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Page 2, Portland Observer. November 27, 1965 EDITORIAL/OPINION Black Apologists for Racism Along the Color I me bv Dr Manning Marable Let the mayor read the names Portland Mayor Bud ( lark should be allowed to read the names o f individuals who are arrested on pro stitu tio n charges during C ity Council meetings. A temporary order filed by attorneys on behalf of a man who was arrested on prostitution charges has presented the Mayor from reading the names. This man’s lawyers are contending that the reading o f the names violates the presumption of innocence and gives the mayor unconstitutional power to punish defendants outside of court. This is nonsense; the mayor is trying to decrease the number of prostitutes who march along Union Avenue and perform sexual acts in fu ll view o f decent citizens and in church parking lots I f there are no customers, even tually the prostitutes w ill disappear from the streets of Northeast Portland. I he mayor’s plan will probably have a greater impact on eradicating prostitution. The present methods o f dealing w ith the p ro stitu tio n problem are to ta lly ineffective. Seldom do prostitutes and their customers go to trial; in most cases they plea-bargain for lighter senten ces, resulting usually with both the prostitutes and the johns receiving only light lines. I he tiling ot the injunction by the uniden tified man is an example o f the effectiveness of reading the names of those arrested for soliciting the service o f a prostitute In an effort to hide his identity from his family and friends, the man hired two attorneys to stop the reading o f his name. It’s safe to assume that this man lives out side o f the area in which he was arrested since most o f those who seek the service o f a prostitute come from other neighborhoods and from Washington state. One of the reasons why prostitution has been in society so long is due to the fact that the law enforcement emphasis has been on the prostitutes, not the johns. Mayor Clark and the Police Bureau have targeted the johns as well as the prostitutes. They should be assisted by the criminal justice system, not hindered. M ayor ( lark has attended numerous com munity meetings in Northeast; he has heard the complaints and frustrations of citizens living in the area affected by the problem of prostitution. I he rights of the entire community should out weigh the potential of embarrassment o f those arrested for soliciting the service of a prostitute. The rationale behind the m ayor’s plan is to deter future acts o f p ro s titu tio n , and in the process, reduce the types of crime such as la r ceny, robbery, assault, drug addiction, and oc casionally even murder, that are associated with prostitution. O N S O U T H A F R IC A Io dale, the P M A has maintained its position is one sc here "see cannnot and sc ill not break our contract scitli member companies " As it nose stands and I hanks to the I ’ M A and I S lases, Ihe shipm ent o l South African caigo to the I nited Slates is alise and thriving Regardless ol its stubborn altitudes and reasoning, the locus on the PM A sc ill be maintained on the West ( oasl, and it is im p o rta n t that P o rtla n d ssoik in hainions w ilh anti apartheid protestéis in San I rancisco, Oakland, I os Angeles and Seattle We, along with other West ( oast cities, should continue to call for 1 I xpulsion fro m PM A ot \c d llo y d Kim beils and Zim steam ship companies that cans South A ll lean cargo on I tie XX esl t oasl. 2 I lie Hoard o l P o ll t o m u,lesionéis Pon ol Portland and the 4 PM A to seek creative solutions sc it li West ( oast anti apartheid ac tivists to stop tlie shipment ot South XI,lean goods alone Pacific ( oast waterways; and wiiti A p a rth e id must end n o w ' Your jxirticipation and support aie needed l all Asel tio id ls al 24(1 94?" lo i moie inform ation I ease apartheid s iltin ’ bs the dock o ' Ihe bay D em onstration I hurs das, Dec ' at noon al the P acific M aritim e Xssocialioii, I S VV M ain Place Building LEAVE APARTHEID Dr. Manning Marable leaches po litical sociology at Colgate University, Hamilton, New York. 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( iews o l l n ise rsily ot I lo rid a S ctiool o l M e d ia n i and otliers I he article w.is on thè " i Ilei ts ot a „osci c ompound ( XI ” 21) on I D I X III Intectiseilv in X uro I Ile II I I X II I is, o l course, the human Ihymic Ism p h ixyle virus tirai is linked w ilh XIDS t A cquiteli lui illune Deticieius S viliti o n ici and the " in s i l i o " ineans the experim eni is conducted outside ot a lis in g o rg a n isi,!, in Ibis case a cu ltu re medium W hai the researchers tound was ttiat this " „ o s c i c o m p o u n d " when i ritrosi ucci! lo a cu ltu re con la in in g il,e D I I X II I virus and human Ism phoclses, the,e was a ma, ked dee,case in s il al inlectis its XX tuie illese studies aie in s in o and alvo quite prelimina,s thè,e is reason lo take interest in the findings I he “ nosei com pound" Al ’ 21 is so named because il contains sescn pai I s neul r al glscer ides, t w o par tv phosphatids Icholm e and one pari phosphot ids Icth a n o la m in e W bile this mas sound like a com p lica te d com pound, the seven parts neutral glscendes is a non active ca rryin g compound lo r the tw o parts escithin and one part p h o sp h a tid vle th a n o latnine. M ost people have heard ot le cith in and mans peo ple have taken it as a supplem ent lo r seats Ih e other com pound is another fo o d w h ich , like le c ith in , comprises a large percentage o l all human cell membranes Our bodies have tlie a b ility to make both these substances out ot other basic com ponents the lip id m etabolism and creation ot these "n o v e l" compounds is enhanced w itti an abundance ot methionine (an essential ammo acid) and in o s ito l I e c ith in , m e th io n in e and inositol comprise a group called the h p o ih ro p ic factors, w hich have been an essential part ot most N atu ro p a th ic dietary program s lo r decades I lie action ol lecithin is varied, as it is the primary adjunct to cholesterol elimination (via the bile) it helps con ser, tat tissue and tat in to usable sugar (beta oxidation), and as a major SITTIN' BY THE DOCK O ' THE BAY DEC. 5 NOON THURSDAY 1 S .W .M ain Place Building which employ 24 m illion workers. To Brock's right, a conservative taction called fo r the President lo elim inate all Federal requirem ents fo r numerical hiring goals I he leaders o f the Jim ( row coalition are Attorney General I d Meesc, Assistant A ito r lies W illiam Bradford Reynolds, and, o f course, th e ir Black epigone, Clarence Pendleton P endleton has o ther Black colleagues who do their best to prom ote in s titu tio n a l racism there is W illia m Keyes, a fo rm e r W hite House assistant who currently earns $490,000 a sear as a lobby ist tor apar theid Keses promotes Bl.uk business investments inside South A frica, and is the d ire c to r ot "Black P A C ," a GO P p o litic a l a ctio n committee designed to foster Reaganism among Blacks las P a rke r, another Black Reagamte, is treasurer o f Black PAC, and is reportedly paid bs the South A frica n bantustan ol Xenda. Parker led the administration’s transition ad viso ry g roup on the I qual I in paym ent O p p o rtu n ity ( ommission, and was instrumental in setting plans to destroy affirm ative action. Parker is also connected w ith the American A frican A ffa irs Association, which received money fro m the apartheid regime in the 1960s and I9 ’ (K. I he struggle against racism requires us to comprehend the central role o f Black conservative apologists I he face o f institutional inequality, srxial oppression and apartheid can be both Black and while by Steven Hailey N. D Port ol Vancouver to pursue options w ith in existing laws and consider policy concerning divestm ent bs focusing on what is called the "m arket participant role"; 4 Sesering all economic ties South Africa U n d o u b te d ly , P e n d le to n ’ s most odious statem ent was his ig n o ra n t assault on Black Studies pri>grams “ I d o n 't th in k that a Black Studies program is a viable way to spend academic resources in 1985. I ’ m not one to spend tim e w ith th a t," Pen dleton stated Tom Shick, a professor at the u n iv e rs ity 's D epartm ent o f A fro -A m e rica n Studies, challenged P e n d le to n ’ s rem arks, saying that "equaling Black studies w ith tr iv ia " was an insult Pendleton's statements merited hisses, laughs and a chorus of boos—yet his pathetic posture on the irrelevance o f studies re la tin g to people ot A tricar, descent reveals the p h ilo so p h ica l o rie n ta tio n o f his bankrupt politics. Pendleton is a classic example o f a Black functionary who has achieved upward m obility within the system by co n te m p tu o u sly v ilify in g his own people and their interests. The greater his ambitions to succeed, the more he distances him self from the p o litica l and c u ltu ra l fo u n d a tio n s o f Black Am erican society. His u tility to Ihe far Right is that he readily accepts his ju n io r role as their m outhpiece fo r reactionary, anti Black slogans and dogmas. A recent illu stra tio n o f this occurred recently, when Reagan ad m in is tra tio n o ffic ia ls held a heated debate over future affirm ative action policies in federal contracts Some o f the more "m o d e ra te ” voices in the a d m in is tra tio n , led by I abor Secretary Bill Brock, favor no major changes in the original I96< executive order, which set numerical goals for hiring Blacks, Hispanics and women I he rules a ffe ct I 5,(MM) com panies Healthwatch Why demonstrate at Pacific Maritime Association the Pacific M aritim e AssiKiation (P M A ), an association ot torcign and U.S. steam ship com panies, stevedoring companies and terminal operators, is organized io represent its members in co lle ctive bargaining, p rim a rils w ith the In te rn a tio n a l I ongshorem en's and W arehouse men's Union (II XX ( i Ihe Has Aiea I ree South A frica Movement, during the latter p a il o l 1984, called upon P M A to expel ans steamship con, pans ca rryin g cargo fro m South A frica A d d itio n a lly , in November 1984 San I i,in cisco longshoremen refused to unload South A fric a n cargo lio n , the D utch steamship company Nedlloyd Kimberly, scinch, among other item s, seas carrying South African steel Ironically, while the t nited States accepts steel from South A fric a , thousands ot I S steelssoikers stand in unemploynicni lines "cas ing in” to civil rights demands The greatest strength o f in s titu tio n a l racism is its a b ility to recruit some Blacks lo perpetuate Ihe oppression o f Black people Ronald Reagan, and George Wallace bet ore hnn, could not be hall as effective in promoting confusion and disillusion ment among the oppressed. W hen a “ Negro sp o ke sm a n " cham pions apartheid, Ihe destru ctio n o f a f f ir mative action and civil rights, racists are able to claim that their policies arc free o f prejudice. Clarence Pendleton has committed some astonishing verbal blunders, but few equal his bizarre perform ance before a U n ive rsity o f W isconsin audience several weeks ago. The chairm an o l the I S. C iv il Rights C om m ission and Reagan's ch ie f Black a p o log ist, Pendleton gave a tirade o f polemics against comparable w o rth , and a ffirm a tiv e a ctio n . "People keep contusing ms pigment with my politics I'm a Black, conser vative R e p u b lic a n ,” P endleton boasted He claimed tlia t there was absolutely no connection between an ti racist legislation and the necessity to provide housing, jobs and sixia l ser vices lo m in o ritie s and Ihe p oor. " ( is il rights policy got us in to the hotels, but it makes no comm itment to pay fo r the ro o m , and it sh o u ldn 't," he declared Quotas and preferential hiring policies, which are designed to address historical patterns ot in e q u a lity , were ''d e m e a n in g ," Pendleton quipped Blacks, women and others had lo "m a ke it on their own " In tact, Pendleton even termed his liberal critics "th e new racists," an attacked the form er Republican ad m in is tra tio n ot R ich a rd N ixo n to , - - 'S Í T b T T 9 • Portland Observer 3 The ^ in la n d fjfa r rv r r IU SPS 968 680 1 is pubfcVwd every Thursday by E«»e Pu bi « h o g Company Inc . 1463 N E KiMirrgs worth Portland Oregon 97211 Post O ffx e Bo« 3137 Portland Oregon 97708 Second class (x»stage paxl at Portland Oregrxi I A com ponent ot the cell membrane it serves as a nutrient tor the cells, sup plying the m aterials needed to r a healthy cell membrane I, is this last factor that is discussed in the article, and it appears that w ith adequate n u tritio n in the cu ltu re , there is a more resistant status to, the human lymphixsles. W h ile le cith in alone w ill not present tlie XIDs suns Iron, mtecting the individual, tins recent studs en, phasizes the importance ol a healths bods, and immune system in helping present the lu ll and lethal infection of the AIDS suns tith e , nutrients that have been shown o l im p o rta n ce in helping manage advanced XIDS cases are X itam in ( . and Zlllc Herbs such as echinacea spp which increase while blood cell p ro d u c tio n and lom acia which mas have usable anti vita l ac tivities are also being recommended as an a d iu n ct to im m une support therapies H o p e fu lly, we w ill fin d a lethal nutrient to suppress or k ill the A ID S virus, but u n til we do a little preventative medicine m ight be our best approach to lim itin g the spread and seventy ol tlie disease V« The Pi m i land ( Jh$rr»rr was estatMished m 1970 C t.nr I *» Su bee options $15 00 per year m the Tn County area Post m aster Sand arldress changes to the Portland f j f a m r r PO Ek»« 3137 P(zrtland Oregon 97208 member N M A PER Association Founded Alfredi Henderson, Editor/Publisher Al Williams, General Manager 1885 9 I s X 288 0033 N a tio n a l A d v e rtis in g R e p re s e n ta n va A m a lg a m a te d P ub lishers Inc N e w York 2 • . \ •• s'*- ’ ? # C,
