Page 4 Portland Observer Thursday. October 5, 1978
Through the Eyes of Mr. W.
by Harold C. M ilhams
fu tu re development on U nion
Avenue? It appears that Black
■’r In recent months I’ ve had the op-
people in great numbers w ill get little
ortunits to study the economic en
if anything from the latter.
vironment ol' Black people in the
It is not because Black people
State o f Oregon What I've found is can’ t be accepted into the main
.disheartening in that it gives a picture
stream, but its due to the fact that
id total dependence on a system that
toe» often we as Black people think
has systematically excluded Blacks
the grass is greener somewhere else
"hum the economic wealth o f these
and overlook the green pastures in
communities.
our front yard. Look at the great
Many Black people believe that the
m igration o f Blacks to Gresham,
la te ra l, state and local government
Raleigh Hills, and Tigard. Where is
.will look out for their well being.
the most valuable property? —
«There is no time in history where this
Albina, Woodlawn Piedmont, Ir
js the case. For example, who
vington and Alameda. Black people
Ibcnefitted economically front the
are giving away a gold mine.
T manual H ospital project? Who
Beautiful green fields for a burned
¡benefitted from the Fremont Bridge
valley.
¡project? Who w ill benefit from the
It is time that Black people come
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to the reulization o f our economic
power in Albina and the surrounding
communities. When we truly realize
our economic potential, the bunking
community w ill bow at our fo o t
steps. They understand the power of
people that control the community.
Look to the stars and dream o f
diamonds, but let’s open our eyes
and realize that we who are in Albina
and the surrounding communities
are sitting on gold mines. We have an
o p p o rtu n ity
to change your
economic destiny. The time is now to
look to ourselves for true economic
value. Only then w ill we change the
pathway o f rejection to one of accep
tance. Build on economic unity and
understanding.
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by Ruth Spencer
■ To endure bad schools and wrong
education because the schools are
bnxed is a costly if not fatal mistake
L - W.E.B. DuBots, 1935.
Less than 400 o f the nearly 8,000
'Black students tn the Portland Public
Schools will have classroom contacts
with Black teachers. A ll 51,000 white
students w ill have classroom contact
with white teachers.
The Portland Public School Trans
portation Advisory Committee met
September 26th in the Board Room.
Three people attended the meeting
(excluding administrators and the
Advisory Committee).
Ms. Geneva Jones is excited about
winning a silver metal award for out
standing service achievements from
the Portland Women’ s Advertising
Club, a branch o f the American
Federation o f Women’s Advertising
Clubs. This was the fifth time the
award had been given in the 61 year
history o f the Portland Branch.
Ms. Lydia Roy, chairperson for
“ Link Week.” Portland Chapter o f
Links, Inc., is planning an A rt Fair
for November 14th-21 st.
Mr. Ellis Casson is Vice Chairman
o f the State Board o f Education.
The Oregon State Board o f
Education proposed increasing fund
ing fo r Portland Public School’ s
disadvantaged children fro m $2
m illion to $4 million.
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The W orld Health Organization
believes that within twelve years men
w ill be taking oral contraceptives.
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Herb Cawthorne w ill be the guest
speaker at Allen Temple C .M .E .
Church, Sunday, October 8th, at
11:00a.m., 4236 N.E. 8th.
A Roper survey indicated that
people’ s most worrisome problems
in order o f importance are: inflation,
crime, taxes, schools, and welfare.
among 700 supporters o f a Benefit
Luncheon — Fashion Show given for
the Parry Center by the Ju n io r
League at the H ilton Hotel, Septem
ber 28th at 11:00a.m.
E ig h ty -fo u r m illio n Americans
consider themselves shy. The
inability to express opinions, meet
people, and gain new friends is
shrinking from human contact with
others, often because o f a feeling o f
inferiority and fears o f taking risks
according to Philip G. Zimbardo,
professor o f social psychology at
Stanford University. Zimbardo has
w ritte n a book title d , “ Shyness:
What It Is, What To Do About It.”
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Ms. Annie Rose Webb o f Jones,
Louisiana, is vacationing in Portland
at the home o f Ms. Essie Robinson.
Helen Rawlins, Helloise H ill, M ar
tha Jordan, and Mercedes Deiz were
Visiting USA
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movements. It would seriously un
dermine what little confidence Zim
babwe’ s 6m. Blacks had begun to
have in the leadership o f the U.S.
There is no telling how far back it
w ould
set
the
C arter
Ad
m in is tra tio n ’ s southern A fric a n
policy. The Hayakawas, Kilpatricks,
et al are, meantime, exerting a lot o f
pressure on the State Department to
issue the visas.
As we go to press, I have just
received the news that The Zimbab
we Times, a largely Black newspaper
with a circulation o f 20,000 has just
been banned. It was banned because
it was too critical o f the interim
government and the banning order
was signed by none other than the
Bishop Abel T. Muzorewa, self-
styled champion o f equal rights for
all. Another critical stage in the Bat
tle for Zimbabwe. Let us all brace
for another major offensive.
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