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December 9, 1987, Portland Observer, Page 3 1 NATIONAL NEWS UPDATE Revlon's Hairstyling Team Wins World Honors Cup in International Competition This year, the Revlon Professional Products Group sponsored the o ffi cial team representing the United States at the Festival Mondial de la Coif fure, held on September 20th and 21st. The Festival is a worldwide com petition held annually in Cannes, France. The fifty year old hairstyling Olym pics, organized by the Cercle des Arts es Techniques de la Coiffure Fran çaise, is a prestigious platform for professional hairstylists from all over the world to compete individually and in teams. Revlon's hairstyling team consisted of top Black artists: Dorothy Willis, team captain, of Windsor, Connecticut; James Harris and Jack Williams of New York; Tim Gray and Rhon Riley of Washington, D.C. and Cheryl Mar shall of Chicago, Illinois. These hairdressers were awarded the Universal Cup with Gold Medal” for high fashion and fantasy styles during the gala award ceremonies. The American team was also the recipient of the La Coupe de L'Amitie et de la Fraternité" (Cup of Brotherhood and Friendship). Important individual awards were given to two of Revlon s talented American stylists: Jack Williams, the New York stylist and Revlon's educa tor won the "Grand Prix" for his outstanding high fashion look created on top New York model Colleen Brown, and Chicago s Cheryl Marshall received a Lauréat diploma for a style created for New York model Tanya DuShay. The Revlon team's stellar performance in this exciting contest, which pitted it against the best sixty hairstylists from thirty countries, is an impres sive testament to the talents of America's Black stylists. Since 1982, the winning group has been working very closely with the innovative and prolific scientific experts at Revlon, whose advanced tech nology has created hair care and styling products for Black hair, which en able both men and women to have trouble free versatile hairstyles. All the models of the American team were wearing the fashions of Ame rican born Patrick Kelly who has become a highly acclaimed Paris designer. The fast-paced presentation included James Brown's rousing rendition of These top New York m odels, w earing clothes by designer Patrick Kelly, show o ff the high fashion and fantasy hairstyles created by the a w a rd-w in n ing U.S. team o f Black artists, sponsored by Revlon Professional Products Group, at the annual Festival M ondial de la C o iffure in Cannes, France. W hile on lo cation in Paris to view the haute co utu re designer c o lle ctio n s, th is p ho to w as taken in fro n t of the Eiffel Tower. Highlighting the two day spectactualr in Cannes, was the "Soiree De Gala" with Alexandre of Paris, with the collaboration of Daniel Frenna, Director of Fashion, and the new 1988 collections of Parisian designers Yves Top Black artists, com prising the o ffic ia l U.S. h airstyling team spon-j sored by Revlon Professional Products Group, w o n the coveted UniJ versal Cup w ith Gold M edal" at the Annual Festival M ondial de Id C oiffure co m p e titio n held in Cannes. France. Pictured Top Row (L-R$ James Harris, Rhon Riley and Tim Gray. B o tto m Row (L-R) J a ck W illiam s. D orothy W illis and Cheryl M arshall. • T Saint-Laurent, Christian Dior, Pierre Balmain, Chanel, Christian LaCroix; Emmanuel Ungaro, Givenchy, Hanae Mori, Jean-Louis Scherrer, Lanvin; and Christian Dior Messieurs. "Living in America". Amoco Invests $2.3 Million in Minority Banks Amoco Corporation today said its Amoco Company subsidiary has purchased certificates of deposit in 1987 totaling $2.3 million from 66 minority-owned banks and savings and loan associations. The 66 institutions are in 24 states and the District of Columbia. Seven are in Chicago. The one- year certificates range from $25,000 to $75,000. In 1986 Amoco purchased certi ficates totaling $2.2 million from 63 minority-owned banks. Amoco be gan its minority bank deposit pro gram in 1965 to strengthen institu tions classified as minority-owned. According to federal government criteria, minority-owned banks and savings and loans are institutions in which at least 50 percent of the stock is owned by minorities, or in which at least 50 percent of the voting rights are minority control led. Total deposits by Amoco into minority-owned institutions this year will approach $210 million. Federal tax deposits placed with minority banks are estimated to be $110 million, while deposits into operating accounts will approach $100 million. Meanwhile, loans to transferred Amoco employees from minority banks this year will exceed $9 mil lion, up from $7.7 million in 1986. In addition, Amoco provides a representative to the Corporate Ad visory Group of the National Bank ers Association, which is the trade association of minority banks. The purpose of the group is to promote the use of minority banks by major corporations. NSBA Asks Supreme Court to Clarify Corporal Punishment Should the federal courts have authority to intervene in cases alleg ing "excessive" corporal punish ment in the public schools? The National School Boards Association is asking the U.S. Su preme Court to rule on this unre solved question. It has filed a peti tion for certiorari seeking a review | of a recent decision handed down by the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Miera v. Gar cia. In that case, the circuit court overruled a federal district court and | said that a New Mexico school dis trict had violated a student's sub stantive due process rights under the U.S. Constitution. NSBA asserts that it has "no policy on the subject of corporal punishment, either endorsing or op I posing its use. That is because opinions of school boards across the country vary on the subject. NSBA point out, however, that only nine states and Puerto Rico prohibit the use of corporal punish ment in the public schools. "The question before the federal courts should not be whether the use of corporal punishment is good | or bad," NSBA states. Rather, it says, the question is whether "ex cessive" or "unreasonable” use of corporal punishment involves sub stantive due process under the U.S. | Constitution and thereby makes corporal punishment a federal issue. The lower courts "need guid ance” from the Supreme Court as to "whether an allegation of ex cessive corporal punishment impli cates constitutional protections and, if so, whether the federal l courts should look to the states to determine what is reasonable , or develop their own standards." Until the high court rules on this matter, NSBA says, "lower federal courts will continue their attempts to solve every perceived w rong." NSBA asserts that "school dis cipline is of vital concern to school boards across the country." But it opposes giving federal courts authority over the use of corporal punishment. The brief says it is "questionable that the framers of the Constitution, devoted as they were to grassroots control of local matters such as education, intended to empower the federal courts to second-guess the decisions of local school o ffi cials in every manner of activitiy, where the action does not raise an explicit constitutional entitlement such as free speech or equal pro tection." NSBA says that school boards fear the circuit court's decision, if upheld, will "seriously undermine the ability to enforce school rules and impose disciplinary sanctions in a reasonable manner, taking into account local exigencies." It adds, "If students can make a federal case' out of every action by a school official by alleging that their substantive due process rights have been violated, that will make school discipline extremely difficult to administer." The case before the court invol ves an 11 year old girl, who claims the female prinicipal disciplined her with a wooden paddle. The student by-passed the state courts and sued in federal court charging that the school district violated her due pro cess rights under the Constitution The trial court dismissed the claim. Jews and Blacks Exchange Opinions In his comments on Farrakhan, A Jewish and a Black newspaper Mr. Reeves declared that "when the in Miami have begun an unprece Black community says it supports dented journalistic "dialogue" initi Minister Farrakhan, that does not ated by the Anti-Defamation Lea mean it supports what the Jewish gue of B'nai B'rith. The news community regards as his anti-Se papers - The Miami Jewish Tri mitism; rather, Blacks admire his bune and the Miami Times — are program for economic indepen publishing each other's opinion co dence and his call to them to seek lumns on issues of concernd to self-sufficiency through self-reli Blacks and Jews. ance." In the first exchange, each news paper printed the same side-by-side : arte iu.cm ,i;c v Jilt rn t o ' editorials under the overall headline ,il "Bridging the Communications Gap/or. Between Blacks and Jews. " < In one editorial, entitled "D is seminate Ideas Without Skirting Is- sies," Tribune publishers David Ab ramowitz and Jack H. Levine said "w hat we hope to accomplish . . . is to begin an honest, free, fearless and respectful give and take, where Beginning on November 22, the we achieve insight and not incite Soweto College of Education Choir, ment . . . We shall air grievances a famous choral group in South and express expectations so that we African and this year's National may better work together, and, in Champion in the choral competition deed, bear each other's burdens." of the African Teachers' Associa In his editorial, "Remove the Cli tion of South Africa, will be in Israel mate of Distrust Between Us,” for a series of performances. Con Times publisher Garth C. Reeves, ducted by Mr. D. Lefoka and num Sr., said "there are solid issues bering 52 singers, the choir will which need the cooperation of both tour Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Kib Blacks and Jews in the mold of the butzim in northern Israel through partnership which, as witnessed in December 3, providing Israeli audi the early days of the civil rights ences with an opportunity to enjoy rights struggle, brought about sub a program of folksongs, choral stantial changes which redound to music and traditional songs from the betterment of all Americans." South Africa. According to Arthur Teitelbaum, The Choir's visit is another indi ADL's Southern area director based cation of Israel's efforts to cement in Miami, who conceived the idea ties with the democratic forces and brought the publishers of the among the black community of newspapers together, "the agree South Africa. Within that context, ment offers a unique opportunity for several visits by black groups from Jews and Blacks to communicate that country have occurred in re with each other outside of a crisis cent months. Israel's steps to atmosphere." There are some strengthn ties with the black popu 250,000 Jews and approximately lation of South Africa is a central 330,000 Blacks in Dade County. element of the policy guidelines In their first editorials, both news issued by the Government of Israel papers cited Black Muslim leader this year. Among the policies adop Louis Farrakhan's statements as ted was the establishment of a fund one of several issues of contention that will continue and expand semi between the Black and Jewish com nars and special courses for black munities. The editorial in the Jew leaders from South Africa. ish paper, questioning whether "the During the last two years five apparent acceptance by many such programs were held under the Blacks of Farrakhan's anti-Semitic sponsorship of the Afro-Asian Insti fulminations" was among the rea tute in Tel Aviv, an adjunct of the sons for the Black-Jewish "rift," Israel Labour Federation (Histadrut) went on to say: " . . • candidly, for more than 100 participants from there's a long road to travel before South Africa. Three new courses we can say that we are together. have been planned for 75 partici There is a gulf yet to be bridged. pants for the coming year. One of By voicing opinions in our two the programs — a seminar for Trade newspapers, we can serve as cata Union officials — has already begun lysts to bring important issues into this week. the open. . . " Choir From Soweto Comes to Israel PORTLAND OBSERVER "The Eyes and Ears of the Community 288-0033 Black TV Preferences Surveyed A recent survey that focused on the prime-time television pre ferences of African-Americans found that: • only 9 of the 20 most popular shows in African-American house holds were among the most popu lar with all viewers. • five prime-time network tele vision programs (Hunter, Miami Vice, Crime Story, The Equalizer, and Knots Landing) may owe their ^ r y ^ i t o at\ijgh:§l^k.vieyyership. • African-Americarl womeh' aged 18 49 listed their favorite shows as "The Cosby Show,” "Am en," "Family Ties" and "227", while A f rican-American men in the same age group selected "The Cosby Show," "A m en," "Family Ties," ana "Monday Night Football." Researchers also found: • African-Americans enjoy see ing Black performers cast in non- stereotypical roles. • that sexual expression on TV is fine as long as it is done in a subtle manner. • that African-American house holds enjoy Black actors in action- packed, law enforcement roles. • that African-Americans are op posed to shows that are racist. • that when music and dance are part of a program, African-Ameri cans prefer traditional jazz, gospel, soul or pop music. The researchers found that style, content and dynamics of a program mattered with African-American rather than the issue of race. Shows like Family Ties and Cheers are popular among African-Ameri cans because they are virtually free of negative racist attitude and at mosphere that pervades many tele- vision,shows. p . The survey was conducted by Batten,' Barton, Durstine & Osborn Special Markets' (BBDO). Business Survey Results - In Brief A first-time survey revealed that 54 percent of Black business owners operate out of their homes. The survey also showed that 56 percent of women business owners are based at home. Over 339,000 Black businesses were used in the survey funded by the Commerce Depart ment's Minority Business Develop ment Agency and the Small Busi ness Administration. Blacks Reduce Educational Gap The gap between the proportions of Blacks and Whites completing high school narrowed substantially since 1940, according to a report by the Commerce Department's Cen sus Bureau. About 81 percent of Blacks and 87 percent of Whites aged 25 to 29 were high school graduates in 1985. The proportions in 1940, when the bureau began gathering such stati stics, were 12 percent for Blacks and 41 percent for Whites. For the population aged 25 and over in 1940, the proportion of White high school graduates was 3.4 times greater than for Blacks, 26 percent compared with 7 percent. The ratio in 1985 was 1.3, with 76 percent for Whites and 60 percent for Blacks. The report notes that in 1940, Whites were four times as likely as Blacks to have completed college compared with twice as likely in 1985. The proportions were 5 per cent for Whites and 1 percent for Blacks in 1940 compared with 20 percent and 11 percent in 1985. As in all surveys, the data in this report are subject to sampling var iability and response errors. Copies of "Educational Attain ment in the United States: March 1982 to 1985," Series P-20, No. 415, are available from the Superinten dent of Documents, U.S. Govern ment Printing Office, Washington, D .C .20402. The charts show percentages of Blacks and Whites completing high school from 1940 to 1985 Chart 1. Precentage of Black and W hite persons w ho have com pleted high school: 1940 to 1985 (persons 25 to 29 years old) Chart 2. Percentage of Black and W hite persons w h o have com pleted high school: 1940 to 1985 (persons 25 years old and over)
