Page 2 Portland Observer, December 22, 1982
¡lack/black crime; Domestic Violei
Partlll
by Lamta Duke
Gnusrool Netn. N. W. —One seg-
m eni o f b la c k -o n -b la c k crim e in
Portland is closed behind doors and
sheltered w ithin a whisper. It's vio
lence directed towards women and
children. Crimes o f this type— such
as incest— were unthinkable within
the black com m unity decades ago.
Tya Anderson, a counsellor for vio
lence against women and children,
believes assim ilation is one o f the
reasons fo r these types o f crimes.
" T h e reason we have m ore rapes
and violence in the hom e is tw o
fo ld . A d a p ta tio n , in d o ctrin atio n
and p ro gram m in g , besides all the
other basic oppressions th at we
have. A L so it's a reflection o f our
lack o f self-esteem tow ards o u r
selves and each o th e r. W e 'v e be
come indoctrinated to, ' I f the while
boy can do it so can I . ' We are not
considering we are being judged
with a double standard.
" M o re and more women are com
ing out o f the home and leaving
theirr children unprotected and un
guarded w ith that unem ployed
male. Some men have real problems
dealing with their frustrations. This
explodes in domestic or sexual vio
lence. Il's a power status and black
men have very few power symbols.
This uncontrolled frustration shows
the woman that he still has power
over her, if he has to kick her butt to
prover it.”
Ernest C a th c a rt, fro m O ive Us
This Day, a black adoption agency,
agrees w ith this assessment. " T h e
main item that messed up black peo
ple was integration. W e are buying
into w hite values. W e were not a l
ways like this because we were not
allowed into their culture. Since the
'50s we have been allow ed to take
part in it. I'm not giving Jim Crow
credit but since we fought for inte
gratio n we began to give up what
was b lack. W e destroyed w hat we
acquired during that segregated or
der. We developed a culture, a way
o f life because we couldn't share in
the white way o f life. N o w , we can
share in it, although we can’t get all
the benefits from it.
" W e are sharing the m a jo rity 's
culture and that is why blacks are
committing those wierd and pervert
ed things.
" I ’ m not try in g to m ake w hite
people into perverts, but there were
some things that black people just
didn’ t do. W e as a people had some
very high morals. We are looser now
and are letting go o f what is strong
and b la c k , such as respect fo r
adults. You remember a time when
you had to say M r. or Mrs. Now ev
eryth in g is on a firs t name basis.
This is something from the majority
culture. Items that black folks just
didn't d o ."
Tya Anderson says that domestic
violence is viewed quite differen tly
in the communities o f color than in
the Anglo-comm unity. " I n regards
to punishing and sentencing there
appears to be a double standard. In
the black com m unity there is not a
lot o f emphasis placed on the fact
th at wom en are getting beat up.
They look on it as a fam ily matter.
This protects the police. Also, in the
Anglo world violence against w om
en is not even considereda crime. In
the upper class A n g lo co m m un ity
it's not discussed and is dealt with in
a low p ro file . In P o rtla n d most
blacks live in one area or are central
ized in other areas. I f domestic vio
lence breaks out the police can gen
eralize who you are by w here you
live. A n d . i f you are not black you
are so lo w -in c o m e A n g lo th a t it
doesn't make any difference.”
W e can spend all day theorizing
about the w ho. w hat, when, where
and w hys, but to the vic tim the
theories do not matter. A ll that m at
ters is th eh u rt. " I was raped by a
black man and I'm black. I used to
give the black man a lot o f cred it
and was never afraid o f him. Now , I
tre at him ju s t lik e any o ther
stran ger. I once th ou gh t a ll the
crim e and h urt in our co m m u n ity
was the white m an's doing. N o w , I
know that we are doing it to o u r
selves. The criminal justice system is
not the answ er. T h e answ er lies
within our culture.”
C a th c a rt concludes, " W e are
losing that self-help concept. C h il
dren are born into a world w ithout
the struggle o f their grandparents.
T his has gone on fo r the last 30
years and it's hard to reverse. There
w ill have to be a re viva l o f black
values. A lot w ill dw ell on A f ir k a
but a lot w ill rem ain w ith w hat
G ra n d m a and G ra n d p a said. O f
course, there are things in the past
that we should let go o f. But, there
are some values we should never let
get away from us. There needs to be
a revival o f what M alcolm , M a rtin ,
DuBois and G Arvey said if we are to
survive our current plight.”
In 1971 the late Fannie Lou Ham -
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Wife beat
Ison term
Larson, a Lake Oswego resident,
was named President o f Em anuel
Hospital in 1972 and C h ief Execu
tive O fficer o f M etropolitan Hospi
tals, In c . in I97 S . M e tro p o lita n
H o sp itals, In c ., w hich Larson
helped fo u n d , is a group o f fo u r
P o rtlan d area hospitals including
Emanuel H o sp ital, M erid ian Park
H o s p ita l, G resham C o m m u n ity
H o sp ital and Physicians and
Surgeons Hospital.
Larson was known nationally as
an innovator in health care adminis
tration. He led the reorganization of
Emanuel Hospital, one o f the state’s
largest hospitals, into a m ajo r ter
tiary care center in the 1970s with
such original specialized services as
a Burn Center, Life Flight air ambu
lance service. T ra u m a Center and
Oregon Children's Medical Center.
Many o f those services were some of
the first to be developed in the re
gion and the nation. He gained na
tional recognition as a specialist in
the adm inistration o f urban hospi
tals.
In the early '70s he assisted in
spearheading the o rg an iza tio n o f
Metropolitan Hospitals, Inc., which
were pioneers in the n ation o f the
shared services concept for not only
its m em ber hospitals but also fo r
other associated hospitals in the re
gion.
This year he helped organize the
fo rm a tio n o f H e a lth N e tw o rk o f
Am erica, the largest network o f its
kind in the United States. The net
work was form ed when Sam Cor o f
Phoenix, A rizona and the Los A n
geles-based Lutheran H ospital So
ciety o f Southern C a lifo r n ia and
Metropolitan Hospitals, Inc. joined
together in a jo in t venture to share
services and business ventures. It
was the first time in the nation's his
tory that an entire non-profit hospi
tal system had jo in e d together in
such a n e tw o rk . Larson was Vice
Chairman o f the Health Network of
America.
Larson began his career in health
care administration in 1932 after re
ceiving a Master o f Health Adminis-
tratin degree from the University o f
Minnesota. He was named Assistant
A d m in is tra to r o f N o rth w e s te rn
H o s p ita l in M in n e a p o lis , M in n e
sota, that same year and in 1934 he
was appointed Assistant Administra
tor at Emanuel Hospital. He left the
Pacific Northwest in 1957 to accept’,
a p o sitio n as A d m in is tra to r o f
Swedish M ed ica l C enter in E n g le
w ood, C o lo ra d o . In 1963, he was
named Executive Director at Swed
ish M edical Center. H e returned in
1969 as Executive Vice President o f
Em anuel and became President in
1972.
He also taught and published ex
tensively.
H e is survived by his w ife Janet
and his children, Paula Rae Penrod
o f M inneapolis, C raig o f Portland
and Jay o f St. P ete r, M in n e s o ta .
O ther survivors include a b ro ther,
D r. G erald Larson o f C am bridge,
M in n e s o ta , and tw o sisters, M rs .
Vivian Loren o f Bellevue. Washing
ton, and Shirley Goplerud o f Rich
mond, Virginia.
T h e fa m ily asks that those who
wish to make memorials do so to the
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receives p r
g husband in
re said, " B u t you see now , b aby,
whether you have a P h .D , D .D ., or
no D , w e’ re in this thing together.
A n d w h e th e r y o u 're fro m M o r e
house or Nohouse we’ re still in this
bag together. Not to fight to try and
liberate ourselves fro m the m en—
but to w ork together with the black
m a n , then we w ill have a better
chance to just act as human beings,
and to be treated as human beings in
our sick society.”
Emanuel Hospital President dies
Roger G . L ars o n , n a tio n a lly
know n health care a d m in is tra to r
and President o f Emanuel Hospital
and Metropolitan Hospitals, Inc., in
P o rtla n d , O reg o n died Tuesday.
December 14, in a local hospital of
heart failure while receiving outpa
tient dialysis treatment. A native o f
Brahatn, Minnesota, Larson was S3.
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ROGER LARSON
Em anuel M ed ical C enter Fou n da
tio n , the M e rid ia n P a rk M e d ic a l
Foundation, the Gresham C o m m u
n ity H o s p ita l F o u n d a tio n and the
Kidney Association o f Oregon.
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OABA plans political conference
P O R T L A N D 'S U N IQ U E
"T h e fourth Call-to-Action Lead
ership C onference w ill be held on
January 22. I 9 8 & " O A B A Presi
dent C alvin H enry announced last
week. This one day conference will
be held at the Chum aree Rodeway
Inn , located at 3301 M arke t Street
NE in Salem. Registration begins at
7:30 a.m . and the conference fee is
$20.
The purpose o f this conference is
to bring together persons concerned
w ith the p o litic al developm ent o f
black people o f Oregon, to discuss
ways o f developing political leader
ship in Oregon's black community,
to examine processes o f implement
ing goals o f the black com m unity,
and to prepare a 1983 legislative
package with a strategy fo r im ple
mentation.
"D u rin g 1981 and 1982, the O re
gon Assembly For Black A ffairs has
witnessed setbacks in em ploym ent
o f blacks in Oregon as well as losses
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blacks. O regon C o u rt System and
efffective legal representation have
become o f great interest to Oregon's
black community as the incidents of
racism increase,” Henry said.
“ The Portland black community
lost a golden opportunity to elect a
member o f the black community to
the O regon Legislature in State
Representative District 18. District
18 was formed during the 1981 legis
lative re ap po rtio nm en t w ith the
stated intent o f concentrating the
largest percentage o f the black pop
u latio n in one d istrict so as to in
crease the possibilities o f a black
being elected,” Henry continued.
“ The outcome o f the 1982 election
was a political tragedy for the P o rt
land black co m m u n ity. N o black
emerged from the prim ary election
as the candidate fo r either the
Republican or the Democratic Party
fo r the G eneral E lec tio n . A nd no
black was elected the representative
fo r D is tric t 18 at the N ovem ber
G en eral E lec tio n . A p o litic al
tragedy in the sense the P o rtlan d
local leaders failed to help voters in
District 18 to understand which can
didate could serve the best interests
o f the black community and the dis
tric t."
Henry stated, "Politics is the ans
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to address the issues c o n fro n tin g
i t . ” The black comm unity must de
velop and involve its leadership in
the political and economic processes
o f this state. This fo u rth C a ll-T o -
A c tio n Leadership C o n ference is
another step in the long process o f
p o litic al development in O regon's
black community.
For more in fo rm a tio n about the
C a ll-T o -A ctio n Leadership C o n fer
ence, interested persons can w rite
O A B A . P .O . Box 12485, Salem ,
Oregon 97 309
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