RALEIGH, N.C.,
THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER 7,1991
VOL. 50, NO. 100
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Parents Say Enloe High Insensitive To Blacks
From CAROLINIAN guff ReporU
In an ongoing confrontation
between a group of parents and
administrators at Enloe High School,
Wake Public Schools Superintendent
Dr. Bob Wentz rejected proposals for
immediate action, dismissing the
request as “an overstatement of
reality.” .
Parents from various community
organizations including the Coalition
for Human Justice in a statement tc
Dr. Wentz had said "sensitive
administrators” were needed at the
high school and called for the
dismissal of Principal Howard
Coleman and the assistant principal
Brandon Smith.
Of particular concern to the group!
petitioning Dr. Wentz was the
assertion that the creation of e
magnet school at Enloe had “createe
two schools within one facility.” The;
also accused Coleman and Smith oi
"lacking vision as to how to manage
pre-existing problems’ ’ such as racial
: tension and stresses resulting from
the dual programming and mission,
which, it said, has seriously worsened
the tensions and frictions at Enloe.
The group said that a “threatening
i climate” exists for students through
“oppressive policies, rules and
I unrealistic demands,” and for staff
r caught in the middle of increasing
hostilities. They also said they had
been rebuffed by Coleman and Smith
in their attempts to ameliorate the
situation.
Thomas Jarrett, parent and PTSA
member, said, “The concerned
parents and those in charge, the
principal, are operating on ideas that
are too far apart. I think that those
people who are dissatisfied in the
community need to have one more
meeting, first among themselves,
then with the Enloe administration
and lay out exactly what we want.
“What we need from Enloe is a
stronger spirit of salesmanship and
the teachers making a conscious
effort not only to present educational
material, but at the same time, make
an attempt to sell the students on
their individual programs, whether
English, algebra, geometry, etc. I
don’t think the teachers would have a
problem with a program that stresses
the greatest good for all. But I do
believe that the program must be
implemented by the top
administrative officials at the
school,” Jarrett said. “The real
problem I see is basicalliy the lack of
motivation of some students
especially those who are not meeting
grading standards.”
Attempts by The CAROLINIAN to
reach Dr. Wentz, Colem;n and
(See ENLOE HIGH, P.2)
Black View AIDS As
A White Conspiracy
WASHINGTON, D.C.
(AP)—Memories of a medical
experiment in which black men with
syphilis were given no treatment
explain why blacks view AIDS as a
conspiracy aimed at them, two public
health researchers say.
Stephen B. Thomas, director of the
Minority Health Research
Laboratory at the University of
Maryland, and an associate, Sandra
Crouse Quinn, say the Tuskegee
Syphilis Study has faded from
memory for whites, but is a lively
topic among blacks.
It helps explain why blacks see
AIDS as a white-invented disease,
part of a genocidal plot, they say.
But when blacks raise their
concerns, white public-health
officials all too often brush them
aside, enhancing Tuskegee's ominous
meaning for the black community,
they say.
The Tuskegee study was conducted
from 1932 to 1972 by the U.S. Public
Health Service. Researchers kept
records on 399 poor, rural black men
in Macon County, Ala., who were
suffering from syphilis. They were
given "free medical care,” hot meals
and burial stipends—but no
treatment, even after penicillin
became the standard treatment in
1934.
In 1972. news stories caused the
experiment to be canceled.
Regulations were adopted to protect
human subjects in medical
experiments. The government paid
$10 million in damages.
NEWS BRIEFS
MINORITY- ANDWOMEN
OWNED BUSINESS LISTING
The City of Raleigh ha* began
compiling a listing of minority
and women-owned businesses in
the area for a new directory.
Luther Williams, coordinator
of the city’s Minority and
Women-owned Business
Program, said this is the first
time such a directory has been
created.
The directory will feature a
listing of the businesses divided
by trade as well as
advertisements. The
advertisements, which will help
fund publication of the
directory, will be accepted from
any business Interested in the
publication. For more
information, call 831-4101.
WAKE NAACP MEETS
The Wendell-Wake County
Branch NAACP will observe Ks
monthly meeting Sunday, Nov.
18, at 4 p.m. at New Bethel
Baptist Church, Rolesvllle. Rev.
Ronald Lowery is the pastor of
the church. Mary E. Perry is
president of the branch.
TOMLINSON SELECTED AS
PARKS SUPERINTENDENT
Eugene R. Tomlinson has been
promoted to superintendent of
parks for the City of Raleigh
Parks and Recreation
Department. He replaces Henry
Fox. who resigned earlier this
year.
A Raleigh native, Tomlinson
has served as assistant parks
superintendent since February
1882. Prior to that, he served as
porks and recreation director for
Peachtree City, Ga. and Fuquay
Varlna.
Tomlinson is a graduate of
North Carolina State University,
where he received both an
undergraduate degree and
< See news briefs, P 2>
Thomas and Quinn told of Tuskegee
experiment’s lingering effects in an
article in the November issue of the
American Journal of Public Health.
They elaborated in a joint telephone
interview.
“Given that the conduct of the
study demonstrated little regard for
the lives of the men who participated,
it is no surprise that blacks today do
not readily dismiss assertions that
HIV is a manmade virus intentionally
allowed to run rampant in their
communities,” they wrote.
They said the rumors of an AIDS
conspiracy have been given credence
in black newspapers and magazines,
on black-oriented television shows
and in books.
To show that the rumors are widely
believed, Thomas and Quinn cited a
1990 survey of 1,056 black church
members in Atlanta, Detroit.
Charlotte, Kansas City, and
Tuscaloosa, Ala., in which 35 percent
said they believed that AIDS is a form
of genocide and 30 percent said they
were unsure what to believe.
Thomas said he has encountered
hostility to government AIDS
prevention programs in talks he has
given in Philadelphia, Atlanta and
San Francisco. '
“Right out of the audience h
question will come up about the
validity and accuracy of any
information from the government,”
he said. ‘“What about Tuskegee?’
they will say.
“It is a vague sense of ‘You know
what they did to us back then,”’ he
added. “In Philadelphia, a woman
stood up and talked about her
grandfather, who was part of the
study. People know people who were
in the study. Tuskegee is the
personification of distrust."
Health officials ignore the
suspicions instead of openly
discussing the fear of genocide,
Thomas and Quinn said.
Thomas said he feared that when a
vaccine against AIDS finally is
developed, many blacks will not
accept it.
Some AIDS prevention steps—the
distribution of condoms and clean
needles to intravenous drug
(See AIDS, P.2)
Female
Thieves
At-Large
Two women are wanted for
questioning in a series of robberies in
as many as four area towns.
After a drug store holdup in
Garner at 4:20 p.m., a pizza delivery
restaurant in Clayton at 5 p.m. and
a Cary dry cleaning business at 6:20
p.m., all on Tuesday, police said they
were looking for one armed woman
and an accomplice in connection with
all four.
According to police records, a
gunman wearing a gorilla Halloween
mask jumped over the counter of a
Cary bank Monday afternoon and
took an undisclosed amount of
money from a teller’s drawer.
Records show that a man armed
with a small-caliber handgun walked
into the United Carolina Bank branch
at 1207 Kildaire Farm Road shortly
after 3 p.m. and jumped over the
counter, grabbed the money and
placed it in a bag he brought to the
bank with him.
The gunman then walked around
the counter and left through the front
door. He was last seen driving away
in a white, early 1980s model four
door Oldsmobile.
The robber is described as dark
skinned, about 5’5”, weighing 150
pounds with a heavy build. He was
wearing a dark plaid shirt, khaki
pants and tennis shoes.
No customers were in the bank at
the time, and no one was injured,
records show.
This was the sixth bank robbery in
the city of Cary of the year.
In other news:
The Raleigh City Council approved
Tuesday an ordinance aimed at
reducing the likelihood of rooming
houses being bothersome to nearby
residents.
The ordinance requires that
(See BANK ROBBERY, P. 2)
SHAW UMCF PAGEANT-Ths young wwmn pictured
above were in competition for tbe Wo “Mist UNCF” at
Shaw University recently. The annual event at Shaw It a
student fundraiser for the United Nofro CoSego Fund. The
pageant is organized by students who are active in the
Pre-Alumni Council. The pageant winner is determined on
an assay assigned, a talent show, and the amount of
money raised by the participant. This year’s winner was
Ms. Ursaia Robinson (bottom row, far right). Other
contestants pictured are, from left, bottom row: Moniqup
Mcfiiiberry and LMan Figueroa; and, top row, Ros^
Buxton, Tiqua Howard and Shantel Williams
NCNB Plans Mortgage Program To Assist
Low-Income And Minority Consumers
A NationsBank mortgage product
designed to make home ownership
possible for more low-income and
minority consumers was announced
last week by NCNB.
With creativity and flexibility on
terms, loan amounts and qualifying
factors, the new Community
Investment Mortgage prduct is
exclusively for customers whose total
household income is less than 80
percent of the current median for the
county in which they live.
The new product will complement
Study Shows UNC-Ch. Campus To
Be intolerant Of Minorities, Gays
CHAPEL HILL (AP)-The
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill is largely intolerant of
women, blacks, gays and the
disabled, according to a
comprehensive, in-house study.
A 22-member committee made up
of students, faculty, administrators
and staff compiled the report from
studies started in November 1990,
near the end of a semester marred by
racial incidents, the News and
Observer of Raleigh reported.
"Women, minority and gay and
lesbian students report a chilly
campus climate,” the report, issued
Friday, said. "The campus is
characterized by social separation
between white and minority students,
and fear or apathy among many who
hesitate to discuss racial tensions in
the environment.”
The committee was formed by
Chancellor Paul Hardin after a
semester marked by a racial slur in a
note to a black homecoming queen
and an angry protest about a campus
statue that some students said was
racist.
The report found racial tensions
were prevalent within the student
body.
“Black students feel they are not
wanted here sincerely: students
continue to overhear racial epithets
at mixers and other social events,"
the report said.
One reason black students feel
isolated on campus, the report says
is that the black student populutior
has remained steady at atwmt n
percent or has declined slightly in
recent years.
The report also found that only 39
percent of black students graduate
within four years, and 53 percent
within six years.
The result is that the university is
having difficulty attracting and
maintaining a diverse student body
and faculty, the 11-month study said.
During the 1990-91 school year, the
Dean of Students' office received 74
complaints of harassment. Most of
the students complained of
said, faculty members are reluctant
to introduce works produced by
homosexuals into classroom
discussions.
The report also said a significant
number of women on campus have
been sexually harassed or
discriminated against because of
their gender.
The report includes 24 broad-based
recommendations for improving the
situation.. It was submitted to Hardin
last month and he will decide which,
if any, of the recommendations to
One reason black students feel isolated on
campus is that the black student population
has remained steady at about 10 perent or has
declined slightly in recent years. But students
continue to overhear racial epithets at mixers
and other social events. 9
harassment based on their gender,
race or sexual orientation.
“The sense of community sought
after by diverse students, faculty,
administrators and staff on the
Chapel Hill campus remains
unrealized at the present time,” the
45-page report said.
Homosexuals, women and disabled
students said they thought the
campus was often a “hostile"
environment, the report said.
Lesbian and gay students reported
that they were frequently harassed
for their sexual orientation. And. they
implement.
The committee's recommendations
included increasing funds for
financial aid; improving the
reputation of the school among
minorities by contacting parents,
teachers and high-schooi counselors;
and improving faculty advising for
students.
Despite the unfavorable report, at
least one committee member saw the
situation as an opportunity.
“To some extent, many of us felt
s.rUNC CAMPUS. P.2>
NCNB’s broad array of existing
community development products,
said Catherine P. Bessant, NCNB’s
principal community investment
officer.
Featuring innovative underwriting
criteria, it permits prospective
buyers to obtain a mortgage with
minima] downpayments
supplemented by public/nonprofit
“soft second” mortgage funds from
federal, state, county, city, non-profit
or church programs.
“We recognize there are many
deserving prospective homebuyers
who, for reasons primarily related to
income and credit history, have not
been aUe to qualify for tf traditional
mortgage loan,” Bessant said.
“This Community Investment
Mortgage product is designed to help
these customers realize the
American dream of home
ownership,” Bessant said.
“We believe it will be particularly
effective because it results from
sound advice given us by the many
community groups with which we
maintain contact. Prominent among
these are the NAACP, the Urban
League and ACORN,” she added
The Community Invest men*
Mortgage product will be available
shortly after the merger of NCNB and
C&S/Sovran Corp. into NationsBank
is complete. That is scheduled for
Dec. 31.
“We intend to be innovative and
results oriented in our approach
affordable housing,” Bessant said
“The Community Investmen,
Mortgage Product continues our
product development enhancement
and should make a real impact in our
communities.”
To be eligible for the Community
Investment Mortgage product, a
property must be the borrower’s
principal place of residence. The
residence can be a detached or
attached single-family dwelling, a
unit within a Planned Unit’
Development, a condominium unit or
an owner-occupied two- or three-unit
property.
“Interest rates will be determined
by prevailing market rates at the
time of the application," Bessant
(See HOME LOANS, P.2)
r u ^ Sponsor College
Fair /u cnloe High School
BYALLIEM. PEEBLES
Contributing Writer
Enloe High School was the scene of
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority’s seventh
annual Black College Fair on Sunday,
Oct. 20, at 3 p.m. This project was
coordinated by Delta's Education
Committee, chaired by Soror Joi
Moore.
Soror Moore opened the program
with remarks and then introduced the
following committee members: Edna
Davis, Brigitte Peebles, Patsy
Morgan, Marion Lacewell, Valgean
Mitchell, Anita Pearson, Nell Hinton,
Janice Sanders, and Melinda R.
Petree. President Annette Watson
gave greetings and made
announcements.
In keeping with Delta's national
programmatic thrust focused on
education, the Black College Fair
was designed to inform DELTA
Carousel participants, their parents
and others about the colleges and
their need tor goou siuuema.
Financial and academic information,
as well as career information,
became a reality to the students.
The following schools and
universities sent representatives:
Hampton University, St. Paul’s
College, Howard University, Lincoln
University, Paine College, Winston
Salem State University, North
Carolina Central, Morris College,
Morehouse College, Shaw University,
Livingstone College, St. Augustine’s
andSpelman.
Local Deltas and alumni filled in
for colleges that did not send a
recruiter. They were Fayetteville
State, Priscilla Simpson; Fisk,
Uatleife Hrt.jRs; Alabama rt&M,
Julia Shealey; South Carolina State.
Anita Pearson; Morris Brown, Lu'-v
Rose Adams; Cheyney State.
Genevive M. Farmer; and Johnson C.
Daphnt Randolph. A&T State
was represented.