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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I lo rid a S ctiool o l M e d ia n i and
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" in s i l i o " ineans the experim eni is
conducted outside ot a lis in g
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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
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so named because il contains sescn
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phosphatids Icholm e and one pari
phosphot ids Icth a n o la m in e W bile
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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
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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 ,
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