Portland Observer, October 2, 1905, Page 3
Black research doctor honored
A photographer's journal o f Nicaragua
R ichard J. B row n, p h o to g ra p h e r
f o r thi P ortland O b server, spent
seven weeks in \'ic a ra g u a learning
about and meeting its people H is
photographs w ill appear here as a
weekts feature
R e a c h in g th e a g e o f 12 y e a rs at
C o o p e r a tiv e E rn e s to A c u n a in
Nicaragua brings w ith it a level of
r e s p o n s ib ility
unknow n
to
A m e r ic a n y o u n g s te rs
W h ile
p la y in g ta g or b a s e b a ll, g o in g to
s c h o o l, w o r k in g or b a b y s ittin g
are but a fe w o f th e e x p e rie n c e s
youngsters here can relate to. the
s im ila r itie s
end
w it h
th e
r e q u ir e m e n t fo r m a le s o v e r th e
age of 12 to perform tw o hours of
g u a rd d u ty d u rin g th e d a y a n d
tw o hours at night each day
This y o u n g m a n sits on a b ag o f
am m u n itio n close to a trench, his
rifle on his lap. ever a le rt fo r any
signs th at m ay m ean th e presence
o f th e A m e ric a n su p p o rte d couti
T o m W illia m s o f T e k t r o n ix , p re s e n ts th e B lo o d D o n o r C a n te e n
d e d ic a tio n p la q u e to th e A m e ric a n R ed Cross H e a d q u a rte rs . O reg o n
T rail C h a p te r a t N o rth V a n c o u v e r A v e n u e as A m e ric a n R ed C ro s s
President R ich ard S ch u b e rt loo ks on The c a n te e n is d ed ic a te d to Dr
Charles D re w , a black m an w h o p io n e e re d th e d e v e lo p m e n t of blo o d
plasm a p reservatio n and helped d evelop the w o rld 's first blood bank
(P h oto R ichard J. B ro w n )
The Royal Esquire Club's
Community Service Statement
by A.D.S.
te rre v o lu tio n a ry fo rc e s , th e Con
tras
(Photo Richard J B ro w n )
Volume X
Social status o f Black children slipping lower
b \ Jerrv Hamer
Black children are sinking deeper
and deeper inio poverty in nearly all
facets ot life including education,
fam ily, health, and income. Black
children fared sign ifican tly worse
than white children.
I here are more than 62 m illion
children in the United States, Hl per
cent are white and I 5 percent are
Black Out o f 62 m illion children in
the U.S , more than 2I percent are
poor. However, 50 percent o f all
Black children are poor and 17 per
cent of all white children are poor. In
fact, the number o f Black children
living in poverty has increased in the
last six years.
A recent census study showed that
the poverty rate dropped from 22.2
percent to 2 1 1 percent fo r children
under the age of IH. During this same
period. Black poverty remained
around 56 percent. The high number
o f Black children living in poverty is
reflected in the bleak statistics concer
ning unemploym ent, health and
education of Black children.
The most common excuse given by
whites concerning the low social
economic status ol Blacks in the
United States is the lack o f education
among Black youths. Although the
Black high school graduation rate is
up, 44 percent o f Black adults are
illiterate In 1977 the figure was the
same. I his indicates that Blacks may
not be graduating with the ability to
read or write.
Studies have shown that the longer
Black students remain in school, the
more their educational achievement
decreases when compared to whites.
In I9H4, B l.uk students scored H4
points below the national mean on
college entrance tests. Blacks scored
nearly KM) below the national mean in
math. The average performance o f
Black 17-veat olds remains only
slightly higher than th.it for white I ’
vear-olds. Almost hall ot all Bl.uk 17
year-olds are either behind in school
or have dropped out. against one
third of white souths
Nearly 60 percent ol Black babies
are born to mothers who received
prenatal care in the first three months
of pregnancy In comparison, HU per
cent o f white mothers received
prenatal care I he infant m ortality
rate for Blacks is about the same as u
was for whites 20 years ago, even
though nation wide infant mortality
rates have dropped steadily since
1940.
Black babies are more than twice as
likely as white babies to be under
weight at birth, and low birtliweiglit
infants are 20 tunes more likely to die
hi the lust sear ot hie than nor mat
weight infants
Several months ago President
Reagan boasted to I uropeaivs that the
“ Great American lob Machine" has
dropped the unemployment rate in
the I nited States When Reagan
made this statement to the
I uropcans, the Bl.uk teenage unem
plovment was over 50 percent
nationwide According to I ind.i King
ot the Portland I than I eague. Bl.uk
teenage unemployment in the cits is
anvwhere from 50 to 60 percent
Bl.uk unemployment lias been high
regardless ot the economic climate in
this country lo r example, at the
height ol this co u n try ’ > economic
boom from 1961 to 1969. the \ ictnam
War’s expansion ot themihtarv lorces
only slowed down, but did not stop,
the glow ill ot Black teenage unem
ATTENTION!
plovment
While white teen joblessness is
more than double the national rale,
Black youth unemployment soars at
six times the national rate I tie ac
companing graph illustrates the dit
lerences
Overall the social status ol Black
children lias been declining since the
Reagan Administration look otlice in
19Ht) I lie President’s c u t' in social
programs lias contributed to the in
crease in Bl.uk poverty among
children Given the Administration's
past record on social programs, the
poverlv rate will continue to increase
toi Ifl.u k children
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