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OBSERVATIONS from the Sidelines By Kathryn Hall Bogle ' THE 2 5 HOUR C O N T A C T LENS IS HERE Prince W ashington, H illsboro, State Conference Facilitation In Support Systems discussion, with Josephine Pague of Pendleton and Juanita Coleman of Hermlnston. C ounty Chairman Don C lark, Governor Vic A tlyeh . and Com- mlssioner Gladys McCoy. After years of waiting, the extended wear contact lens Is on the market And we have it In stock, re a dy for you. Work, play, sleep Do it all in the 25-Hour Lens. At the Contact Lens Clinic of Portland our only business is contact lenses C ontact Lens Clinic of Portland Portland Medical Center 224-5367 Dr James H Vale. Optometrist Dr Philip Stoekstad. Optometrist Visa a n d M asterchorgo W aicom G Financing Avaiiat>*a on A pproved C redit $100 total move in to vets. low down FHA, FHA 245, and conventional terms also, model open Sat. £r Sun. noon to 5 p.m. I Ave. at Burton Roa&. Vancouver, Washin Call for a showing anytime. Honored at conference luncheon ie Bobbi Gary, ehown with Robert Zeigln, State Conference Coordinator. Members of the Conference Com m ittee on M inorities included: Ruth Haefner and Ruth Currie (seated), Norma Ariz, Maude Young, Diane Lopatin, and Victoria Wallace. The old and the young joined together at the Oregon State C on ference on Aging held in a three-day session last week at the H ilton Hotel. The Conference, which drew 450 delegates o f all ages from around the state, brought c o n siderations for the elderly o f this state one step closer to sharing their deepest concerns with those o f other elderly citizens from all over the nation. These concerns will be aired at the White House Conference on Aging to be held in W ashington, D .C ., from November 30 to December 5, 1981. N ational policies and prac tices toward the elderly will un- doubtably be affected by resolutions made at the national conference level. Am ong the numerous topics discussed in small groups were Family, Social Services and other support systems; Housing, Trans portation and Physical Environ ment; Older Am ericans as a Growing Natural Resource; Social and Health aspects o f Long Term among speakers at various sessions o f the conference. Their messages each carried encouragem ent for elders, to remodel laws and public attitudes toward better recognition o f the talents and the needs o f this grow ing segm ent o f the n a tion ’s population. Care; and Special Issues Facing Minorities. An observer noted many Black Americans in attendance at the State C onference, and am ong them , many young persons interested* and, in som e instances, working with the elderly o f the general public. Bobbi Gary o f the Portland- M ultnom ah C ounty agency on Aging, who was also a member o f the Oregon State Planning C om mission was honored at the Tuesday Conference luncheon for her help and cooperation in planning the smooth-running conference. A summation o f resolutions that took 41 pages to present to the assembled state delegates must be honed down to 10 pages to meet national regulations before being presented by Oregon at the final White House Conference. save up your money for “ The Free Spirit” and enjoy yourself. • Al Goldsby, metal sculpturist, has opened his own spring show o f sculpture and prints, this time at the G azebo, an interesting luncheon spot with a spectacular view from a city mountain top at Mountain Park near Lake Oswego. The rustle o f Spring is a harbinger of things to come and the rustle o f silken fabrics tells us that the Ebony Fashion Fair is on its way here - to Portland. The traveling show o f fashions, owned by the Johnson Publishing C om pany, has kept pace with the times and has grown in popularity with its unique presentation o f a m illion-dollar wardrobe worn by models chosen for their elegant and provocative style. This year’s show , called “ The Free S p irit,” will be an event o f April 24 and will be seen at the Civic Auditorium. The Portland Chapter o f the Links, In c., will again be hostess for the charity affa ir. So Governor Vic Atiyeh, Congress man Ron W yden, Mayor Frank Ivgncie and M ultnom ah C ounty Commissioner Donald Clark were It would make for a pleasant day to see all that beauty together on any day from now to April 26. Al and his sculpture will be available from noon to twilight. Edna Baskett is offering to deliver tickets you buy to the "Easter Mon day Bash,” a music and dancing af fair staged for the benefit o f St. Phillip the Deacon Parish. It is to be at the Bourbon Street Restaurant on the Monday after Easter - April 20. Your ticket will be your donation. Call Baskett at 284-2867 or 288- 7211 ■> Ext 55. She wants to hear from everybody. Cell Talk By Asmar Abdul Seifutlah Aka Joe West t) 40404 • * must not subside until the entire U nited States crim inal justice system is placed on notice -- Black people will no longer tolerate the criminal acts perpetuated against them by the United States criminal justice system. We must continue o fight racism on every front - we can not afford complacency nor can we afford premature celebration when deaths waits at the end o f the party. May Allah strengthen us in our resolve and may we remain constant in our commitment to equality and true freedom for all people. and drink cheap wine - I saw it on television, it must be partially true or they won’t put it on television or in the newspapers.” Consequently, the public becomes unw itting pawns in the gam e o f racism by giving silent consent to the misuse o f authority. The recent opossum posse in Portland is a prime example o f the security most law enforcement agencies glory in while dealing with m inorities. The police in this case actually believed that nothing would come o f their ac tions because they had gotton away with murder in the past - what is a opossum or tw o between friends and enemies. A nother classic exam ple o f the duality o f the United States criminal justice system is the sentencing o f three Black youths in Dade County, Florida for the riot deaths o f three white youths. A Black teenager was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences, while two Black youths convicted in the case were given 45 years each. The sentencing judge said he hoped the tough sentence would serve as a crime deterrent. But what about the four white policemen who murdered Authur M cD uffie - is there no deterrent needed for the death o f a Blackman?” The collective action taken by the Black com m unity is commendable in the opossum incident, but it is not enough! I he outrage and anger repression. Its effectiveness is found in the increasing number o f Black, Chicano and Indian inmates. While effectively suppressing opposition to white racism, the criminal justice system has lulled the masses into apathy and passivity through news, television and radio communiques. Commericals on crime controls are as common place as the popular Pepsi commericals. Further indoc trination is com pleted through program selection care o f C .B .S ., N .B .C ., and A .B .C . The villian is always dressed in black and Blacks, C hicanos and Indians are always cast as thieves, drunkards and junkies. White women are rar>ed bv dark warthy characters recently released from prison or who have crawled out o f the ghetto under the cover of darkness. The sterotyping o f m inorities through negative image projection is a sublim inal seduction of human minds. The concept of untrustworthiness am ong m inorities is propagated through popular television series such as: Hill Street Blues and The Streets o f San Francisco, while positive images of law enforcement is projected through m ovies like Chips, Magnum Force and The En forcer. By selling these images to the public the criminal justioagystem’s program is enhanced -- “ Eveagone in the country is aware that Bladis, C hicanos and Indians d o n ’t do anything but steal, rape, shoot dope A minority advisory committee to the Justice Department has charged that the United States justice system is used to control m inorities and suppress their opposition to white racism. “ America stands as a distinctive exam ple o f ethnic, religious and linguistic pluralism, but it is also a classic example o f the heavyhanded use o f state and private power to control m inorities and suppress their continuing opposition to the hegemony o f white racist ideology, the committee report said. The 305-page federally financed report was prepared by the National M inority Advisory C ouncil on Crim inal Justice, a 15-member panel set up to provide advice to the Justice Department’s Law Enforce ment Assistance Administration. 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