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S o m etim es I w o n d e r how
m any w a ys we w ill be m is
used by th e man.
T he
" m e r it badge" syn d ro m e is
one m ore aspect o f th e con
sp iracy to m isuse, abuse and
in s u lt o u r in te llig e n c e .
The
" m e r it b adge" syn d ro m e is
th e g a th e rin g o f co m m itte e
a p p o in tm e n ts o r board ap
p o in tm e n ts fro m w h ite fo lks.
T h is is th e act o f Blacks
be in g a p p o in te d to and ac
c e p tin g m ore a p p o in tm e n ts
to com m issions and boards
th a n th e y could e v e r hope to
have tim e to be e ffe c tiv e in
th e ir p e rfo rm a n ce .
It's a b o ut tim e th a t Blacks
sto p a cce p ting m u ltip le com
m ission and board a p p o in t
m ents if th e im p act on th e ir
tim e w ill re n d e r th e m in
e ffe c tiv e .
T he Blacks w h o
accept m ore
a p p o in tm e n ts
th a n th e y can handle are
s u p p o rtin g a syste m o f e x
p lo ita tio n and lies th a t th e
Black c o m m u n ity does not
need. I t o n ly enhances th e
fe e lin g o f pow erlessness to
th in k th a t th in g s do not
change even w h e n th e re are
Black re p re s e n ta tiv e s
p re
sent. V e ry few people kn o w
th a t some a ppointees d o n 't
even m ake m ee tin g s a fte r
h a vin g been a p p ointe d . F ew
o f us th in k o f th e vo lu m e s o f
lite r a tu r e th a t m u st be d i
gested in o rd e r to be effec
tiv e . M any Black app ointe e s,
due to a lack o f in fo rm a tio n ,
ru b b e r sta m p proposals th a t
ru n fre e w a ys th ro u g h Black
s c h o o ls , p ip e lin e s th r o u g h
Black liv in g room s, and c u t
services to th e d e se rvin g .
I t m ay be h a rd fo r th e
Black w ho
p o in tm e n ts
w h ile w e 're re g ro u p in g 1»
re w a rd
Is tro k e l o u r own
people, w e m ust recognize
his plo y fo r w h a t it is. It's
called K in g d is k in g o r Queen
m a k in g i m o re lik e S e r f
m a k in g
fo r B lacks).
In
s tu d y in g O regon's h is to ry ,
one notes th a t the lite ra tu re
reads as if on ly th re e o r fo u r
B lack fa m ilie s w ere inhahi
ta n ts .
T h v same game of
w h ite se le ctio n o f Blacks to
re w a rd .
(I researched the
reco rd s o f Black organiza
tio n s .l
W h ile s u rv e y in g th e O re
gun B lue Book and also
ta k in g note o f (he recent
S ta te a p p o in tm e n ts and con
tin u e d C o u n ty and C ity ap
p o in tm e n ts . I'v e noted the
same p a tte rn . The G o ve rn o r,
th e M a y o r o f P o rtla n d , the
M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty Com m is
sinners, th e P o rtla n d School
A d m in is tra tio n ,, and the O re
gonian sta ff, to name a few.
m ust have th e same lis t of
Blacks E lig ib le lo r “ M e rit
Badges” . W e c a n 't blam e the
"m a n ". It's up to th e Blacks
to recognize th e ir ow n tim e
lim ita tio n s and th e "m a n 's"
game plan. Those on Boards
p re s e n tly should p u t a h a lt
to th e game p la y in g by sug
g e s tin g some o f th e o th e r
ta le n te d and w illin g b ro th e rs
and siste rs in th e hanks,
p u b lic schools, p riv a te busi
nesses, Black homes, col
leges, and o th e r places when
th e n e x t w h ite person ap
proaches them fo r an ap
p o in tm e n t.
I f th e a p p oint
m e n t o f the o th e r b ro th e r
and s is te r is n 't made, ask
y o u rs e lf w h y. I f th e ego w ill
a llo w , th e re m ay be some
a n sw e rs th a t a re n ’t to ta lly
fla tte rin g .
W e c e rta in ly need Blacks
on B oards and C om m issions
o f a ll types.
L e t's ju s t
spread it o u t a lit t le m ore.
T h e re w ill be m ore Blacks
in v o lv e d in a necessary p ro
cess and increased changes
fo r a m ore th o ro u g h jo b o f
p ro te c tin g Black in te re s t w ill
be m ore e v id e n t.
F o r the
Blacks who a re p o litic a lly
m o t iv a t e d , in th e o ffic e
h o ld in g sense, i t is reco g
nized th a t th e y m u s t rem a in
in th e s p o tlig h t ju s t as th e ir
w h ite c o u n te rp a rts have done
and m ust do. N e v e rth e le s s ,
even those persons m ust
select th e a p p o in tm e n ts th a t
w ill g ive the m ost v is ib ility
m ileage and th e n recom m end
o th e r b ro th e rs and siste rs
fo r th e re m a in d e r.
T h e re
ju s t is nii excuse fo r the
non p o lit ic a l c o lle c t o r
of
" m e r it badges".
W e m ust r id o u rs e lv e s of
th e “ m e rit badge" s yn d ro m e .
I know th a t th e c u re w ill be.
tough.
H o w e ve r, w hen it's
found th a l i he w h ite s g e t the
m e a n in g fu l, in f lu e n t i a l . I n
te re s tin g , ch a lle n g ing , in t r i
g u in g , and policy m a k in g jobs
w h ile Blacks g e t v o lu n te e r
Board and C o m m ission ap
po in tm e n ts, th e n th e p ic tu re
m ay be enough to g e t us
o v e r the rough spots. A fte r
i l l , w e're tire d o f be in g mis-
ised, a re n 't we?
accu m u la te s ap
to com m issions
and boards, as if e a rn in g
" m e r it badges", to fin d some
o th e r w ay o f fe e lin g im p o r
ta n t, b u t th e re are o th e r
ways.
T he fir s t th in g th a t
has to be done in p re p a ra tio n
fo r se e kin g o th e r a lte rn a tiv e s
is to rea lize th a t we are
s u ffe rin g fro m to o m uch in d i
v id u a l a u to n o m y. T h e "m a n "
s u p p o rts th is se p a ra tio n of
in d iv id u a ls fro m th e masses
of people by “ s tr o k in g " ire
w a rd in g l in d iv id u a l Blacks.
It's th e old “ b u t y o u 're the
e xce p tio n " game. He appeals
to the im p o ve rish e d egos of
in d iv id u a l Blacks by ta lk in g
a b o ut w h a t fin e in d iv id u a ls
th e y are. W h a t u su a lly fo l
low s is some sta te m e n t, in
ference, o r in n u e nd o about
th e “ o th e r B la cks". You w ill
note th a t th e O reg o n ia n has
been ru n n in g fe a tu re s on
some o f o u r fin e Black w o
men. I t 's p a rt o f th e same
gam e o r m e n ta lity .
We
know d a rn w e ll th a t th e y are
o u ts ta n d in g .
In fa ct th e re
are m any o th e r B lack siste rs
w h o need " s tr o k in g ” also.
T he p o in t is th a t we as
Blacks have n o t a d e q u a te ly
done th e “ s tr o k in g " and the
"m a n 's” p ra ise u su a lly p ro
d u ce s fe e lin g s o f i n d i v i
d u a lism r a th e r th a n co lle c ti
vism .
T h e A lb in a W o m en 's Lea
gue d id some good th in g s a t
th e ir re c e n t A w a rd s Ban
q u e t, b u t n o t n e a rly enough
is being done.
A d m itte d ly ,
th e "m a n " has ta ke n th e in i
tia tiv e aw ay.
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te rv ie w s a t ra d io and te le
v is io n s ta tio n s and th e m a jo r
newspapers; a v is it to th e
fabulous H e rm ita g e M useum
in L e n in g ra d : to a m auso
leum in M oscow fa c in g Red
S q u a re w h e re th e body o f
L e n in is on d is p la y in an a ir
tig h t to m b : and th e K re m lin .
A ls o on th e agenda was a
v is it to N o v o s ti. th e S o vie t
Press A g e n cy; a b a lle t at the
Bolshoi T h e a te r; th e c irc u s ;
c o lle c tiv e fa rm s, a se co n da ry
school and a n u rs e ry school
in th e c ity o f T a s h k e n t; and
a v is it to th e c ity o f P u s k in
to see th e s ta tu e o f th e
fam ed Black Russian S o v ie t
Poet.
T h e g ro u p was th e guest
o f th e board o f the U n io n of
S oviet J o u rn a lis ts . T h e wea
th e r w as cold in Moscow
iR u s s ia l and fro m cool to
w a rm in Tashkent (U zb e k).
T he food was good a ll o ve r,
b u t th e fr u its w e re e specially
sw eet and ju ic y in T a s h k e n t.
D r. C a rlto n G o o d le tt, p re si
de n t o f th e N a tio n a l N ew s
p a p er P u b lis h e rs A sso cia tio n
and p u b lis h e r o f th e San F ra n
eiseo Sun R e p o rte r, was the
le a d e r o f th e d e le g a tio n .
"Black A m e ric a n s , y o u n g
and old. b u t m ore e specially
o u r y o u th , are a skin g m any
q u e stion s about th e w o rld
beyond th e seas," G o o d le tt
sta te d. "W e cannot p ro p e rly
u n d e rs ta n d the ro le w h ic h
Black A m e ric a n s m ust play
as a c a ta ly s t to social change,
in both th e d o m e s tic and for
e ig n policies o f th e U n ite d
S ta te s , u n le s s th e B la c k
press, th e c o m m u n ic a to rs o f
Black A m e ric a , v is it these
fo re ig n lands to c o n fe r w ith
the people and th e ir leaders.
" A p ro g ra m o f in te rn a
tio n a l v is its s ta rte d in 1971
w ith a 9 d e le g ate to u r o f th e
S ta le o f Israel. F ig h t mem
bers o f N N P A have ju s t
re tu rn e d fro m a 10 day to u r
o f th e USSR as guests o f the
so vie t o f S o v ie t J o u rn a lis ts ,
w h o w ill r e tu rn o u r v is it in
June o f 1974.
"T h e Black press contem
p la te s o t h e r in t e r n a t io n a l
v is its o f the M id d le F a s t, the
A ra b states, A fric a . Asia.
Ia itin A m e ric a and E u ro p e ,"
D r. G o o d le tt concluded.
|F o r th e n e x t six w eeks
a rtic le s w ill appear in N N P A
m em b e r new sp a pe rs, along
w ith p ic tu re s by D .I.. In m a n ,
p u b lis h e r o f th e T hom asville
N ew s |Gs.| and th e T a ils
hassee N ew s
F re e
Press
I F la. I.
Notice
T he P o rtla n d C ity P la n n in g
Com m ission w ill consider the
d ra ft o f th e N o rth w e s t Com
p re h e n sive Plan a t a pu b lic
h e a rin g to be held on Nov
e m b e r 13th at 7:00 p.m . a t
T r i n i t y E p is c o p a l C h u rc h ,
located a t 147 N .W . 19th.
F o r th e b e n e f it o f in
te re s te d persons copies o f
th e d r a ft N o rth w e s t C om pre
hensive Plan re p o rt are a va il
able fo r e x a m in a tio n a t the
offices o f th e P la n n in g Com
m is s io n , 424 S .W . M a in
S tre e t; a t th e Social Science
R e s e rv e d e s k . M u ltn o m a h
C o u n ty L ib ra r y , m ain branch;
and a t F rie n d ly House, 2617
N .W . S a vie r.
W IL L IA M
F. D O C T O R
Airman
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A U.S. N a vy A irm a n A p
re n tic e fro m P h e n ix C ity ,
Alabam a g ra d u a te d fro m the
N a v y 's basic a irm a n course
in N o rth Isla n d . C a lifo rn ia
w ith th e hig h e st g ra d e since
the school's e s ta b lis h m e n t in
1969.
He is A irm a n A p p re n tic e
W illia m F. D o c to r, th e son o f
M rs. B e re tha B ro w n o f Phe
nix C ity . He is fo n d ly called
"D o c " by his frie n d s , not
on ly because o f his name, but
also because o f his s k ill in
re p a irin g a ir r r a ft.
W illia m D o c to r g ra d u a te d
from P henix C ity , A la b a m a 's
south G ira rd H ig h School, in
June o f 1969.
He is also a
recent g ra d u a te o f th e Um
v e rs ity o f C a lifo rn ia 's Tech
n ic a l T r a in in g
P ro g ra m ,
w h e re he rece ive d his A s
sociate o f A r ts D e g re e in
Data Processing.
He e n lis te d in th e N a va l
A ir R eserves in J a n u a ry of
1973 and w e n t on a c tiv e d u ty
th re e m onths la te r.
He is
'm ik in g fo rw a rd to a jo b in
a v ia tio n m a ch in e ry in je t
tech no lo g y.
“ D oc" plans to
re m a in on a c tiv e d u ty , and.
in his w o rds, "see how I do
w ith my p la n ".
For B lack people, the m other to n g u e is the
sam e all over the c o u n try It's the unique
w ay w e have ot expressing ourselves
T ha t's one ot the reasons the N ational
B lack N etw ork saw the need for a
national Black new s service
W hat d o we call Black news? It'S sim ply
new s reported by Black people, edited
by Black people, and affecting Ihe lives ot
B lack people
T ha t's the N ational Black N e tw o rk—a vital
c o m m u n ic a tio n s link betw een Black
c o m m u n itie s everyw here
It's a bet that w hen you listen to an N B N
station, y o u 'll k n o w w here it's co m in g from
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