and ^raising her family, Ms. Turner Tthas managed to serve her com » munlty any time she saw a need. rl'She founded Community Group rfflomes In Raleigh and Durham, ^•served on the Raleigh Housing ''Appeal Beard, Is volunteer ex "•"ecutive director of Hope Haven of Ralolgh, Inc., and of Walnut Ter «~raee Family Educational Center **among other volunteer < endeavors. d* Her husband, Frank E. Turner, i'm retired deputy state personnel ’director, was elected to the • Raleigh City Council during the whst election. They live at ISM E. *’ Davie St. •r Through her Involvement with ,<rthe Walnut Terrace Family i* Educational Center, she helped » broaden a tutorial program for ■» students living in that develop in' ment. U* The American Mothers’ pledge Is to encourage honesty, integri ty, patriotism, and the applica tion of moral values in every area of American life beginning in the home. American Mothers also advises congressmen, senators, gover ? nors and mayors about the con cerns from improving the values of the American home. In addition, they wage a * vigorous campaign against the ^.'distribution and sale of por I > nographic materials as well as in i ! stilling the work ethic in their !! children at home and for other i youth. I American Mothers strives to n develop good parenting skills and to keep physically fit. BANQUET ! (Continued from page 1) Haven, Glenwood Towers and Car ; Hage House. The young participants 1 hre youth members of the Concerned ' Citizens for Education Equity and > youth from the Raleigh Housing 5 Authority’s Residential Councils, i | No one event can honor all the peo < J>le who have contributed to a cause, • Iso this is planned to be an annual af • Jair. If you know of someone whom 5 ‘you would like to see honored, please “"contact a member of the committee. !~The banquet committee members are } Dejuana Alana, Muriel Boyd, Andrew ’ Ellerbe, Joyce Fennell, Kay Fish, ; Rosa Gill, Sherrie Hartafield and ; Robert Smith. The sponsors of this af ; fair are the Concerned Citizens for ; Educational Equity and the Raleigh ; Parks and Recreation Department. 1 For additional information, call • Sherrie Hartsfield at 831-3895. QUESTION ! (Continued from page 1) their male counterparts. Black men are having a harder struggle, but most people don’t know that there are more black male babies being born - every day.” Black men and women must realize ticularly the kind of men she would enter a relationship with. According to a recent Issue of Essence magazine, to young black men compared with every 10 young white men will more likely die violent, often self-inflicted deaths. Homicide and suicide kill more 10-to 24-year-olds than any other means. Doris Silva, a 20-year-old Junior at ; Shaw University, has hoard the ; negative reports. Yet in her circle of > friends, she said she doesn't And that j there’s a shortage. She doesn’t know ; what to believe. “If you say something enough * times, everybody starts believing it,” ! she said of the media reports, ; Whether there’s a shortage or not, the facts are in, said Thomas Shepherd, head of the Sociology and Criminal Justice Department at St. Augustine's. A disproportionate that they must struggle together in this country, she said. One can’t make it without the other. Debra Nicholson, 24, a senior at Saint Augustine’s College, said, however, that there is a shortage bas ed on what she’s seen. “There are just less men,” she said. “Most of the men available are on drugs or selling drugs, on the street or doing something otherwise unproductive.” In church, on campus and at activities outside Raleigh and North Carolina, she said she doesn’t come in contact with many men, par finding men, he said. For example, women who seel higher education, sv ^as a master.': program, tend to be single, whid may exist because men with highei education tend to marry women wit! less education. There continues to be more men ii graduate school than women, ye black men have a hlghe: undergraduate dropout rate Uiai black women. In addition, the availability of blacl men depends on where women go b look for men. At the undergraduah level, they may, find few, at th< graduate level they may find man; and there are other levels in between Unlike their white counterparts black men are almost excluded fron upper management at many com pimies without a degree. White men on the other hand, who don’t go on t< higher education, depend on the “buddy” system and family anc friends in high places to get the up ward mobility to stay ahead of white women. Without a degree, black men typically turn to blue-collar jobs because they are excluded from the corporate ladder. In turn, black women, who often have better access to the corporate ladder, refuse to date blue-collar black men because the men aren’t glamorous or hold the status many black women are trying to attain. “I’m not sure there is a shortage,” Shepherd said. Dr. Theresa Edwards Hayes, a child, adolescent and adult psychologist, said it depends on how you look at it. “All black women want to know is, am I going to get one,” she said regarding the present condition of black men. Most black women don’t want to hear the statistics or studies regarding what’s happening. They only deal within their own world, she said. “Of course we have a lot of black men,” said Latanya Hopkins, a 22-year-old senior at St. Augustine’s. “But all of them are not productive. The media are trying to divide the black male and the black female. They make you think the black male is no good.” Black men, too, are hearing the message and are reacting to it, said Linda Hunter-Nash, a salesperson at a downtown jewelry store in Raleigh. "A lot of black men have been castrated so long they just don’t care. I think if the man is a ditch-digger and he’s good at it and decent, he’s good,” she said. “I do think there’s a shortage of good black men, but black women will have to decide what’s good.” The reaction in the black communi ty about the plight of black men may stem from ignorance, Shepherd said. A lot of people don’t have the skills to study what’s happening to black men and black people in this country are quick to believe the first thing that makes sense, he added. ission of the North Carolina Life Council to to Improve the of family life in North FAMILIES (Continued from page 1) Long-Term Care. Three years ago, she organized Home Economics Pacesetters. This group involves home economists in needed community activities and pro motes family-related legislation. Ms. Buckley has received many honors, including a distinguished service award from the National Association of Extension Home Economists and an Outstanding Extension Award from NCSU. David Russo, director of the department of human resources, ac cepted the award for SAS. Most noteworthy among the company’s programs are its on-site child care and on-site recreation and fitness pro grams. The award for Strengthening the Black Family was accepted by the group’s president, Edna Earle Blue. The organization was founded in 1M1 and incorporated in 1987. Its goal is to provide the support needed to put in place programs which will serve to strengthen the black family in Wake County. To reach that goal, annual conferences have been held since 1981 to inform and educate the public. For example, “Mobilizing Our Reaources in Pursuit of Excellence’’ was the theme for a recent con ference. Among the topics discussed were “Investing in Oud Youth,” “Ths Mack Youth's Agenda for Success," “Suicide in the Black Family,“ "Employment and Economic Development," "Diabetes "Promoting Pride, Per and “AIDS : Community." chess with a ban onset recoffnixinfl three outstandina Wake County families from each <U the following categories: the tradi it fami CONDOMS (Continued trom page 1) pence of mind, said Pam Kohl, ex ecutive director of the agency. “A lot of men have a lot of questions about how to protect themaelves,” Kohl Mid. “A lot of men don't know about the new condoms, how much more effective they are and how much more pleaaurable they are. There’* a new line of condoms” on the market, she Mid. The center will help men talk about sex openly and help them understand methods to prevent the spread of disease, she Mid. The clinic for men arose out of the more than 2,400 women at Planned Parenthood who Mid they needed help for their part ners. The clinic, which started in January, is targeted for teenagers and young adults, but is open to all men, Kohl Mid. Tom Brookshire, a physician’s assistant and clinician, will provide the medical attention. The clinic is strictly confidential, is not open to women, has reasonable fees and offers men the opportunity to get involved in the issues that affect them, he said. "Oftentimes men will experience a discharge, but they think it will go away. Even though these things may be mild, they can cause problems down the road.” Men and women have to take the responsibility when it comes to con traception, he said. The center also offers counseling sessions for men who would like to sit in groups with other men and talk about their relationships and help them better understand the sexual aspects of a relationship. Although women are the focus of sexual relationships between men and women, Planned Parenthood said it’s time both men and women started taking an active role in help ing to solve problems. The more men understand their role in sexual relationships, the bet ter the,couple can relate to each other, he said. THREATS (Continued from page 1) choose to respond with bombastic, ar rogant threats. These will be ignored. But one way or another, Dr. Wentz—you WILL address this issue.” In a telephone interview with The CAROLINIAN, Wentz said he did get a copy of the letter, but said he did not respond to Covington and would not respond. “People shouldn’t become alarmed,” he said. Covington’s letter also said, "I am extremely concerned about the presence at East Millbrook Middle School of one ‘Reverend’ H.B. Pickett, who is employed allegedly as a ‘guidance counselor.’ Pickett is the local head of the NAACP, a black racist organization, and as such I as well as others consider him entirely unsuitable to be employed in the public schools in any capacity, especially in a position where he is allowed to hold authority and direc tion over white children. I have received more than one specific com plaint regarding Mr. Pickett’s racial attitudes and racially abusive and discriminatory behavior,” the letter said.: ■ ' Pickett, who was contacted by The CAROLINIAN, said he did not know about the letter. When shown it, he said he would not comment. Wentz, however, said Pickett is not a problem. “Pickett has an excellent reputa tion as a counselor,” Wentz said. “He’s an officer with the NAACP... that’s his right, that’s his privilege.” Although racial incidents are escalating across the country, Wentz said, "Wake County is a pretty healthy county.” Asked if he felt the letter was a threat, he said, “One could view it that way.” Although Wentz said the public should not be alarmed by the letter, North Carolinians Against Racist and Religious Violence released its an nual report this week which says that in 1988, the group counted 81 violent or illegal incidents in North Carolina, the same as in 1988 and the highest in the five years since the group began keeping count. . . t . The incidents included one death, ll assaults, 12 threats, 16 acts of van dalism, one cross-burning, two ar sons, four fights, one fraud, twq in volving weapons and one that was not categorized. Wake County led the state with eight violent or illegal incidents, in cluding the death of Ming Hal “Jim” Loo of Raleigh, who was killed in a . fight wlfh two white man, a fight police said was raciaBy motivated. Also in Wake County, three black studensatff.i threatened, ah interracial fight broke **,3ISS&SilS in a Zebulon store, file report am writing to tell you, Dr. x, that they will not call on the to vain_for WP,” eovtagton to take such action as isary to correct fids situal to ensure that white youth big In tear of --- timidation or vicious assault.’ “We have an obligation to all of our itudenta,” Wants said regarding the safety of students at the schools. Covington, however, is dissatisfied, the letter stated. I am aware that the ‘black* students Involved are biologically and genetically incapable of understanding or conforming to civilised standards of behavior; they are no more to blame for acting the way they do than a pack of baboons are to blame for acting according to instinct. There is therefore no way you can ‘make them behave.' You can, however, take measures involv ing sufficiently forceful and coercive action to ensure the physical safety of whites." NEWS BRIEFS (Continued from page 1) they care about at the Youth Legislative Assembly to be held in March. Students across the state are being invited to be "legislators for a weekend" March 1S-18 at the annual event being held at the Raleigh Mar riott Hotel. RWCA ELECTIONS The Raleigh-Wake Cltisens Association will elect new of ficers at a meeting Feb. IS at 7 p.m. at St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, 813 Darby St. The com munity is invited to hear the new goals of the officers. PRESCRIPTION DRUGS The cost of prescription drugs is high and rising much faster than other medical costs (58 per cent in four years). Phar maceutical companies have high profit rates in a $25 billion in dustry. Several large companies, including Burroughs-WeUcome, Smlthe-KIlne and Glaxo, are bas ed in North Carolina. Most coun tries regulate drug prices, but not the United States. JOBLESS FEMALES (Continued from page 1) The hidden unemployment rate for African-American female* rose 9.0 percent (from 23.4 to 25.3 percent) and their DOL rate rose 5.3 percent from 11.3 to 11.9 percent between the second and third quarters. The hidden unemployment rate for African-American females was 34.2 percent higher than that for their male counterparts. Further, it was 3.4 times the rate for white males and 2.8 times the white female rate. By the same token, a small propor tion of working-age African American females were employed this quarter than any other race or sex subgroup. Only 52.4 percent of all working-age African-American females held jobs, compared to 54.6 percent of white females, even though their labor force participation rate was 3.5 per cent higher than their white counter parts’ (59.4 versus 57.4 percent). African-American and white workers experienced their unemploy ment highs and lows in the same oc cupations but at much different levels, with African-Americans ex periencing close to or over twice die unemployment of white workers across the Occupational spectrum. Among industries, the greatest racial inequality continued to be in the ser vice industries, where the African American/white unemployment ratio was 2.5 to one (9.0 versus 3.6 percent) as against 2.1 to one in goods producing industries (9.5 versus 4.6 percent). The states with the highest unemployment rates for African Americans were Minnesota (21.2 per cent), Kentucky (10.6 percent), Loui siana (90.2percent), Illinois (19.1 per cent) and Arkansas (19.2 percent). MANDELA (Continued from peg* 1) state of emergency and the release of all political prisoners—must be taken before talks can begin. The ANC shares these demands. Mandela was the last well-known political prisoner in South Africa. Six of his ANC colleagues who had been imprisoned more than 25 years, in cluding Walter Sisulu, were released in October. Mandela, whose imprisonment in cluded years of hard labor on wind swept Robben Island In Cape Town’s harbor, told his family, "Your pain and suffering was far greater than my own.” Mandela told the Cape Town crowd the ANC resorted to violence in 1961 as a “defensive action against the violence of apartheid,” ,ni* added, “Hie factors which necessitated the armed struggle still exist today.” “We have no options but to con tinue,” he said. But he urged whites to “join us in the safety of a new South Africa. The freedom movement is a political home for you, too.” In the Triangle, North Carolinians Aflaimt Anartheid said in a state* “We join with the millions of i around the world that are the release of Nelson I's apar in for self Let’s Get Busy! THAT’S WHAT YOU GET FOR DEALING WITH NIGGER* PARTI BY SHIRLEY ELLIS Two African-Americans won to a heated dtocuaalonabout a mattar. Aa tho discussion came to a cloao, ooa yaitod to tha other as be ana leaving, "that’i what you got for dealing *tth-niggers! African-Americana lathing out at oaeh othor vorbally or physicaUy to a maJorconcernaCTOSQ tho nation. Varbal abuao to not tho tamo aa phyalcal abuse. Howovar, tho< of auch abuaoa an identical - angorand frustration. Andan*tr/fruat brood "black on black violence.'' Why mutt African-Americana _ fruatratlow upon their own kind? Likewise, why ^ ‘ho African-Amartatn community allow auch ahum agatoat ita people? Finally, what tohittono on them and how can the community begtoimplamenttogsuiAeohijloui?^^> To undontand why African-Americans Inflict auch pain, death, and ntogfo upon och othtr one# om rouit nviiw AfrloihAnurlCMi TOMj, ktoahlp, only to bo thrust into world of torture, hostility, and l^lllTu aiU4. Imagine dinging to the memoriali of home only ^havetooae mtotogjltr obliterated forceably by unbearable mesne. Imagine Mg aMppodof manhood and womanhood and aU other humandeom^. Andlmi^ae,tfyw will, the heartache of looting loved onaa and of notknowtoghowth^rarew when they an. Now, think about this. According to HuaaetoAbdllaW Bulhan’t book entlUod Front Fanoo and the Psychology of Opproaalon,all situations of oppression violate one’s space, time, snargy. mebUlty, bonatog and identity. The slave beet exemplifies the revelaoce of those six Indicators of oppression. .. ’_, How did these “indicators of oppression” affect the slave? The shipping of slaves on overcrowded ships and their living conditions on the plantation wen not much better; thus, a violation of space. From sun-up to sun-down, the slave worked for his master leaving very little time for leisure. Working hard as they did, the slave virtually had little, if any, energy left. The slave was confined to the plantation and did not venture from that domain without constant supervision or without the risk of loosing his Ufa. Therefore, he had no mobility to speak of. Some say that the slaves wen not allowed intermingling with one another. While this may be true from the stand point of visitation from one plantation to the other, the slaves within the boundaries of the plantation had each other and did develop relationships The bonding was denied when children wen snatched from their mothers at the time of birth in some instances and when families ware separated because they wen sold to other plantations. Since the slave masters implanted such negative images of African in the minds of the slaves, what homeland could they identify with? And since the slave was taught the differences between himself and his master, what people could he Identify with? Others like himself - no! Because he was taught to hate his black face. Hence no sense of self. In addition, Fanon believed that oppression to violence. He says, "the problem of oppression is a problem of violence. They (the oppressor) enlisted the sciences of religion, the law, science and the media to confound and bewilder even the oppressed who otherwise would recognise that the social order is founded on and permeated by violence.” How does all of this translate into present day situations? ReaUae that although there are no visible chains, the ones that bind African-Americans today are Just as debilitating and cause Just as much pain, frustration and anger as those chains of yesterday. Many African-Americans live to cramped and unkempt condittoaa because their landlords refuse to make necessary repairs, such as holes In the roof, rotten flooring, dilapidated plumbing, etc. And I might add, thooe are both Caucasian and African-American landlords. Yet, they collect exorbitant tent from these hard-pressed people, and because there to not enough decent affordable housing for low-income familliea, they have no choice but to remain in such living concitions. Some African-Americans still work from sun-up to sun-down, holding down as many as two and three Jobs Just to make ends meet and are still ttvtog at or below poverty level. After working hard all day, there to vary little i loft There are many places to this country African-Amoricaas o into without the risk of being arracked or even murdered simply because they “do not belong in this area.” And Anally, the African-American community continues to suffer from an identity crisis. Bombarded dally with “all American" images (blond, blue-eyed), African-Americana are reminded that their features are unacceptable if they want to succeed to American society. Coupled with self-harted and the fact that the lift of an African-American has no significance in American society, add the feeling of disparity. African Americans are compelled to lash out usually at the one closest to thorn, a loved one or a friend. Such acts of violence are not unique to the Afriean American community. However, nationally the same type of abuse occurs in the form of child abuse, elderly abuse and battered wives. This to referred to as displaced violence. Instead of attacking the cause of the problem, the one who is in close proximity at the time such toelings of anger and frustration surges receives the punishment. That explains physical abuse. In reference to the incident that occurred between the two people that resulted in one calling the other a nigger, all of us has the need or desire to feel important. It is as natural as needing food, shelter and clothing. Other people who are American citixens can always point to African Americans and feel that they are better off. And some successful African Americans feel that they (the ones who are not successfuU are niggers. Poor soles, have they forgotten that no matter how successful they become, the majority of America still considers them as niggers themselves? Haw sad! How sad indeed! determination. “We are excited by the rapid turn of events and feel that the struggle to dismantle apartheid has reached a new stage that brings the oppressed people of South Africa closer to con trolling their own destiny. Like Mandela, however, we understand that his release by no means can be equated to freedom for the more than 20 million suffering black citizens. In that sense, we believe that Nelson Mgndela is not free but only outside of the prison walls and not In the custody of the government. “When the government strikes down the Group Areas Act and other laws which are the essence of apar theid, there will then be a basis for thinking that the white government is really prepared to relinquish power to the Mack majority. The fundamen tal question in South Africa is that of power. Without ‘One Person, One Vote’, there will be no democracy and there will be no peace. “We call on the South African government to release all political prisoners and likewise ask the U.S. government to use Its influence to seek the release of political prisoners in El Salvador and Palestine. And of course, we implore the United States to free the African-American, native American and Latino political pri soiners that sit unjustly in North American jails. “We are joyous over the release of Mandela, we restate our commiment to the anti-apartheid struggle and continue to support sanctions and the New Post Card Labels The millions of taxpayers who re ceived postcards rather than complete tax form packages from the Internal Revenue Service are being reminded to take their peel-off name and address label with them when they go to their tax practitioners. The IRS says these persons, primarily farmers, fishermen, and self-employed business persons had previously used-tax practitioners. The post card mailing is a cost saving effort. boycotts of the Shell Oil Co. andCoca Cola, two corporations that continue to carry on business in South Afrtym.” INFANT DENED (Continued from papal) about a dozen other bospitalsln Chicago and as for away as Rockford but none was able to take tha child. ' Cook County Hospital was called, but didn’t have room, although opened up 31/3 hours lateeanditthon admitted the infant. , . Lenlae died at County HnapjfrJ, An autopsy was inconclusive as to the cause of death. Crider said the case also shows that Provident Hospital, a shuttered facility on the South Side recently turned over to the state by the federal government, needs to be reopened. “Nothing serves as more per suasive validation for the need of Pro vident than this crisis in death,” said Crider.
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