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Portland/Observer Thursday . October 26,1972
SHOP
Should whites adopt black orphans ?
(Continued from page 1)
T h e ir public relations and
publicity to anract potential
SEE NEXT WEEK’S OBSERVER
GOP
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Nero Industries and Nero
Associates, staled that
he
was a Democrat all his life
until Nixon became P re s i-
now he is Republican. Dave
Nero is a supporter of the
President fo r a number of
reasons. President Nixon has
opened the way for "Black
entrepreneurs." Nero added.
" M r . Nixon has given this
segment
of
his program
special interestand p rio rity .”
Nero also stated, " I also
support Congressman Wendell
Wyatt , Senators Robert Pack-
wood and M ark Hatfield. I
am a good Republican, how
ever, in the case of N eil
Goldschmidt, a Democrat and
M ayor elect I supported Neil
Goldschmidt. " In Neil Gold
schmidt's case there is more
in the man than in the land."
William Graves s a id ,"M r.
Nixon has made more Black
appointment than any o tte r
P resident."
At the same time a nation
wide group of Black educators
banded together for M r .N ix
on’s re-election. The Black
V o ter Division of the Presi
dent
re-election campaign
made the announcement from
Washington. It said D r .T o m -
mle Young of NorthCarolina
Central University in Durham,
would be acting chairman.
H . Rhea James, associate
professor at Bishop College
Dallas, was named acting
co-chairm an.
T h e Black
Voter Division said: "B lack
educators attest to the fact
that during the Nixon Ad
ministration, more
money
has been allocated to Black
colleges than ever before."
John E . Haith J r.,d ire c to r
of the state Vote Division,
said that the big thing would
said that the big thing
the
Black Republicans had com
ing would take place soon.
4-C cuts
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and counties which 1 have
seen seem to completely ig
nore the reasoning behind
this fo rm u la." M cCall as
serted. "Congress gave the
localities the larg er two-
thirds share with the under
standing that the communities
and
counties
would pour
much of It into people needs,
not lampposts."
“It’s thoughtful
and sensible
to pre-arrange
funerals,” says
Mrs. Jessie Henson,
Demo
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fits, child care and many other
programs that would help the
people of her district has
cause many poor people to
campaign
for Mike Walsh.
President Nixon’ s Campaign
"Presid en t Richard Nixon
has been engaging the most
cynical kind of election year
tokenism to w in v o t e s , "
Reverend John Jackson said.
S ta tin g
that Black un
employment “ has never been
so h ig h since s l a v e r y , "
Reverend Jackson noted that
"Nixon and his spokesmen talk
about ’ acceptable levels of un
employment.’ The concept is
shocking enough on its face,"
shoking enough on its face."
"And in the face of this,
J ackson went on, the median
income is only 60 per cent
that of whites, economically
reducing the Black man to
‘three-fifths of a man.’ The
Nixon administration should
make jobs the top p rio rity ,"
Jackson said.
"Richard Nixon comes be
fore Am erica a s k in g for
■four more years,’ one of the
Albina citizens stated, "and
Black Americans know well
w h a t to expect f r o m ’four
more years* of Nixon."
Reverend T . N . Noffa said,
"Nixon has a plan fo r this
country such as:
"F o u r more years ofdeath
and destruction in Vietnam .,
of H a y n e s w o r t h s
and
Carswells appointed to the
Supreme Court...busing as a
front page issue polarizing
the races...unemploymentfor
40 per cent Black Teenagers.,
of law and order rhetoric while
drugs flow unimpeded into
our communities, four more
years of non-enforcement of
Voting
Rights A ct"
and
"ta x loopholes for the rich
and frozen
wages fo r the
working poor."
Reverend Noffa said
he
senses an "excitem ent in the
Black community as in the
days when B arry Goldwater
ran aganist Lyndon Johnson.”
"W e must elect McGovern,”
he said, "McGovern elected
in November w ill bring a-
bout full minority participa
tion," to end the Vietnam
W ar "and bring our troops
and our dollars home
to
build new American socjety.”
Joyce F lora said M r .N ix
on has been chipping away
at the rights won by Blacks,
"We went to the courts and
won what we thought
no
politican could take away
until Nixon cam e."
M any
Albina Citizens
(Black and White) on the
streets accused M r . Nixon
of being ‘ 'insensitive"
to
needs of the poor and Black
people. One unidentified man
told reporters that the re-
election of M r . Nixon "would
spell disaster fo r the Black
community." When the re
porters ask the unidentified
man how he felt about Con
gressman Edith Green,
he
stated, " M r s Green
and
M r . Nixon are two of
a
kind."
Black parents is negligible,
and the Black News Media is
used at a in minium.
Industry, Business, C(lur
ches. Social Clubs, etc. have
not been fully explored not to
mention
the Black Orga
nizations ui the Community.
Until the agencies maximize
their efforts in recruiting
Black Parents, the placing of
Black Children with white
parents w ill not he tolerated
by the Black Community.
Most white adoptive pa rents
as well as traditional agen
peril for whites. The Am eri
cies state that the prim ary
can Melting Pot theory was
prerequisite necessary for
never
intended to include
raising a child is the com
Black people.
mitment to give love and
provale economic security.
It merely submerged and
V ery little emphasis is placed
obliterated the culture of peo
on the importance of Black
ple of color, while extolling
kientity. They state that it is
the
values
of the white
very important to raise a child
m ajo rity.
to be a Black human being be
Black children represent
cause of the reality of life in
the future of our race, and
this society.
to continue to allow white peo
Any basic sociology course
ple to manipulate, confuse and
w ill teach you that the develop
disperse our most precious
ment of an identity and
possession ia to create our
own suicide as a race. This
an image of self is one of the
is the ultimate manifestation
most
s o c io lo g ic a l
and
of self-hate.
psychological processes In
ones’ life.
HEW revealed in a report
Black children raised by
last year that we have over
80,000 youths in child care
Black parents have difficulty
as it is in developing strong
agencies. The coat for main
and positive images of self,
taining these youths in institu
in this racist society. F o r
tions average about $10,000
a white adoptive parent, this
per year p^r child.
would be improbable.
This
includes
clothing,
The reason these parents
food, s u it, and recreationetc.
are
not officially adopting
At first glance one would say
children to a g reater ev en t
that this is an enormous
is because of the cumbersome
amount of money to spend on
red tape requirements of the
one child when President
traditional agencies. In ad
Nixon is advocating a fam ily
dition 4 .5 . percent of Black
allowance of only $2,400 fo r a
Ot the 184,000 Black babies born out
of wedlock in 19^8, 165,000,o r 9 0 p e rc en t,
w ere inform ally adopted o r retained in
existing fam ilies.
parents compared with 5.0
percent
of white parents
officially adopted children last
re a r.
TO BE COMMENDED
1 have known some situat
ions where white parents are
doing as fine a job as they
can and are to be commended
for their efforts.
Some are already having
second thoughts as they recog
nize basic confusions in the
child.
Confusions
can become
m ajor disasters where white
parents adopt blacks to ful
fill certain emotional and
psychological needs not to ex
clude economic needs, lue„
the need to feel courageous
to the point of martyrdom.
fam ily of four.
Unfortunately 95 per cent
of the $10,000 is not spent on
the child but for staffing and
capital expenditures. There
fore we as concerned people
must begin to raise serious
questions
as to why the
government is maintaining
youth in child care lnstutiona
at this enormous cost. C er
tainly there are alternatives.
PROGRAMS
In my opinion we can go a
long way toward ameliorating
thia problem or even e lim i
nating it bv translating these
proposals into programs.
A RE-EVALUATIO N
1. A total re-evaluation of
the functions and operational
procedures of child adoption
agencies and the elimination
We at Caldwell’s welcome
the opportunity to assist
families with their funeral
plans.
2701 N.E. 7th
EXTENDED F AMILY Hl WES
3. Convert some of the child
care agencies into "extended
fam ily homes” . This means
FOR
b. IThat moat Black orga
nizations legtn to set up child
care agencies ln-Black Com
minutes, and that white a-
doptton agencies seek Black
Involvement In (he piann ingot
their programs.
B R A N D S you k n o w
V A R IE T IE S y o u lik e
S IZE S y o u w a n t
A NATIONAL EMERGENCY
.1 « N »
( .b » • i
7. That the Federal govern
ment begin to view institu
tionalized
children
as a
national emergency and Intro
duce legislation to remedy the
MIMMI« <J> UNHID
situation.
Slate Representative
Keith
A GUARANTEED INCOME
8. F e d e r a l
I*
Government
BURNS
provide a guaranteed m ini
mum income for every family
and individual.
One of the
the dear choice tor Senator in our
new District 6
Democrat with a
long list ot bi partisan endorsements
Mr< ommofwtud by
Amalgamated Transit [mptoyee*
Black ch ild ren raise d by Black p aren ts
have ditticultv a s it i s , in developing strong
and positive im ages ot sell in this racist
so ciety .
F o r a white adoptive p aren t,
th is would be im probable.
Oregon Federation ot Teachers
IlW U
Joint Council ot Teamsters
Oregon la b o i Press
Oregon A Fl CIO
Oregon Journal
that instead ot paying $10,
000 per child for institutional
maintenance, the money w ill
go directly to those people
who wish to adopt children.
F o r example the average
current financial cost for the
operation of group homeswlth
around eight children is $ 150,
000 (most ot this money is
spent for staff, rent and equip
ment etc.).
basic reasons why parents
surrender children is («cause
of their inability to provide
for them economically.
Helping to preserve tlie
fam ily structure is one of (he
key ways to ellmate tie
problem of separating chil
dren
from
their natural
homes.
A
9. I hat tie Federal govern
ment pass a bill to provide
lull employment for all those
desiring work so that theycan
provide economic security for
th eir fam ilies.
MURE DEC ENT HOUSING
NATIONAL EMERGENCY
Would it not be better for
the child to be placed in a
Black home and the money
channeled to the adoptive
parent for whatever Is needed
to sustain a decent standard
of living?
A FEDERAL SUBSIDY
4 . That there be a federal
subsidy program for all par
ents for the care of th eir chil
dren. The allocation of this
subsidy should be in accor
dance with the fam ily income
so as to provide a decent
Income. There are very few
services currently being pro
vided (or the natural parents.
United Transportation Union
1 0 0 % la g i» /a liv a voting record
F U L L EM PLOYM EN T
10. T h a t die FederalGov-
Black ch ild ren re p re se n t the future of
o u r ra c e , and to continue to allow white
people to m anipulate, confuse and d is
p e rs e our m ost p recio u s p o ssessio n is
to o u r own su ic 'd e a s a race.
W (tetter
these
parents
would prefer to reside In "e x
tended fam ily homes" because
of poor housing and/or short
age of housing would depend
solely upon them.
The Oregonian
ernment immediately provide
enough decent housing for
fam ilies and individuals and
devise more effective means
for guaranteeing quality edu
cation for Black and other
m inority children.
Our Black child today is
our Black adult of tomorrow.
He
represents our future,
therefore, we as black people
cannot abrogate out responsi
bility to him under the guise
of humanitarlanlsm. We must
see to it that his future is
healthily charted.
If there were no alternatives
to whites adopting B lackC hil-
dren, then it would le ano tie r
question, but there are, and It
is our responsibility as Black
people to see that these al
ternatives are explored and
exhausted.
Oregon I nvironm enlel Council
O re g o n J o u rn a l
Oct IS ISZ2
The lournil letommendc Keith Buim in Steal» Onlnct 6
Burns long has demondialed his enne conuience and during
his same* m the Mouse proved Io have a grasp ol legislatna
altaus His district can count on ttttctnr» rtprntntalion horn
him m the Senate
T h e O re g o n ia n
Oct 20 1972
Representative Keith Burns
a leaver appointed to the House
m 1971
with his
demonstrated knowledge ot urban ittairs
and leadership in environmental protects
is the best choice
lot the Senate
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The
Liston W e e k ly To
Soul G ia n t of The N orthw est
E. C. Soul Time
1 am Betty White and I want
to congratulate the Portland
Observer for two successful
years of service.
federal program designed to
set up an ombudsman Bureau
that w ill act as advocate and
lobbyist on behalf of the child
and a watchdog over die cur
rent child care agencies,
A m ajor task of the Bureau
w ill be to evaluate ttie efflc-
tiveness of tie child care
agencies and make recom
mendations for their refunding
or termination.
BLACK CH ILD AGENCIES
P a ig e ’s
Pharmacy
Children
COLONIAL MORTUARY
2. That there be a National
5. That every black person
with a "m odest" income adopt
a Black child.
8. Memphis at S u n r is e ------ — ---------- The Bar-Kays
9. I f You Don’t Know me by N o w ----H a ro ld Melvin
and The Blue Notes
10. If You L et M e------ — --------------------- Eddie Kendricks
CA LDW ELLS
oi the led t«(e preventing
Black parents from adopting
Black children.
BLACKS MUST ADOPT
1. Freddie’ s Dead— - - — ------------Curtis Mayfield
2. Loose Booty — — — — — — — — — -FunKadelic
3. 1*11 Be Around-—
------ — -------- — The Spinners
4. Good
Tim es — — — ------- Root and the Gang
5.
Woman’ s Gotta Have It---------- — Bobby Womack
6. You r Might to be With M e----------------Al Green
7. Don't Take my Kindness fo r Weekness— -Soul
representing Caldneirs
Colonial Mortuary.
N .E . 14th A Sandy Blvd
C A L L 212-4111
D A Y OR N IG H T
could
I he: I ’ve adopted
a black child” 7 ),
etc.,
it's like the probtem of some
white social workers, priesta.
etc., working in black areas.
It is absurd not to allow
Blacks to have a decisive in
fluence in the decisions of
Black Adoption. But even to
day Black human service pro
fessionals have lia le o r no
say about the adoption of Black
children.
We have to be carehil,w he
ther consciously or not, about
adopt uig soultlons to problems
which may sacrifice Black
identity hut carry no such
lENOW ’S
KGAR R a d io 1 5 5 0 on you r D ia l
Every S u n d ay 11:00 a.m . to 2 :0 0 p.m.
Edith
Green
fights for
her district.
RE-ELECT EDITH GREEN
(DEMOCRAT) TO CONGRESS
He elect ( n ngreu w on ian I »lull (green ( on m tiiiee
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