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TUESDAY t— ® to *0 r tO ^ ul RALEIGH. N.C. VOL. 50, NO. 25 TUESDAY; FEBRUARY 19t 1991 £ N.C.'s Semi-Weekly t DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST SINGLE COPY <JIJ IN RALEIGH £D0 ELSEWHERE 300 Class Exploitation Blacks & GOP: Convenience Marriage ? BY MANNING MARABLE Sp*d*lT*Tlw CAROLINIAN Aa Aatlyita The controversy over the Bush administration's temporary decision to deny Federal funds to colleges awarding scholarships to minority students on die basis of race had an interesting secondary dimemion. The bureaucrat announcing this new racist policy was an African American, Michael L. Williams, the assistant secretary for civil rights in the Department ofi Education. Williams justified the elimination of . educational opportunity to thousands DR. R. T. RICHMOND Million Dollar Gift Inspires NCCU Programs DURHAM—Glaxo, Ik., will give North Carolina Central University $1 million to strengthen the university’s programs In the biomedical sciencee and to improve Its career planning and placement facilities. The gift, the largest private finan cial contribution in NCCU’s history, was announced Jointly by Dr. Charles A. Sanders, chief executive officer of the Research Triangle Park phar maceutical company, and NCCU Chancellor T.R. Richmond. “NCCU has an Impressive reputa tion Air providing Its students oppor tunities for scientific research,’’ Sanders said. “The future of health care, as well as the future of the health care Industry, will be decided largely by the scientists being trained today. We’re pleased to be a part of a partnership that will help develop Richmond said the Glaxo gift will bolster university programs in the healthrrelated disciplines of biology, chemistry and psychology. “We see this gift as a strong vote of confidence in our dedicated faculty and NCCU’s future growth and development, and as an Investment in the young men and women who will be America’s biomedical scientists in the list century. We are extremely grateful to Glaxo for their vision and their confidence in our ability to deliver and nurture these future scientists and leaders.” the NCCU chancellor said. (8ee NCCU GIFT, P. I) of Latino and black students by declaring that the policy paralled other Bush administration positions on affirmative action and racial quotas. After Bush was forced to retreat, the hapiees Williams was again pushed before television cameras, to declare that the new policy would be replaced by yet another more moderate approach, which still rejected the use of racial quotas. ’ The white power system in this country has always used blacks to articulate discriminatory policies, to Justify race and class exploitation. White America’s “favorite Negro” a century ago was Booker T. Washington, the educator who defended the political disenfranchisement of blacks and the expansion of racial segregation throughout society. A decade ago, Hoover Institution economist Thomas Sowell became prominent as the black apologist far Reaganism. The easiest way for blacks to become milltonaries in this country is to publicly defend reactionary and racist policies. Williams is being used by a cynical system wh ich perpetuates oppression on his own racial group. But there’s also evidence indicating that the connection between blacks and conservative Republicans is rooted in a curious convergence of interests. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 and subsequent Supreme Court decisions regarding minorities' voting rights have forced state legislatures to create districts in which blacks and Latinos comprise significant percentages. Today, about 80 white Democrats represent Congressional districts which are 30 percent blacks. Blacks and Mexican Amerians represent the most dependable and reliable voting blocs which white Democrats have, especially in urgan districts. So if Congressional district lines are redrawn to include greater numbers of non-whites, to assist in the election of greater numbers of blacks and Hispanic candidates, other districts conversely will become “whiter” and “more affluent,” a profile favoring Republicans. This fact has not escaped conservative Republicans, who now display a strong interest in minority electoral participation. In a half million dollar project, Benjamin L. Ginsberg, the chief counsel of the Republican National Committee, is collaborating with civil rights organizations to help them with technical assistance in proposing minority districts. Other Republican groups are offering Mexican Americans and blacks free computer time, legal assistance and tactical support. Some statewide elections last year also indicate another kind of pragmatic cooperation between blacks and Republicans. In Illinois, (See REPUBLICANS, P. 2) Key f acts in case POLICE REPORT QUESTIONED Residents To Protest Shooting BY CASH MICHAELS and endorsed by Raleigh City Manager Dempsey E. Beaton, Jr., concerning the January Mth shooting of an African-American TV engbmiir by a Raleigh Police Officer, report edly raises more questions than it answers—questions that if answered, may possibly reveal additional key facts in this case. The 53-page report, presented by City Manager Benton and Chief Heineman to the Police Affairs Committee of the Raleigh City Council last Wednesday, focuses on bow and why Tony Farrell, an employee of WRAL-TV, was mistaken for a robbery suspect by police while driving home to have dinner. When confronted at gunpoint by plainclothes Detective James Glover, Farrell was shot in the leg through Ms car door. Farrell said later, and ths police report confirms, that Glover, who is white, failed to Identify himself as a police officer. In presenting the report before approximately 180 African American citisens in the city chambers, Heineman concluded that ■ not only was the shooting not racially based, but the Officer Glover was ' Indeed justified in firing his weapon 1 to protect himself when what he felt 1 was a robbery suspect, was not only > driving away, but possibly even I attempting to Mt the officer with his 1 car in the process. When asked if he 1 thought Mr. Farrell believed be was a police officer..., Cheif Heineman told < the committee,’’...Detective Glover ' replied there was no doubt in Ms mind I that (Farrell) knew!” i Heineman went on to note ■ Detective Glover’s outstanding < service (hiring his twenty-four years < on the Raleigh Police force, saying J the officer “never fired his weapon < (previously) except in training.” i (See POUCEREPORTS, P. 8) QUEENS MID COURT - Owing Si Augustas’* 124th an toft to right Andre Mapp, student government Founder's Day Catohratton ptetwad at hatf-thno daring tho president; Darlene Gamble, homecoming queen and Lynn Shaw versos Si Angnstlno’s CeGoge haskothal contest K. Lofton, Miss Si Augustine’s Coliege. (Photo by J. Giles. NAACP Reports Ongoing Talks With Japanese “Positive, Encouraging” “Encouraging progress” was reported recently by Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks, executive director of the HAACP, in the association’s ongoing alks with Japanese government of licials, aimed at Improving relations >etween the Japanese and the African-American community. “We have received positive espouses to several matters initially aired with the Japanese government ast September. While others have lot been resolved, enough encourag ng progress has been made to justify he continuation of talks,” Dr. looks sahL “A beginning has been made, and it ihould be viewed aa Jut that—a begin iing. We still have quite a distance to [0 before we can even start to con ider that the end is in sight. We will K>t be satisfied with any final resolu lon of the matters we have raised, bat is not in the best interest of the ifrican-American community,” he •Med Dr. Hooks’ assessment came after meeting—his third—with the apanese ambassador to the United States, Ryohei Murata. Dr. Hooks and NAACP staff have also met with a high-level trade delegation from the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Dec. 4, and represen tatives of the Japanese Parliamen tarians' Group on Minority Issues, a body within the Japanese Diet—the country’s parliament—on Dec. 12. The series of meetings was in itiated last year in the wake of a racially derogatory statement made by the newely installed Japanese minister of justice, Seikroku Ka jiyama. On Sept. 21, 1990, after witnessing a raid on a notorious red light districtd in Tokyo, Kajiyama commented that prosstitutes and African-Americans were very much alike in that when either moved into a neighborhod, the neighborhood went downhill. Kajiyama’s remarks prompted Dr. Hooks to send a letter of protest to Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu calling for a public apology and Kajiyama’s resignation, and setting forth a number of recommendations to improve Japanese/African American relations on two levels—educational/cultural and economic. A public apology was issued by Ka jiyama, and in late December 1990 he was dismissed in a restructuring of the Japanese cabinet. "The apology and the eventual removal of Mr. Kajiyama from office answered two of our most immediate concerns and we are actively pursu ing the others. In addition, the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, as the result of our meetings, has agreed to establish a task force to address the economic issues we have raised,” Dr. Hooks said. To date according to Dr. Hooks, the Japanese through their embassy have officially responded to the following items raised by the NAACP. NAACP Position: Japan should in augurate courses of study on African American history and culture. e Consideration will be given to (See JAPANESE, P. S) Inside Africa - - _ Black Business & Empowerin’t BY CARL WARE SpocUl To Ike CAROLINIAN Editor’s Note: Hie following are excerpts from i speech delivered at the list mid-winter meeting of the Notional Newspaper Publishers Association by Carl Ware, senior vice president for external affairs, Coca Cola Co., and chairman of the Coca - Cola Foundation. In today’s business world, leading corporations must assume more responsibility for the condition of peo pie in the workplace and the marketplace. In this regard, we at the Coca-Cola Co. view our commitment to em power black South Africans and African-Americans through en trepreneurship and employment as an important role for us to play Our initiatives in South Africa, for example, have been praised by leading anti-apartheid forces like the African National Congress, the United Democratic Front, and the Black Forum. Our economic empowerment programs on behalf of black South Africans have been acclaimed as superb examples of progressive strategies that other companies should follow. it’s important to understand that the Coca-Cola Co. diuuvested from South Africa In 1966. We have no assets or employees in South Africa and pay no taxes to that nation s government. Aa a part of disinvestment, the company sold more than a third of its ownership interest in South Africa': largest bottling company to small retailers and bottling company employees, the vast majority oi whom are black. The effort also included arranging for a group of black Investors to pur chase a majority interest in another bottling franchhw, one that ranks among the top 10 privately owned businesses in South Africa. After consulting closely with black South African leaders, the Coca-Cola Co. created the Equal Opportunity (See INSIDE AFRICA, P. 2) Area Black Women Receiving Honors For Contributions nor area black women were honored at the fourth annual “Back To Our Roots" banquet. Doris Webster Best, Lillian Smith Freeman, Mario Alston Macon and Pauline Watson Young were recognized for their contributions to tho community through their Involvement with the YWCA. Over 110 people attended the banquet at the Hargett Street Branch V of the YWCA of Wake County, The event was held in conjunction with other activities celebrating Black History Month. Ploretta Rand; M8C/Post master for the eastern North Carolina region, was the "ms.'Besfbecame involved with the YWCA in 1M6. She played a significant role hi tho creation of the organisation's After-School program, which is new a very successful program that provides (See YWCA HONORS, P. 1) ’ m MS. DORIS BEST
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