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Page 2 Portland Observer, November 19, 1981 Include Blacks in nation's history by Nathaniel Scot! JULIUS STOKES (Photo: Thomas Golden) myth, he said, was further perpetu ated by Hollywood through movies For the firs t time since 1977, like Tarzan which showed the A f P ortland Com m unity College is rican running around a steamy o ffe rin g a class in Black H istory: jungle with bones in his nose. “ The History o f the Black Man in The educational system also pre the U .S .” The class, a one-term sented Africans in such a negative three-credit class, is taught by Julius way that it convinced Black people Stokes at Cascade Campus on (American Blacks) not to associate North Killingsworth. with Africans, he said. The African Stokes has been a faculty member was also presented a negative stereo at PCC for 12 years. Before that he type casting o f Am erican Blacks taught fo r the P ortland Public through inferior roles in movies and schools fo r one-and-a-half years second class citizenry statuses. (Jefferson High School), and be- He said it is the educator’s duty to forre moving to Portland, he taught “ seek out all the fabrications and in the Chicago (Illin o is ) public concoctions that have diluted our school system fo r eight years. His history. The myths that allow some areas o f teaching are H istory and to go from cradle to grave without Political Science. having actual factual knowledge He said Black history should be about African history.” taught because Black people like all According to Stokes, one o f the other m inorities are a part o f the w orld’ s first civilizations started in “ national history.” Egypt on the banks o f the Nile The history o f the Western world, River. He said, “ Ghana, the first he said, “ was written by what I call A frica n state w ith recorded evi pseudo-scientific methods. And dence, indicated that by 400 AD 44 some o f the writers, C.R. Glidden, kings had already ruled in Ghana Josiah Nott, Samuel A. Cartwright, and that Mali reached even greater an American, and Samuel Morton heights and lasted u n til the fo u r were contributors to pseudo-scien teenth century.” tific racist ideologies that pictured Song Hay, he said, also reached the African as having made no con great heights and they all had the tributions to world history.” That characteristics o f states: standing Police life please local woman by Kathryn H all Bogle armies, royal courts, and the A fric a n “ was skilled in arts and crafts: he domesticated animals and used tools,” he said. Stokes said because the history o f the Black man is such a tremendous amount o f information, dating back some 6,000 years, “ I w ill w rite a proposal and present it to PCC’ s cu rriculum committee next year (early January) that it become a nine hour three-term course.” The inform ation w ill then cover, “ from the beginning to reconstruc tion; from reconstruction to 1932, the beginning o f the New Deal; and the last term in the sequence will be from 1932 up to the present,” he said. ” . . . since there has been an omis sion (in A fric a n and American Black history) I see the need to cor rect some o f the falsehoods and myths and, also, to inform present day people the need is there.” Stokes touched upon the rhetoric that says all men are created equal. “ That wasn’ t true,” he said. Add ing that some heroes o f the eight eenth and nineteenth centuries were not super-persons, they made mis takes just like we do. “ The objective o f teaching is to show all sides,” he said. tify the traditional family, complete adequate to meet basic fam ily with children and a father who goes needs. Most important o f all is a de o ff to work and a mother who is at sire to offer your skills as a parent, home. They w ill consider childless loving patience and understanding, couples, single persons, and work to a child who needs them. ing mothers. The length o f place Foster parents are considered part ment varies from a few days in o f a team with the ch ild ’ s worker, emergency care to several years in whose job is to best meet the needs long-term foster care like Tim and o f the child. The social service Amy experienced. Emergency foster worker as well as other profession homes take children 24 hours a day als are available to the fam ily fo r and receive a special board rate. support and direction. These home keep children on a Foster parents are reimbursed f i short-term basis only. There is also nancially. The standard rate fo r a group o f highly skilled, medical children from birth to five is $162 a foster parents who care for physical month, for ages six to 13, it is $190, ly and em otionally handicapped and for 14 to 21, the scale is $257. children. They too receive a special In addition to monthly payment, board rate. medical coverage is provided. A Foster parents for Children’s Ser medical card is issued for identifica vices Division go through a ce rtifi tion and b illing purposes. Private cation process which begins with an physicians may be used. At time o f orientation. This provides an over placement in foster care, each child view o f the foster care program and has a "Medicheck screening.” This its policies. Next, there are in d iv i is a b rie f physical examination to dual meetings with a foster home check for communicable diseases or certifier. Emphasis is placed on ex other health problems. ploring a fa m ily ’ s preferences. Those who feel they can share Matching children and foster fam their home with children like these, ilies is im p o rta n t. References are please call 229-5795. contacted and a police record check is done. Training is offered by Chil Danny is a bright, dren’ s Services D ivision sta ff and healthy 18-month-old. other com m unity specialists in all He needs an immediate areas o f child care. Foster parents loving foster family in receive a license issued by the state North or N.E. Portland. upon completion o f their certifica He would be a delightful tion. addition to any family. If What is required o f foster parents interested please, please call: often depends on the kind o f child they want. O bviously, stability in Children's Services the home and in personal relation Division ships is primary. Income needs to be 2296796 (Call for Cash Qualifications) 223 4531 600 SW Pina Between 6th ft Broadway ELECTRIC SHAVERS Repaired — Cleaned The Royal Esquire Club is spon soring a Turkey Raffle to benefit the Urban League Senior Center and the House o f Exodus. Tickets arc $l .00 each, and may be obtained at the Royal Esquire Club 1708 N.E. Alberta, Urban League Senior Cen ter, 1700 N F Alberta or the House o f Exodus, 1639 N.E. Alberta. The raffle drawing will be held on Nov. 22nd and the winner need not be present to win. The Royal Esquire Club urges everyone to participate in this draw ing and describes this event as the first o f many which w ill bring com- j m unity resources to com m unity ' need. 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Children’ s Services D ivi sion works intensively with families to keep them together during times o f crisis but sometimes fam ilies cannot remain together while solving their problems. I f foster care is needed, considerable e ffo rt is made to provide opportunities for visits and to minimize the length o f the separation. Children from b irth to 18 and from every conceivable background need foster care. There are often brothers and sisters like Tim and Amy that need to be together. Tim and Amy were children who had no unusual problems. There are many children like them. Other children have medical problems or condi tions that run the gamut from need ing glasses to being seriously retard ed. A few children are angry. More often, they are frightened and con fused. Abused, abandoned, and neglected children need a safe refuge and an understanding person to care for them. The concept o f foster care has expanded in recent years. Children’s Services Division does not just cer- ALL NEW FUEL EFFICIENT CARS LOW DAILY RATES - FROM ’19” WEEKEND RATES - ’15°° MAJOR CREDIT CARDS OR CASH Rentals Esquires raffle turkeys Earning while learning is Officer Victoria Wade. And it all adds up to a satisfying experience fo r this young woman, according to her own assessment. “ Every day there is a continuing growth process,” says O ffice r Wade. “ I ’ m on probation just now and am enrolled at the Police Academy fo r classwork and improvement o f some skills. I have not finished my college work at PCC and PSU in the A dm inistra tion o f Justice but I expect to pick that up a little later on. “ There are many departments w ithing the police bureau: Crime Prevention, Juveniles. Community A ffairs—and others. Even riding in the patrol car has a lot o f variety: Officer Jay Decker instructs Officer Victoria Wade in marksman helping people who need you, •WP- (Photo: Thomas Golden) making decisions, working with the public with so many different kinds James, her children Andrea and also coaches fo r the recruits. V ic o f people in different economic lev James Jr., have grown accustomed toria’s Wade counts it her good fo r els, different races. It could even get to their beloved wife and mother ap tune to have a female coach because ‘ physical,’ so you must keep the pearing in uniform. she feels that her coach is able to body in good condition to be able to In the beginning o f her career the transmit helpful patterns for female run, climb a fence or whatever.” fam ily, especially her parents, W il officers to adopt. Officer Wade, at 5 '4 ’ and a slight liam and Sadye Taylor, were think “ Male officers have been real 118 lbs. wears a gun belt as do all ing o f the possibility o f V ictoria’ s great, too,” says Officer Wade. " In the officers. Gun belts when fu lly needing to face danger but with Vic times o f working with the men in the equipped weigh nearly 20 lbs., and to ria ’ s steady enthusiasm they are patrol, we women arc treated as part the 12-guage shotgun she must learn all now happy for her. o f the action, part o f the team—sort to use is no light toy. She handles The coach fo r O ffic e r Wade is o f like a big family—we care about them well. O fficer Cheryl Ann McGinley, one each other. 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