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Some are obvious but many more of them ar« subtle, and all of them are complex. One of the reasons for group pressure against the udviH'acy of integration is the feeling among some Blacks that efforts to integrate our society is dem eaning to Blacks. It is easy to under stand why many Blacks take this point of view as we con tinue to see white flight to suburbia when a Black family move* into the neighbor!)«**!, or massive white efforts to obstruct or prevent racial integration of public schools, or the continued discrimina tion against Blacks in em ployment and advancement opportunities. Yes. it's easy to under stand the pain, resentment, and perhaps the hatred, and a new approach which advo cates separation versus in tegration. I. like many of you. have heard many heated argu ment* as to "who was right Martin Luther King or Mai colm X?”. usually with the older persons of the group favoring Martin Luther King and the younger persons vociferously exclaiming Mai colm X as the only one who made any sense. It appeared to me that both group* were attempting to simplify an extremely complex situation and had not truly understood the es aence of what both of these great men were advocating. Both men were militant in their unrelenting efforts to help their p«*ople. Both were concerned over white racism and its destructive role in our society. The legacy of both men provide light and direction tnal we may find our path in a dark world. There is no question that Black people should come to gether, organize, develop agendas for growth, develop ment. self reliance, etc. This is not negative and anti while. Bather, it is positive and neutral white. It is equally true that Blacks should coalesce with other racial groups with similar problems, notably the Chi canoa, Puerto Ricans, Indians and Asians, not to promote and/or strengthen racial hatred, but to find the means toward prosperity in spite of racial hatred, and here is the nut of the matter. Nothing I have written thus far can be construed to mean that efforts to improve race relations are passe’. Nothing I have written should be construed to mean that I am opposed to integration. My ultimate hope is that all human beings will one day come to view each other as brothers and sisters, and that if polarization exists, let it be between the selfish and the selfless, the oppressors and the freedom fighters. However, I realize that the rate by which we free our selves from the shackles of racism and move into the hopefully growing circle of men and women who are supporters of humankind will depend on our individual and group experiences, plus our faith in our fellow men and women. There is a major difference between one who is proud of his race and one who is a racist. My fear is that many people, both Black and white, get the two confused and think of them as one. The Black people of this nation know more than anyone else the extreme destructiveness of racism. We can ill afford to drink of the poison while attempting to eradicate it from society. F A M O U S N A M i BRANDS • AT T R i ME NOOUS S A V IN G S factory close outs . freight dam ag ed m erchandise TERM S TO EIT Y O U R BUDGET Iain«* K«K*k<*r Berliner ............................................ I jin«* Ocraxional Table« ......................................... Sola A Ixjveseat ..................................................... 5 pc. Itodroom Set .................................................. Simmon* Mattre** Ä Box. from ......................... Sofa, lx>v«-*«*at. Chair, all 3 pc.............................. 7 pc. Dinette Set .................................................... 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It is important that Black |1) The representatives of folks continue their educa the system will be made tion, eat, work, be housed representatives of the people. and receive the many ser We will render those who vices that are necessary for now allegedly speak for Black their upkeep. We most cer people to merely persons tainly must fight to assure who speak for themselves. this. The thing that is We know that the system bothersome is the ill con will ease such persons out reived notion that these when this is discovered. things must be continually (21 We will expose persons secure«! in historial terms. and organizations who tend (1) Historically, we've had to support suppression of the a few Black folks id«*ntifi«*d people for gain and only by the system to serve as come forth when there is an representatives of the sys emotional issue. There will tern. The purpose of these he no more illusions about people is to keep Black folks where the community's sup dependent upon the system port or non support lies. with no advances toward (3) We will press the min control or partial control of isters for a commitment to that system and their lives. self determination for Black (2) Historically, we've had folks or an admission that a few Black folks who identi they keep their congrega fied themselves as leaders tions dependent upon them and who tended to use var (the ministers) and the sys ious rationalizations when tern. others found that there were (41 We will reject and as no followers. The purpose of sume invalidity of any re these Black folks is to pursue port, study, survey or opin individual aggrandizem ent ion that is based upon white I power) with no intention of folk's premises unless they helping others. are also the premises ol (3) Historically, we've had Black folks. a majority of Black people I was wrong when I said committ«*d to the church to the membership that the with its hope for a better ministers and the other or hereafter. The Black minis ganizations in the community ters of these churches have should not be our first tar oft times kept the people get. Now that some minis shackled tc them by prayer ters and some of the mem with no efforts toward en bership of the other organiza enuraging self determination tions have become dis for the people in the here illusion«*«!, we have no choice and now. but to move or be ranked |4) Historically. Black folks with the antiquated. I was have allowed the white lib wrong and I'm sorry that I eral, white teacher, white was wrong. I will however administrator, white politi .pursue the new path with cian. white sociologist, white vigor and let the chips fall psychologist, white anthro where they may. 7 0 1 7 N . L o m b a rd 2 8 6 - 1 0 7 9 ■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■«■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■I 4 Report explores racial violence Unless concerted action is toothaches do not develop at taken, progress toward racial other times. Author Good concludes his harmony can be slow and Ixx.k with these observa tortuous in a community tions: where the scars of past vio "During the hearings, one lence and polarization have listened in vain when State not fully healed. and Federal officials test! That is the central mes sage of "Cairo - Racism at tied, to hear a tone of out Floodtide”, a major publica rage in their voices at condi tion focusing on conditions in tions in Cairo. Some sign Alexander County. Illinois, that they were offended, first as human beings and which was issued by the U.S. then as Americans, that color Commission on Civil Rights. Written by Raul Good, a could tear a town and the journalist and author who people in it apart. But the capacity for outrage over specializes in human rights racism seemed to have de subjects, the Ixxik is based serted them, if they ever on hearings held by the Commission last year in possessed i t . . . "Their attitudes, perhaps, Cairo and on subsequent in terviews designed to update are understandable at a time when national leaders are the information. not above using code words Cairo, located at the south ern tip of Illinois, was the that are really racist shib scene of repeated clashes boleths. as they practice their between white and Blark politics. The officials take elements from 1967 to 1972. their cue from those on top Groups organized under such and when 'leaders' choose to banners as the "White Hats" lead backwards, subordinates and "Black United Front” follow . . . "Cairo whites have been brought countervailing pres conditioned to act the way sures. Charges and counter they do by their total Ameri charges flew involving dis can experience. They have crimination in housing, em ployment, health care and been getting a .message fron other aspects of living in Washington and Springfield for the last 100. the last 50, "Little Egypt”. and the last 4 years. With As recently as September varying degrees of explicit 14. 1973. the Civil Rights ness, that message has been: Racial equality laws are an Division of the U.S. Depart ment of Justice filed suit inevitable legal outgrowth of charging the A lexander the Constitution but enforce ment will be satisfied with County Housing Authority with unlawfully segregating apparent, not essen tial, tenants by rare. It asked change . . . "Racism isn't regional to the U.S. District Court in Danville. Illinois, to enjoin day and never has been. the housing authority from That is an American truth as evident on a Cairo levee as it p e r p e tu a tin g segregated is on Broadway. Whether housing, and to require cor this truth turns the Ameri rection of the effects of past can Dream into the American discriminatory practices. Tragedy depends on the na The book recounts that the tional conscience and will. Commission's effort to find No Commission can judge the facts about public hous that. But ultimately, that ing segregation in Cairo was will determine the future of "a trail through a bureau cratic labyrinth similar to Cairo, the fate of us all.” The Commission is an in many encountered in other hearings where a high toler dependent, bipartisan, fact finding agency concerned ance among public officials with the rights of minorities for broken civil rights law is and women. everywhere in evidence." Vice Chairman Stephen Despite public attention Horn is President of Cali generated by the hearing, fornia State University. Long conditions have changed little Beach. Other members of in Cairo, a city 40 percent the Commission are Mrs. Black. Barely 10 percent of Frankie M. Freeman, a St. the city government em Louis attorney; Dr. Maurice ployees are Black, and the B. Mitchell, Chancellor of the fire department remains all University of Denver; Rob white. Good reports. ert S. Rankin. 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