OBSERVATIONS
from the Sidelines
By Kathryn Hall Bogle
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THE 2 5 HOUR
C O N T A C T LENS
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
The report, prepared after four
years o f research and 33 public
hearings notes that its conclusion
are those of the council and do not
necessarily represent the o fficia l
position of the Justice Department.
Writer’s comment: It is question
able whether the previously men
tioned report will have any effect on
the justice adm inistered to
minorities, but it is important that
such inform ation be passed on to
the people being affected by color
conscious justice.
The plan im plem ented against
m inorities by the criminal justice
system is an effective mechanism for
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