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TUESDAY SETTLES LAWSUIT Dick Gregory Settles A Lawsuit Against Colleagues In Weight-Loss Company Giving Up Rights To Bible Tapes Page 5 . —. H THE EXTRA LILT Lady Levi Haps with the Extra Lilt of Ja Patois and Her Deep Love Of Reggae and Music of Bob Marley Page 11 This Week In the mid-1920s, during the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes and anthropologist Zora Neal Hurston briefly edited “Fire,” a journal of literature and social commentary. Hughes published over 10 (See THIS WEEK, P. 2) jflflf i 8 my jjftH8y A y JA W a mm V i ri jmjgjgjl i 4 i fl V Jf ■ H SB m f 4 iffl V BBS i V fljj 4 w m m 1 n ^ffll JB ■ ■ 1 L ’ I I s r " ' |||| Bk ji V flu fl 8l Jw * Bl ^a&BBS M m m H H jtfMB » RALEIGH, N.C., VOL.50.NO. 77 TUESDAY, AUGUST 20,1991 N.C. 's Semi-Weekly DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST SINGLE COPY QC IN RALEIGH ELSEWHERE 300 Black Candidates Need Fair Consideration BY VENITA PEYTON Special to The CaraUalaa Aa Aaaljnia The single most exciting news I’ve lad this summer was reading this newspaper and discovering that the IWI Raleigh City Council and Wake County School Board races will be anything but ‘ho hum.’ As a former candidate, there is stale information I can pass on that may be of benefit to you as a candidate. 1. A smile, handshake, a word of encouragement are nice. They are needed. But while each carries some importance, each needs to be supplemented with money. Without your financial support, our black candidates will either be forced to take qut a loan, or run a shoe-string campaign that is so lean and meager that you may barely realize that a race is going on or that the candidate really does want to be seriously considered. So, pass the hat! Campaigns can be awfully expensive. Too few candidates buy the media that most of us are accustomed to receiving. In addition, there’s wasted money in media advertising, such as TV and in some areas, radio and regional newspapers, because their circulation extends beyond Raleigh 1 1 ! f* and Wake County, so read the brochures and yto, accept the yard sign. If the value of your home drops in 8 weeks based solely on a yard sign, then it was an awfully poor investment to start with. 2. Select your candidates on his or her own merits. Don’t let the media or anybody else choose one for you. Your views and needs may be distinctly different. A good person, and a fair organization may make recommendations, but should not tell you who to vote for. They will respect your truly incredible mind and give you the facts, so that you can choose with confidence the candidates and platforms that best suit your needs. The media will have their own reason for “gatekeeping: ” giving you edited responses from candidates to their questions, and covering events or activities of only certain candidates. 3. Churches will have to become more aware and accepting of the effect that politics have on our community and find a way to have the candidates visible and audible. Acknowledge their presence, just as you’d recognize a Congressman, (See CANDIDATES, P. 2) Victim Doused With Gas. Frwa CAROLINIAN • fNaffRcparts A Wake County woman who was released this month from the N. C. Jaycee Burn Center at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill said she was set ablaze to make a loan to an . Pandoria Pair, 25, was burned o*er 36 percent of her body, primarily after a woman allegedly doused her with gasoline and set her on Are. Ms. Kathy Richardson, 29, of 412 W. Horton St., was arrested and charged with attempted murder in the incident. Zebulon Police Chief Wayne Medlin said Ms. Pair had been set on Are at Ms. Richardson’s home and that the swpect initially said the injuries were accidental “Kathy maintained far a long period of time that a gas grill blew up and caused the burns,” ho said. In a telephone call to The CAROLINIAN Friday, Ms. Pair said she was set on Are after she refused to give Ms. Richardson money. Ms. Pair gave the following statement: “I’ve been knowing Kathy for about three years. On July S, I went ot 412 (See SET ABLAZE. P.2) 1 i INSIDE Africa BY DANIEL MAROLEN An Aulymk The recently exposed covert government scandal of the funding of black political movements by the South African racist regime which wore brought to light by the Johan nesburg weekly newspaper Weekly Mail, which is widening in scope, should not be viewed as something new and unusual. The scandal is, in no way, something new, and the struggle to demolish apartheid must continue. From its inception, the priary goal of apartheid was to divide the native population, and to set one group against another. Little wonder, therefore, that the regimes of Presi dent P.W. Botha and President F.W. deKlerk have both been found guilty of funding Inkatha and its sub sidiaries against ANC and the marathon global economic sanctions against South Africa. Scandals such as this, plus the tribal divisions of black communities and concomitant factional conflicts which are plaguing the country, are in fact what apartheid is really about. But, in its fight, the world community must not be blinded by the Boer regime’s obstinacy from laying all rault in the right place—the regime, which divides and rules the people. Is it not surprising that Chief Mangoeuthu G. Buthelezi, Inkatha * leader himself, did not even know that his own organization was being infiltrated by the regime through (See INSIDE AFRICA, P. 2) pCHOVM Wachovia managers answer questions about careers in banking. From left. Brenda B. Diggs, vice president, retail banking; Joseph R. Parker, senior vice president mortgage; Joyce T. Adger, senior vice president, trust Eugene Rossitch, senior vice president international. primary welfare program Helping N. C. Families Through Hard Times BY SORIEN K. SCHMIDT Special Te The CAROLINIAN North Carolina families whose members have lost jobs due to the economic downturn have a program they can turn to that can help them make ends meet. The primary welfare program that assists children, Aid to Families with Depen dent Children (AFDC). can he|p families with unemployed parents. The “AFDC-Unemployed Parent" program provides financial assistance to two-pa rent households that meet various requirements. The current recession has led to an increase in the number of families in North Carolina on AFDC. During fiscal year 1990 to 1991 the number of families receiving AFDC payments has risen from 83,000 to 97,000 per month—which is an increase of 17 percent. However, many families qualify for AFDC but are not yet us ing the benefits available to help them. You or a member of your family might be eligible for cash assistance for indigent children and their caretaker relatives through the AFDC program. If you qualify for AFDC, you will also qualify for the valuable medical assistance pro gram, Medicaid. There are four groups of families eligible for AFDC. Each are iden tified according to how a child is deprived of economic support trom at least one parent. The largest group contains children who lack support due to the death or absence from the home of one or both parents; this in (See HARD TIMES, P.2) Dr. Powell Releases Documented Study On Crime And Punishment Prof. Robert E. Powell, vice presi dent of Shaw University’s Center for Alternative Programs of Education, has recently published a study of ef forts made by correctional institu tions and social scientists of criminal behavior to address the problem of how to treat criminal offenders. One way to rehabili tate criminals is to alter their thinking processes. Reducing recidivism and promoting ethical reasoning is cost effective in economic as well as human terms. One approach taken to the problem is, says Dr. Powell, an attempt to understand “the reasoning process [in] an individual’s conception of society and its laws as well as the in teraction between the individual and society at latge.” In other words, one way to rehabilitate criminals is to alter their thinking processes. Shades of George Orwell’s “1984.” Short of brainwashing or mind blowing, however, Dr. Powell does conclude in his study that inmates who are engaged in academic studies DR. ROBERT POWELL are tapping an opportunity for ethical reasoning and self-development that may result in sufficient re-education which, in turn, may result in more constructive attitudes and behavior. Enough evidence has been ac cumulated from criminal justice sources throughout the county to demonstrate, that, beyond doubt, “reducing recidivism, and promoting ethical reasoning, is cost effective in economic as well as human terms.” Powell’s detailed study was published by the Journal of Moral Education, Vol. 20, No. 1,1991, in joint authorship with Dr. Don C. Locke and Dr. Norman Sprinthall, both of North Carolina State University in Raleigh. NAACP Judged Thomas By “Character” OX iIVlilAil DU^li An Analysis The NAACP’s decisive vote to op pose the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the United States Supreme Court surprised many who thought the organization’s decision would be influenced by Thomas’ race. If con firmed, he would be the second black justice ip Supreme Court history, replacing civil rights champion Thurgood Marshall. But the NAACP’s deliberations, which led to Thomas’ rejection, was exactly what Thomas himself would have wanted. One constant theme in Clarence Thomas’ life has been his insistence on avoiding any special treatment because of his race. He relaxed that important principle once—when he accepted admission through an affirmative action pro gram to Yale’s Law School. But from his earliest years, 43-year-old Clarence Thomas has been a crusader against being pigeonholed ideologically or profes sionally because he is black. When he left law school, Thomas accepted a position on the staff of Missouri Attorney General John Dan forth with the stipulation that he would not be assigned civil rights work. He accepted a brief stay in the law department of a large corporation with the same demand—no civil rights work for Carence Thomas. “If I ever went to work for the EEOC or did anything connected with blacks,’’ Thomas told an interviewer, “my career would be irreparably ruined. The monkey would be on my back again to prove that I didn’t have the job because I am black. People meeting me for the first time would automatically dismiss my thinking as second-rate." It was surprising then, when, after successfully avoiding the suggestion that his race should dictate hie pro (essional interests, and with no previous experience in civil rights, Thomas took a job as a civil rights en forcer in the Department of Educa tion in the first Reagan administra tion. A year later he became the chairman of the EEOC. But even as assistant secretary for civil rights, Thomas’ actions demonstrated that fighting racial discrimination was the least of his concerns. In a federal district court case in 1982, Thomas testified that he deliberately disobeyed a court order (See NAACP JUDGED. P. 2) Triangle-Area Students Complete UNC Minority Enrichment Program chapel HILL—Five Triangle area students have completed the 1901 Science Enrichment Preparation Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Raleigh students were Kimerly Floyd, a student at UNC; Eric Mixelle, a student at N.C. State University; and Joanna Wolicki, a student at East Carolina Univeristy. Other participants were Shepeara Riley of Hillsborough and UNC and Tessa Lilly of Durham and N.C. State. They were among 2C undergraduates wno participated in the program, which is designed for minority and disadvantaged students who plan to pursue health careers. The eight-week program is conducted by the N.C. Health Careers Access Program, an interinstitutionai pro gram of the UNO system based at UNC-Chapel Hill. Students spent June 2 through July 27 strengthening their basic science backgrounds through a rigorous set of course offerings that included anatomy and physiology, organic chemistry, physics and quantitative skills. They also received instruction in reading comprehension and how to prepare for health schools admis sions tests. Students participated in seminars and went on field trips to area health-care settings. Instructors included faculty, administrators and graduate or professional students from several N.C. colleges and universities. ? Since it was established in 1971, the N.C. Health Careers Access program (See ENRICHMENT, P. 2) KIMERLY FLOYD ERIC MIZKLLE
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