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Page 4 Portland Observer JUNE 29,1989
ABORTION-ON-
DEMAND IS
BLACK
GENOCIDE
By: Reverend Ronald O. Ross, J r.
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The pro-abortionists would like
America to believe that they are
concerned with the choice of a woman
and the life her child might live were
he or she brought to term. These are
not real reasons for legal abortion,
but platitudes to make their cause
seem just.
The pro-abortionists are not con
cerned about the mother or the child.
Their only concern is their own self
ish motives. The truth of the matter is
these people are supporting and pro
moting genocide.
If abortion is allowed to remain
available on demand, the genocidal
effects will be felt soon. The statis
tics show that Black prebom chil
dren are being aborted at more than
twice the rate of Whites!
Black women comprise only about
12 percent of the total female popu
lation in the United States, but they
are undergoing approximately 30 per
cent of the abortions. The number of
Black babies killed by abortion in
1983 represents two percent of the
entire Black population!
These facts speak for themselves:
this is Black Genocide!
The pro-abortionists want toclean
up the ghettos not because there is
suffering and pain, but because they
are an eyesore. (Guess what race pre-
dom inates in the ghettos of Amer
ica?)
They want to stop hunger not by
helping their fellow man, but by ex
terminating the hungry. This, of
course, reduces their tax burden!
(Guess what race receives a large
amount of welfare funds?)
The one thing the pro-abortion
movement seems to find hard to
believe is that a family can live five
to an apartment, have little money
and still be happy-because they have
love and they are a FAMILY!
Poverty does not necessarily make
one unhappy. If money and stability
were the key to a happy existence on
this earth, then why do stars with all
of their wealth commit suicide and
wealthy men go into seclusion? The
fact is there are unhappy people in
Harlem and unhappy people in Bev
erly Hills.
Pro-abortion activists take great
joy from peeking into the back yard
of the pro-life movement and saying,
“ your time and money could be better
spent on the children already here
instead of worrying about the m urder
of those who have not yet tasted life
outside the womb.”
Note that they never talk about
the “ Moms’ Houses” that help teen
age mothers continue their schooling
by offering free day care. Note they
never talk about the adoption serv
ices, the temporary “ shepherding
homes” for unwed mothers, the le
gal assistance, the financial help, or
the many myriad assistance programs
nationwide that the pro-life groups
support and sustain.
Pro-abortionists focus on the
demand that pro-lifers stop fighting
for the lives of prebom babies and
put all their money and efforts into
day are. Head Start and nutritional
programs.
They fail to look into their own
back yard, however, In just a few
short months the pro-abortionists will
spend over $4 million just on adver
tising, not to mention the millions
wasted on failed programs like sex
instruction, school based sex and
abortion clinics which only feed the
problem of “ unplanned” pregnan
cies.
These millions, too, could be used
to bolster nutritional programs, pre
natal health programs and postnatal
care-services that could help a troub
led mother realize she has alterna
tives to the murder of her child.
But I see no effort by the pro
abortionists to help the living, only
the programmed rhetoric promoting
just one choice-death to the pre
bom!
There is a serious “ anti-poor”
campaign in the United States today,
but it is not championed by the pro
life movement. Rather,it is being led
by the pro-abortionists who have no
concern for any individual person
only a zeal to achieve their own self
ish goals.
Yes, the American dream is still
alive. But it is seriously endangered
by those who expouse the goal of
ending poverty, but choose to do so
by killing off the poor.
But all Americans are guaran
teed the inalienable rights to pursue
happiness..And the liberty and LIFE
essential to do sol
HATE CRIMES
RESULTS IN
RECORD
BREAKING
CONVICTIONS
The FBI civil rights program,
according to the FBI director, is
designed to investigate racially and
ethnically motivated threats ore vio
lence as violations of federal laws.
He said these include criminal and
civil violations of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964, as well as cases involv
ing various forms of discrimination.
Each year. Judge Sessions said, the
Vigorous FBI investigations of FBI responds to thousands of com
racial and ethnic hate crimes have plaints.
resulted in a record-breaking 169 con
Pointing out that the FBI civil
victions since October 1987, director rights program is limited to investi
William S. Sessions revealed today. gations of violations o f federal law
Declaring that the FBI has this na- committed by individuals, Judge Ses
tion’s “ primary responsibility against sions said, however, that the domes
the forces of prej udice ’ ’ through ci vil tic counter-terrorism program inves
rights and counter-terrorism programs, tigates the unlawful use of force or
the FBI official issued the following violence by terrorist groups of politi
statistics at the annual National Com cal for social ends.
mission meeting of the Anti-Defa
Both programs, he emphasized,
mation League o fB ’nai B’rith at the are designed to prevent hate crime
New York Marriott Marquis.
and terrorist incidents and to react
— 101 convictions in fiscal 1988 swiftly when they do occur.
(Oct. 1,1987 to Sept. 30,1988) as the
The FBI director told the ADL
result of FBI probes, which he called meeting that the counter-terrorism
the “ highest annual number of con program had made “ great progress
victions ever recorded in the (FBI) in breaking the back of white su
civil rights program.”
premacist organizations that target
—69 convictions in the first six months blacks, Orientals, Mexicans and Jews.
of fiscal 1989 (Oct. 1,1988 to April
Judge Sessions sounded a warn
30,1989) resulting from the bureau’s ing about what he called the “ grow
civil rights investigations, which he ing menace” of the youthful, neo-
termed “ an unprecedented number.” Nazi Skinhead movement. He cited
—more than 7,000 investigations by 31 cases against Skinhead gang
the FBI into civil rights cases last members initiated in the last six months
year.
by the F B I-m ost of which he said
In describing the FBI’s war against have been successfully prosecuted
hate crimes before some 300 Jewish by local authorities.
community leaders, Judge Sessions
The FBI director cited reports on
cited the case of Denver radio talk the movement issued bv the
show host Alan Berg who was shot to Anti=Defamation League over the
death in 1984 “ because of his race last two years - as well as an updated
and because of his belief that white ADL report, “ Skinheads Target the
supremacist groups should be op Schools,” that will be issued at a Sat
posed.
urday session of ADFL’s meeting.
When the Denver district attorney
Judge Sessions said that to com
declined to prosecute,Judge Sessions bat racial and ethnic violence, law
said, the FBI and the Civil Rights enforcemcntaulhorities.membersof
Division of the Department of Jus social agencies and the public “ must
tice “ believed the crime was too work closely together to discourage
heinous to go untried and we prose racial hatred where they find it...the
cuted the case federally.” Two per FBI depends on all our citizens to
so n s- members of the “ Aryan Na report violations and provide critical
tions” and “ The Order” hate groups- information that will help our inves
were convicted by a U.S. District tigations.”
Court in 1987 and sentenced to 150
Prior to Judge Sessions’s address,
years each in prison. ADL had earlier Charles J. Hynes, former Special State
urged the Justice Department to prose Prosecutor, and the New York State
cute Berg’s murderers under Federal Office of Special Prosecutors accepted
law.
the ADL Award for Combating Bias
Judge Sessions said that investi Crimes. In presenting the award, Justin
gations, such as the one in the Berg J. Finger, ADL’S associate national
case, are “ worth every hour spent, director, praised Mr. Hynes and his
every agent used, every resource office for their role * ‘in the landmark
committed. They also clearly dem Howard Beach trial and paid a trib
onstrate the FB I’s commitment to ute to their leadership in the struggle
the vigorous enforcement of civil to combat racial prejudice and big
rights statutes.”
otry.”
The Election of
David Duke
Stop The Corruption Of Democracy!
By Dr. Lenora Fulani
As an independent Black leader who is running for mayor of New York
City in November on the New Alliance Party line, I am not willing to be
Regional director of A D L ’s South complicity in the crime of silence being perpetrated by the professional
politicians—Democrats as well as Republicans--in their refusal to speak out
Central regional office in New
on the controversial, life and death issues that are of profound concern to our
Orleans.
people.
It is because I am raising these issues that I am being excluded, once
The election of David Duke, the
again,
from the political dialogue. Recently it was reported in the New York
former grand wizard of the Ku Klux
Times
that an organization calling itself C onduct-w hich America’s self-
Kian, to a seat in the Louisiana House
of Representatives from a suburban apointed newspaper of record describes as “ nonpartisan” -h a d brought
district was neither a fluke nor an " a ll” of the mayoral candidates together to sign an pledge that they would
conduct their campaigns in a principled w ay-presum ably free of racial and
accident.
Duke’s victory was the result of a other biases. Yet I was not invited to participate in that gathering-the only
carefully crafted campaign in a small Black woman running for mayor of New York.
Another article that appeared in the Times this past Monday noted
overwhelmingly white district that
that”
Conduct’s challenge will be to discourage bigotry, veliedor therwise,
has been adversely impacted by a
long economic recession, fear of crime without stifling salutary debate about issues often shunned because o f their
and paranoid feelings that federal potential racial implications. “ Once again no mention was made of the
and state tax dollars are being spent conduct of Conduct in excluding me, thereby stifling the only candidate
to sustain welfare systems, affirma capable of forcing the kind of debate the Times is supposedly eager to
encourage. The article concludes that “ with race consciousness already so
tive action and minority set-asides.
One cannot look at the Duke vic high, m aybe-the best conduct New Yorkers can expect” is “ a racially
tory without taking into account the divided but nonhostile election’” such as supposedly took place in Chicago
fact that Louisiana has been eco earlier this spring. I consider the exclusion of the only Black woman in the
nomically devastated since the 1984 New York mayoral race to be an act of overt bigotry-hostile by definition.
The same bigotry and hostility is being demonstrated by the New York
collapse of oil prices. The state has
City
chapter of the National Organization for W om en-the pre-eminent
lost more than 450,000 jobs in the
feminist
organization in the country. NOW is planning a mayoral forum on
last four years. More than 100,000
issues
of
concern to women. Yet I was not asked to participate-the only
jobs have been lost in the New Or
Black
woman
running for mayor of New York.
leans-Metairie area alone.
The
same
bigotry
and hostility is being demonstrated by Governor Mario
Equally depressing has been the
slate’s brain drain. Many middle Cumo, who has invited all of the mayoral candidates, to meet with him. Yet
class families have seen one or more I was not included in the invitation-the only Black woman running for
college-educated children leave the mayor of New York and the only mayoral candidate who is connected not
slate for better economic opportuni to the real estate and banking interests of the city, but to the people of New
ties elsewhere. Crime has steadily York and in particular to the Black masses.
Why am I being left out? The media and the politicians make the excuse
risen and spread to the suburbs. Much
of Louisiana’s middle class is in a tax that they cannot defend Adam Abdul-Hakeen (formerly,er;u Larry Davis)
revolt, feeling that tax increases will and Ricardo B urgos-the young Black brothers from the South Bronx who
benefit the less fortunate while im have become the targets of a murderous police vendetta for daring to speak
pacting negatively on the middle class out against the corrupt cops who recruit poor Black and Puerto Rican youth
to traffic drugs for them -because they are” thugs.” The excuse for not
quality of life.
In this environment, David Duke defending Tawana B raw ley-driven out of New York State as if she were the
has flourished. At 38, he is no new criminal, when in fact she was the victim of a brutal racial and sexual assault
comer to the racist game. While a committed by cops.m covered up by the politicians and condoned by the
student at Louisiana S tate University media—was that this young Black woman was “ loose.”
But why won’t they defend me? Why won’t they demand my inclusion?
in the early 1970s, he proclaimed
After
all, I have all the “ right” credentials: I have a Ph.D. I ran for President
himself the leading campus advocate
of
the
United States last y ear-th e first Black woman ever to receive federal
of white supremacy, attacking blacks
primary
matching funds, the first woman and the first African American
and jews. While at LSU, he founded
ever
to
be
on the ballot in all 50 states. I’m going to be in their history books,
the White Youth Alliance, a group
whether
they
like it or not! So w hat’s wrong with me? W hat’s their excuse
affiliated with the neo-Nazi National
for
excluding
me?
Socialist White People’s Party of
/
Arlington, VA.
There is no excuse. The reality is that, like Adam Abdul-Hakeem and
Duke’s interest in political office Ricky Burgos and Tawana Brawley, I am being excluded because I’m not
dates back to 1975 when he ran the afraid to speak the truth about the filthy official corruption which is
first of two unsuccessful campaigns responsible for the poison of drugs and poverty that is killing our people.
for a seat in the Louisiana Senate. In I’m being excluded because I am stepping out to fill the vacuum in
June 1987 on the steps of the Georgia leadership that is sucking the life out of the people of this city. And those
State Capitol, Duke announced that who are too cowardly, too corrupt and too incompetent to lead are deter
he would seek the 1988 Democratic mined to see to it that no one else will!
nomination for President. His cam
I am calling upon the people of New York to demand my inclusion!
paign manager was Ralph Forbes, an Because when I am excluded it is our community which is excluded. Our
Erstwhile “ captain” in Geroge Lin exclusion is racist. It is unfair. IT IS CORRUPT AND UNDEMOCRATIC
coln Rockwell’s American Nazi Party, TO THE CORE. We need to speak out and fight back against this corruption
who since became a minister in the of democracy.
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Throughout his presidential cam- B
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list, Duke received steady coverage
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profiled him as a serious contender
for the White House. His racist ac
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The rise of Duke and others like him
in white politics may also lead to a
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How far Duke can take his victory
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remains a question. He had emerged
as a presentable, articulate racist who
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this year include The Kicks Band
Naomi Sims
has agreed to sponsor the Jazz Week
view shows. His election has been a
with
the
nationally
known
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’89 Street Dance on Friday, Aug. 4,
Renee of Paris
source of concern for the state Sena
announced Bob Dcmatteis, Jazz Week Christlieb, Shirley Nanette and tor and Congressman who represent
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licans, have correctly observed that
the
night
will
be
the’
jazz
jam
”
led
to meeting our sponsorship objec
if Duke attempts to move up the
by drummer Ron Steen and featuring
Mon-Fri
tives and certainly helps guarantee
political ladder, one or the other of
vicalist
Ralph
Black.
Gates
will
open
the success o f Jazz Week ’89,” said
10am-6pm
them will be his next target
Dcmatteis. “ It is very encouraging at 6p.m. with music starting at 7 p.m.
But for the m om ent Duke must
Sat
to the volunteers who make this week and continuing until 1 a.m. Food and demonstrate that he can handle the
beverages
will
be
available
and
only
happen to know that the business and
10am-5:30
fruits of victory. As Susan Howell
corporate community solidly supports those 21 years old and over will be observes, “ Duke has to balance the
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admitted.
this exciting project,” he added.
red hots who will want raw racial
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The Street Dance is held on Main
The Street Dance is the grand
rhetoric and the middle class who
Street
at
Powell
in
downtown
282-1664
finale o f Jazz Week, according to
want him to be a contributing mem
Don McLntire, talent chairman, “ with Gresham. Admission is $10 per person ber of the legislature. For now, he
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or free with a Jazz Week button.
music, fun and friends, it makes fora
has definitely opened a new chapter
Buttons will be on sale at the gate.
great celebration.”
on racial politics in the U.S.”
By A.I. Botnick
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