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Page 2, Portland Observer, May 14, 1986 II EDITORIAL/OPINION The Southern Regional Primary” A /o z tg f b Color L in t by Dr. Manning Marable With the sole exception o f Jimmy Carter, no politics, however, the Southern Regional Primary other U S president has been elected from the provides a golden opportunity for activists to im Deep South in the twentieth century White South plement a "d ivid e and conquer" strategy Unlike The recent flurry o f criticisms directed at Port the Bureau should operate has resulted in "d irty ern Democrats have to go all the way back to IX4X in 19X4, there is no single prospective presidential land Mayor Bud Clark and Police Chief Penny p o litic s ." Especially by the Portland Police As to find another successful presidential candidate candidate — other than Jesse Jackson — which Harrington by some disgruntled members o f the sociât ion. from their region — Zachary Taylor o f Luisiana. a w ill dominate ihe left wing o f Democratic politics Police Bureau and private citizens is unwarranted Since the Clark administration took office. Whig This historical fact has produced a kind o f Last time around, many o f the white peace activists Police Union President Stan Peters has been on a Although Clark and Harrington have made a lew Southern political paranoia, prompting white and liberals clustered behind George McGovern personal crusade to attack both the Mayor and mistakes since assuming their respected offices; politicians to stage a minirevolt o f sorts "Io w a and Alan Cranston Neither Cuomo, Hart, nor Chief Harrington overall, both have done an adequate job during and New Hampshire (w ill) no longer tell us who other would-be candidates like Missouri Con rhe Chief has been the victim of sexism by some their brief tenure in office the nominee is going to h e ," recently blustered gtessman Richard Gephardt and Charles Robb officers in the Bureau, who believe that a woman Hie majority o f this unwarranted criticism Bert l ance, Jimmy Carter's old pal and the former have established deep roots with fanners, peace shouldn't be the head of the Bureau Information against the two has come from the Police Union chairman of Georgia's Democratic party. "W hen groups, feminists, Hispanics, Native Americans, alledging misconduct against persons close to and a lew upper-level managers w ithin the Bureau your dog bites you four or five times,” lamented and/or Blacks The Rainbow Coalition o f Jackson ( lark and Harrington's office have been given to Dick laxlge, Tennessee's Democratic slate chair could make gains in all o f these areas, if the polifi The Portland Police Union believes that the the press Many of these allegations were cleared man. " I t 's lime to get a new dog We've been Union should control the Bureau, and the Bureau cal vacuum isn't filled by some liberal white can years ago through the police-owned Internal Inves bitten and it's time for,he South toge, a new dog " didate. should be a secret organization that should not he tigations Division and the Multnomah County Dis Their ‘ 'so lu tion " or "new d o g ," in Lodge's held accountable to the public in which it serves Jackson's best prospects in 19XX actually exist in trict Attorney Office terms, is the Southern Regional Primary , which is the South In Tennessee. Jackson was the 19X4 On the other hand, Clark and Harrington believe Decent citizens o f Portland should rally around scheduled to be held on the second Tuesday in the M ic e Bureau should be run by the Chief o f primary vote w inner in the state's four larges, cities Mayor Clark and Chief Harrington and give them March A, least ten Southern and border states w ill Police through the Mayor's office and the public Memphis, Nashville. Knoxville, and Chai support during this d ifficult period By supporting probably hold their presidential primary elections should have the right to know what the Police tanooga Jackson canted Louisville, Kentucky's them, you w ill be proving Portland's image as a on this date Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Virginia Bureau is doing I his difference in opinion on how Democratic caucus with 5 1 percent o f the vote He city which listens to its citizenry. and Kentucky have already committed themselves won the Louisiana primary election with 42 per to March X. and others w ill soon follow The reg cent o f the vote, and carried popular majorities in ion's most prominent Democratic politician, Mississippi. South Carolina, Virginia and the Dis former Virginia Governor Charles Robb, asserts trie, o f Columbia The white Democratic estab -------------------- ' -.irainr------------ ;____ , - that Ihe super primary w ill "require that any candi lishment isn't blind to Jackson's potential threat, "Black Moses" date appeal to a broader base" than labor or the and its already attempted to undermine it. Two so-called "special interest” groups In retrospect. Marcus Moziah Gar Amerika now find it safe to embrace startling in its rejverc ussions. inspiring months ago, the Democratic National Committee- vey has not failed Slowly, bui surely Garveyism under a new name and dis in sentiment and in tact The basic strategy behind ihe Southern Regional passed a rule to deny any delegates to candidates the clouds o f prejudice, jealousy, ig pense it fearlessly to a race stranded in In any assessment of Marcus Gar Primary is to blackmail the national Democratic who don't receive a minimum o f 15 percent o f u norance and inertia are lading from the the wilderness o f Prophetic Symbolical vey's program for economic liberation party into selecting a "c e n tris t" or "conservative racial horizon I he harriers ot injustice state's primary vote This arbitrary threshold lot Babylon "A m enkan C iviliza tio n " he of Ihe Black masses one should he care and the obstacles to change, though cause of the treachery, hyjxxucy and IX-mocral" as its presidential nominee As things ful when draw ing conclusions about the delegates is blatantly anti-democratic and dis steadfast in their adamance and tough to duplicity o f a people who have economic aspects separate from the stand at the moment, however, the South doesn't criminatory. as it eliminates legitimate challenges die. are losing ground The Black throughout their history, oppressed greater, long run implications o f Gar really have a potential candidate who could win Ihe from minority constituencies or subgroups within man s hitter experiences with rugged non-caucavud people Garvey exposed vey and Garvey ism (he economic. so Ainerikanisn, plus the untold suffering I9XX Demoratic presidential nomination The two the problems o f Black people to the cial. cultural and political components the party. he has w ithslood have pros ided an inde world He defied Blackness and fos ot Garveyism were so closely related most likely candidates, Gary Hart and Mario Despite these and other petty maneuvers, the lihle reminder that Garvey was not a tcred a racial consciousness never he and overlapjx-d so much that it is very Cuomo, aren't Southerners One distinct possibil Democratic Party w ill no, retard the continued charlatan, a devil, or an '"outside lore attained Garvey's clarion cry of d ifficu lt Io distinguish one from the ity is that the Southern w hite electorate could throw agitator'' hut a Iriend and a harbinger "A frik a lor A frikans" at home and ab growth ot the Rainbow Coalition And by adopting other and almost iiujiossible Io |udge who came to serve his people "B lack its support behind a marginal candidate who pos road, gave more publicity to A frika and them separately Moreover, an honest the Southern Regional Primary scheme, the proba Moses" business enterprises and gen the descendants ol Afrikans in the Un attempt should be made to objectively sessed little support outside ot the region Even ble beneficiary w ill be its major nemesis, Jesse eral organization o f U N I A. provided tied Slates than any event since then de evaluate the man s ideas apart from his I.odge admits that the South might "waste its polit Jackson. employment for large numbers of jure emancipation, following the war personality ical capital on somebody who does not have na people, estimated at one lime to he between the Stales Garvey sold the fo be sure, all ol Garvey's business /)» W«/*»*/>/<- f<'<*< Art <*/ t*H f<,/*»yt n i f iin r n ir \ ; more than one thousand in the United Black man to himself with the same tional appeal enterprises were failures in the sense H iiiiiilin ii \ > 4/< m » v ih r ( <»/<» I nit appeal \ in m r r 140 ztrtt t/,<*/>r* > States alone These business enter zealous enthusiasm as Englishmen, that they did not last more than a year or f rom the vanlagcpoml of progressive and Black intern al n n tall\ Mayor and Chief Deserve Citizens Support Letters to the Editor prises buoyed the Black man's disav owed self respect and made the masses resolute Io the future "B la ck Moses" provided an organizational model for Black peoples o f the world Daddy Grace, f ather Divine and Amerika's Black Muslams all followed the exam pie set by Garvey Lest we forget, le s i we lorget, Garvey ism is now omnipre sent in the daily lives of people o f A fri kan descent everywhere The form might be different but the substance is the same II might he camouflaged by new and different names or fragmented into many different organization but it is Garveyism just the same Brother Garvey projected a dynam ic philosophy o f racial solidarity and Af- rikan autonomy in Aik ebu Ian ( A trika l which disgusted conservative, accom modaliomst Blacks and amazed im perialists frustrated Black masses throughout the Black reservation of Dear Editor: I come before you as the voice ol <400 plus) Black own confined in the Oregon Stale Penitentiary, who deal with separation and ostracism from our Brothers and Sisters in the tree six iety and the Blac k Community This fact of present reality weighs painfully with the Black population of O S P The Uhum SA SA Organization which is the life and breath o f the Blacks confined within this Institution, has the obligation o f nurturing the nunds and souls o f each and every Black that enters this Penitentiary Which is a challenging struggle and yet an obligation, which becomes less ob tainable without some support from the outside Blac k Community I present Io you just as Uhuru SA SA has an obliga lion to its membership, said obligation belongs to every Black Man. Woman and child for as a jveople we can never separate ourselves from each other For our plight is your plight just as our sue cess is your success Uhuru SA SA has made an effort to reach beyond the walls ol () S P to the Black community in the hojies of relm ing it's self with outside Black society without much success It is undershxxf that Prison and those incarcerated w ith in arc rejected under the philosophy, that "prison is the place for crim inals" and society is safe without Frenchmen, Italians, Irish and tier- mans who are concrete examples of pluralism in the United Stales at work Garvey's philosophy of a Black culture is a milestone for bringing Black people around the world also greater intimate fellowship and communion with the motherland Alrika Garvey gave something Io Black people w hich neither tune nor place can eradicate He brought Black people throughout Ihediasjxira into one family through the propagation ot a program which gave birth to an international comity between them Garvey cmphai ically demonstrated that Ihe Black mas ses were eager to respond with co n fi dence and support Io creative leader ship To be sure. Garvey erred, but his errors laded into insignificance before the concrete contributions be made to Black thought and culture He espoused a Black Philosophy, profound in depth. two I here were man reasons for failure not the least ot which was Garvey's harassment by the United States (iov emment. tlx- highly dubious grounds on which he was convicted and his polemic incarceration in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta Nevertheless, in the lace ot these specific failure, Garvey illustrated through bold exper iments with the Black Star l ine and Negro lac tones corporation, Ihe poten tial ol the Black race in Ihe fields o f commerce and industry I rue leaders like Marcus Moziah Garvey triumphed over almost unbe lievable obstacles Dr Martin Luther King was a Christian in a sea ot in tidels. an egalitarian among aristocrats, and a dcm ixr.it among tyrants Until the volume of human history shall he sealed and delivered to die Omnipotent Judge. We shall continue Io fight lor justice Dr Jamil Cherovee obligation to law breakers I ask you are those w ho are confined beyond change ’ Also those you lix k away today w ill return someday, therefore it is your ob ligation as it is Uhum SA SA's to see that when the Blacks return to you they are better lor their time away And this can only happen through a unified ef fort on b ith not by you as our commun ity ostracizing us from You Ihe bind ot Blackness must be granted new life. We as Bl.uk Men are seeking tlx- bind ol kinsmanship with you We believe as Black Men that Io survive we needeach other as a nation of Black People Lor Uhuru SA SA to nurture the minds and souls ot the () S P Black population with true success, we need you I say to you as Black People. con demn us not tor what we did, but hold us accountable for what we do in the future What has b-en done can never be changed and should b- regarded as past the future holds a change when given a chance Uhuru SA SA is tor change “ Are You Thank You, Warren C, Eddins. Uixirdinator Uhuru SA SA 2b-12, w ill have an impact on not only the quality ot education that we stu dents w ill receive, but tb- quantity ot education f ailure of t b May 2tHh vole w ill cause this schixil to cut back on many important programs, trim the number ot instructors, and reduce the courses that w ill b- available Passage w ill not only mean t b con tinued high quality o f education, but w ill allow for tb- improvements neces sary to keep P C C in t b foreground ot h ig b r education Quality instructor!, who arecontinu ing to update t b i r knowledge and skills Io meet t b changing times, and a Qual ily Educational System that is continu ing to improve in order to provide t b necessary support to t b educational growth of each student, is a right that all students should expect to receive when they enroll at any college or university No student should b- forced Io lixik elsewhere tor this quality when a col lege or university may he within t b i r own honx- town ( ollege is not just t b simple continue lion ol an education, but t b preparation ol each stixlent to either pnxeed out into t b job world with the proper tools that w ill enable him or her to actively compete in an open market, allow a student to take courses that w ill give Iixla y, Portland Community Col lege stands at the crossroads o f educa tion and the signs arc clear The May 2<Hh vole on the new lax bise. Measure ¡PORTLAND OBSERVER Healthwatch by Steven Bailey N. D. If Z iix is .in essential mineral that is emerging in the Mil's as an important adjunct to American health Recently tlx- role ol znx in prostate conditions lias become common knowledge, yet many ot zinc's other tunc lions are only now leaching the public eve Zinc inadequacy has been shown to lx- asstx i.ited with growth retardation, birth delects, ban loss, anemia, as well as many ««her impaired prixesses Zinc is also assixiated with hundreds ol en zyme activities, including protein breakdown. DNA and RNA repnxluc lion, thymidine breakdown, lactate hreakdwn aixl alcohol metabolism In adequate Zinc levels may impair any ot tlx- above tunc lions interfering with the digestion, cell repnxluction. immune lu ix lio n cerebral activity aixl a mul litudc ol enzymalcd pathways ( )nc ot the problems in assessing zinc I him or her that personal satisfaction ot accomplishment, or enable a student to transfer to a lour year school to attain a bachelor degree As students, we should not and can not allow the quality ol education to One ol the interesting sides to this discussion is the small level o f zinc- needed to insure adequate cellular levels While many people are taking hundreds o f milligrams a day, 15 mg a clay is adequate, providing you are ab sorbing it This can he aided by begin ning with a zinc sullate solution lor 3 days, followed by zinc picohnic ta highly absorbable form I and then 15 mg maintenance levels thereafter ‘ You need the adequate level intereel lu larly to absorb standard forms o f zine supplementation *( a trained physician for d»»\jgcx and pro kx.ol deteriorate hack to the IKOO's where education was only lor Ihe rich, not tor Ihe common person We cannot afford Io allow voier ajulhy or student apathy to become the local point o f the elec tion We must get out and vote We must get the people out to v««e Our voices can he the biggest ally for the new tax base Fred M Davis, Jr Student F f C.-Cascade Campus lowest rate per thousand of any com mumty college in the state We w ill continue Io have available in our community, classes at the lowest cost per stixlent o f any major educa tional institution in Ihe state We cannot afford to let the college's $66 m illion investment in buildings de cline W'e need to supjxin ihe continued opportunity (or district residents to get job training, basic education and lower division transfer courses at a reasonable cost Please join me in supporting stable funding (or P C C Vote YES on May 20 Alcena E Bixizer 6505 N F Bmadwav Support P.C.C. To the Editor Our community needs to support Portland Community College by voting YES for the tax base increase May 2(11 h Portland Community College has served us for 25 years and has been a continuing example o f an efficiently run operation Even with the requested $22.tilt).000 increase, we w ill pay the Portland Observer •41 M«f 9» Tha P w ila n d Oha rrte t IU SPS 9BB880I a p ih u a iil «vary Ovuradav by tm a PubaaZwvg Company. Inc . 1483 N.K. KBUga «ortti. Portland. » a g o n »7211. 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