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TUESDAY Know The Fooling Anita Baker's warmth, sophis ticated style flows from Aster Aweke. Page 9 __ » THIS WEEK On Oct. 6 in 1871, nine black singers—eight eman cipated slaves —left Nashville to try to raise $20,000 for Fisk University.' By late October they called themselves the Jubilee Singers. They toured Europe a year later. By 1878, they had raised $150,000 for Fisk. RALEIGH, N.C. VOL. 49, NO. 89 TUESDAY OCTOBER 2, 1990 N. C. rs Semi-Weekly DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST SINGLE COPY Off IN RALEIGH ELSEWHERE 300 Adoptivejfarents Needed Black Ophans Find A Touch Road To Homes BY CASH MICHAELS Contributing Writer “What I’m about to say is like cof fee, the kind of coffee your grand mother used to make... strong, bitter... and black!” And with that warning, social worker Warren Ar sad of the Wake Department of Social Services and the Friends of Black Children Council proceeded to paint a stark picture of the plight of African American foster children in this coun try. His remarks came at a gathering of 40 people who came to the St. Augustine’s College Fine Arts U.S. Deplores Racist Remark By Japanese A Japanese leader made an apology to Americans following a racial slur comparing blacks to prostitutes. Justice Minister Seiroku Ka Jiyama, appointed as minister of justice 8ept. 13 after his predecessor resigned for health reasons, watched police raids on foreign prostitutes in the 8hin and told reporters he thought the prostitutes “ruin the atmosphere” of neighborhoods. "It’s like In America when neighborhoods become mixed because blacks move in, and whites are forced out,” he said. As justice minister, Kajiyama is in charge of Japan’s Immigra tion policy and faces the growing dilemma of how to cope with an increasing number of im migrants, many of them illegal, seeking Ugh yen-based wages. He U.8. State Department issued a statement later deplor ing the remarks as "offensive to American people," and Prime Minister Toshlkl KalfU rebuked Kajiyama during a cabinet meeting last week. Kajiyama, II, said his com ments were “completely inap propriate... I retract the remarks and apelogise te those concerned.” He reiterated this apelegy to American Am bassador to Japan Armacoot who said he would convey Kajlyama’s apology to President Bush and Congress. (See JAPAN. P. 2) On Nov. 6 Ballot Housing Bond Issue Gains Momentum From Carolinian man Report! The City of Raleigh and the Downtown Raleigh Development Cor intereeted in banning for new public facilities in downtown Raleieh mMirtsol II* city- *1 *«•« Mm. Sr.) Two forums were held last week at the Raleigh City Council chambers with input from comnrnity and planning consultant RTKL and Associates. The consultant is under contract to develop a “coordinated vision for downtown” that represents public interests and concerns. City Council member Mary Watson Nooe, in reference to the housing bond project to be decided by voters in the Nov. 6 election, said, “I’m sure it is going to pass. It is an issue that speaks well to the economic development of Raleigh. It is not a giveaway program. It is a loan that helps working families help themselves.” Dr. Ngozi Aal-Anubia, a resident who spoke during the forum last week, said, “If the project is to be successful, everyone has to work together. When African-American businesses >ook good that com . pliments the city.” Ms. Aal-Anubia is part-owner of Apple 1-Hour Photo which has selected Southeast Raleigh as an investment area for business. Housing and development are vital issues to Southeast Raleigh residents and the $20 million bond proposal is geared to provide af fordable housing in a decent environment for low- and moderate income residents of the City of Raleigh. Included in the purpose is also to acquire, construct and rehabilitate rental and owner occupied housing; to expand efforts to improve the viability of Raleigh’s older neighborhoods where housing needs are the greatest. The city has estimated that it will take five years to spend these bond funds which will be administered by the city and outside parties contracted to handle some of the administrative tasks required by the program Other public forums are scheduled Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. at Optimist Park Community Center, 5900 Whittier Drive; Roberts Park Com munity Center, 13001. Martin St., at 7 p.m.; Green Road Park Com munity Cener, 4101 Green Road, at 7 p.m. on Oct. 3; Carolina Pines < ommunity Center. 2305 Lake Wheeler Road, at 7 p.m. on Oct. 3 and < ilen Eden Pilot Park Community Center at 1500 Glen Eden Drive at (See BOND ISSUE, P. 2) Theater last Thursday to attend a panel discussion on the need for more black foster and adoptive parents. Arsad, one of the speakers, promised not to “lighten” the crisis with “milk or cream,” nor “sweeten” the grim reality facing the African-American community by adding “sugar or sac carin.” He kept his promise. “The statistics are staggering,” said Arsad. “Sixty-five to 70 percent of the kids in [social services] custody in [Wake] county are black.” National figures are virtually the same. Why? According to Arsad, as the world dramatically changes, the African-American community still finds itself facing classic and historic problems... problems that ultimately lead to children of single-parent or broken homes being abandoned. “We are still faced with poverty, hunger, black-on-black crime, alcoholism and drug usage,” said Ar sad. He suggested that this vicious cycle contributed to the violent sex ual and physical abuse that many foster children in public custody had experienced prior. “And where does the responsibility lie?” Arsad asked the audience. “It lies firmly on our [the black com munity’s] shoulders.” Several of the panelists, like Carolyn Mayfield, Linda Brown and Khalif Ramadan, were foster and adoptive parents. They shared their experiences, and the special needs of the children they all took into their homes. While the circumstances of each of the children were different, what they needed beyond a stable roof over their heads and strong guidance was basically the same. “It takes a lot of love,” said Ms. Brown, the adoptive mother of two, “a lot of understanding and a lot of patience.” Many of the children, because of their prior circumstances, have learning disabilities and self esteem problems that only time and love can cure, which is why, accor ding to Tina Martin, coordinator of the foster and adoptive care program for the Wake Social Services Depart ment, these parents are required to attend special classes. Probably one of the key reasons why many people who can either adopt or become foster parents don’t is that they don’t understand what is involved, or if they even qualify. Foster care is a program which provides temporary homes for children who, for one reason or another, cannot live with their families. Occasionally, parents place their childen in foster care because they realize they are unable to carry on their responsibilities as parents. Children in foster care usually range in age from birth to 18 years. They are placed with families or single people who are licensed by the state as foster parents. Since foster care is temporary,' these children remain in their new; homes until a permanent home can be found. This can take from several (See ADOPTION, P. 2) r Ejc-Boyjrtena Uhargea RALEIGH MAN HELD IN STABBING Girlfriend Allegedly Assaulted A Raleigh man has been arrested in connection with the stabbing of his former girlfriend. Hie woman was listed in seriate condition at Wake Medical Center 'Friday after police said her ex-boyfriend had entered her apartment at night and stabbed her repeatedly with a kitchen knife. Diane Jameson, 29, of the 7300 block of Gumwood Lane, was in the hospital’s surgical intensive care unit, according to hospital authorities. Police arrested Ronnie Jackson Poythress, 32, of the 8100 block of Farmlea Circle, shortly after the inci dent. He was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and is being held in Wake County Jail in lieu of $25,000 bond. In other news: Authorities continued their in vestigation Tuesday into alleged sex ual abuse at a church day-care center—a probe they said could take weeks to complete. Social workers and police were beginning the task of interviewing all the students who attended the day care program at St. Mark’s AME Zion Church on South Roxboro Street. Sgt. Robert M. Cox, of the police’s juvenile division, said the investiga tion would take time. (See CRIME, P. 2) seat BELT pathol- Officer T. E. O’Neal of the Raleigh Police Department is seen greeting Albert Strickland, Wintershaven resident. Officer O'Neal was on the beat reminding cnnaren 10 prompt men parents tu uutme ups Also pictured (l.-r.) Chris and Mary Tammell, and Mrs. Susie Norwood. (Photo by James 6iles, Sr.) New Laws Get Tougher On Illegal Drug Traffickers, Drunk Drivers BY LT. GOV. JAMES C. GARDNER An Analysis Life is about to get tougher for drunk drivers and chug traffickers, thanks to some new laws that went in to effect on Oct. l. Each of these new laws was part of the 1990 Omnibus Drug Act which was introduced on my behalf during this summer’s legislative session. As passed, the bill included six tough new laws. Beginning Monday, drunk drivers who have more than three prior im paired driving convictions within a seven-year period will now be charg ed as “habitual” drunk drivers. Before this law, the worst penalty a drunk driver could get was a misde meanor charge, no matter how many times they had driven drunk on our roads. Now, they will be charged as felons, and if convicted, they will get a mandatory one-year prison sentence which cannot be suspended. They will also permanently lose their driver’s license. (See NEW LAWS, P. 2) INSIDE AFRICA BY DANIEL MAKOLEN An Analysis South Africa’s President deKlerk is far from being a reformer. He betrayed Nelson Mandela by baiting him out of jail to participate in chang ing South Africa to a non-racial democracy. But since his release seven months ago, Mandela has been fighting all alone to democratize South Africa, while de Klerk was busy at intensifying, consolidating and perpetuating apartheid and white minority domination. Recently, de Klerk made an un precedented move to invite blacks and other South Africans to member ship in the Nationalist Party, South Africa’s apartheid organization! De Klerk’s extension of his party’s membership to all South Africans is both preposterous and spine-chilling... Who would join apar theid? For what reason would they join apartheid? Joining apartheid would be a drastic step backwards in the global struggle to end the most in human scourge of apartheid, which has killed thousands of black people over the centuries, and continues to kill more and more. Besides, the ob noxious and brutal violence of the scourge of apartheid has led South Africa into a global isolation by the world of nations, and pushed the country to the brink of calamity. To some short-sighted people, de Klerk’s offer of membership in NP to blacks and other South Africans is a worthy reform. But, to most people, de Klerk’s offer is simply betrayal at (See INSIDE AFRICA, P. 2) RESIGNS POST-At a recent Oval Office meeting, President Basil wished Bonnie Bolton much success In her now position as President of the Earth Conservation Corps based in WasHngton, B.C. Bolton, one el the highest ranking Black women in the Bush Admtnistratten, recently resigned as Special Adviser to the President tor Consumer Affairs. The Carps is a national, privately-funded, nonprofit organization, modsiod after the Clvflton Conservation Carps sf the 1930’s, that wll enlist teens and other young adults to replant the nation’s damaged forests and rebuild city Hocks.
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