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Page 2 The Portland Observer July 25,1990
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Loggers Are
Hurting Too
e ll, m aybe I have tongue-in-
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chcek and maybe I haven’ t. W e
w ill see. A n d w hat, i f any­
th in g , has th is to do w ith the problem s o r
p ro m ise o f B la c k people that I usually
w rite about? O ve r the years. I ’ ve given
m ore than a h in t in this co lu m n that I ’ ve
spent a great deal o f tim e in the
“ b o o n ie s ’ ’ --sm a ll tow ns and ru ra l a r­
eas. A leading in d ic a to r w o u ld be the
fa c t that I have ow ned m any m ore p ic k ­
ups than sedans.
Several m onths ago I described a
“ tra ve llin g ” course in A ffirm a tive Action
th a t I ta u g h t fo r the U.S. Forest Service
d u rin g the 1970s. U n ive rsity-a ccre d ite d
fo r Personnel A d m in is tra tio n and Social
Science, I was “ In stru cto r o f R ecord”
and organizations fro m the surrounding
areas w id e ly dispersed throughout and
aound forest tracts, ranches, m ountains
and valleys.
A lm o s t around the clo ck, beginning
w ith huge breakfasts fo r loggers depart­
ing fo r the woods, there are m eetings o f
the Grange, C a ttle m a n ’ s A ssociation,
w heat farm ers, garden clubs, q u iltin g
bees, square dancers, lu m b e rm e n ’ s
groups, school boards, P TA s, athletic
boosters, checker and chess clubs. Toast­
masters, R otary, E lks, L io n s, show room
and p arking lo t rentals fo r the disp la y o f
lo g g in g and farm equipm ent, theatrical
productions, gun clubs, fis h in g , skiin g ,
rock clim bing and mountaineering groups,
you name them.
N o w , when you consider that rural
people are m uch m ore frie n d ly , in q u is i­
tive and garrulous than c ity people, it
should come as no surprise that, as a
stranger, you get a ll the attention and
in te ra ctio n im aginable. W hen we co n ­
ducted those Forest Service sessions;
o u r classroom environs were sometim es
overw helm ed by curious people w ho
had to be constrained. They w o u ld w ant
to k n o w , “ where are you fro m , w hat is it
a ll about, can we liste n ? ” - a n d , “ can
note is the fa ct that some o f the Forest
Service w o rk fo rc e had e ith e r been lo g ­
d u rin g those years. Once the true nature
o f the A fric a n A m e rica n situation was
u s u a lly held at the nearest po p u la tio n
center a ffo rd in g a Ramada o r H o lid a y
In n .
explained to media-oriented people, there
was a pronounced s h ift in v ie w p o in t and
attitude.
H o w do ‘ ‘ loggers enter this picture?
F irs t, these “ In n s” serve a m uch greater
The classroom sessions lasted three
to fo u r days, w h ile m y appearance was
usually fo r one o r tw o days. Q uite often
these people as a result o f the “ Spotted
O w l” fre n zy, I th in k we should a ll be
I accepted in v ita tio n s to v is it a rural
home after a d a ily s e s s io n -o r stayed
aware o f w h o it is that is re a lly the
E N D A N G E R E D SPECIES. M y sym ­
o ve r an extra day to speak at a school o r
service club. I had m yria d o p p ortunities
pathy to these people in the “ b o onies”
w h o now face, iro n ic a lly , the same trau­
to present a “ real p erspective” o f the
A fric a n A m erican struggle against ra­
cism and d is c rim in a tio n . Interesting to
m atic circum stances I lectrued to them
aboutas being the lo t o f A fric a n A m e ri­
ro le in the social and co m m e rcia l fabric
o f the surrounding area than do th e ir
counterparts in the larger “ M e tro p o li­
tan Statistical Area,” i.e. big cities. Scores
o f va rie d h o u rly and one-day occupan­
cies and oth e r am enities push the h o te l’ s
fo rm a t fa r beyond the custom ary em ­
phasis on “ lo d g in g .”
A ll day and in to
you com e to o u r m eeting here to n ig h t, o r
can you com e to the local school and
make a presentation?” I d id a lo t o f that
the evening there are meetings o f peoples
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and type o f feedback that occurred
w henever I relum ed to P ortland. A
p rin c ip a l focus o f m y c la s s -a n d the
at m any scores o f sessions conducted all
o v e r the states o f Oregon and W a sh in g ­
ton. These classes proved to be e x­
tre m e ly a ttra ctive to a ru ra l w o rk fo rc e
re s id in g so fa r out in the “ boonies ’ ’ that
even Com m unity College was not a viable
o p tio n fo r fu rth e r academics. D em o­
gra p h ics dictated that the seesions were
in turn trained the “ Indian” smoke ju m p ­
ers so fam ed in to d a y’ s media.
W hen reading o f the massive eco­
nom ic d islo ca tio n s to be suffered by
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KEEPING BLACK
BEAUTIFUL: USE
SUNSCREENS
re su lt in a bum , but it w ill re su lt in skin
aging o r m ore serious dam age.”
A cco rd in g to L o w e , ca re fu l product
choices w ill deter any special problem s
that blacks develop fro m sunscreen use.
“ B lacks prone to acnes should choose
sunscreens that have been tested free o f
D espite the w idespread b e lie f that
b lack skin is som ehow im m une to da m ­
age fro m the sun, its natural p ro te ctio n
fa cto r is equal to an SPF o f o n ly about
fo u r, according to D r.N ich o la s L o w e .
“ The idea that b la ck skin w o n ’ t
bu m , that blacks w o n ’ t develop skin
cancer a fte r repeated o r p ro longed e xp o ­
sure to the sun, is a fa lla c y ,” noted
L o w e , c lin ic a l professor o f d e rm a to log y
at the U C L A School o f M e d icin e and
acne-developing properties, ‘ ‘ L o w said.
“ I f a p a rticu la r sunscreen is found to
give skin an unattractive shininess, switch
to one o f the alcohol-based gels o r lo ­
tions.
“ In any case, sunscreens are not to
d ire cto r o f the Santa m onica-based S kin
Research Foundation o f C a lifo rn ia .
“ Exposure to s u n lig h t fo r m ore than an
hour in the sum m er m onths may not
darker. B u t a ll skin needs p ro te ctio n i f
damage is to be a vo id ed .”
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these people, e sp e cially when I fo llo w e d
up on in v ita tio n s to ‘ ‘ com e back on your
sum m er vacation at the u n ive rsity and
spend a week w ith us.”
A fa scinating s p in -o ff o f a ll these
in te rc u ltu ra l associations was the level
m atic L u b ric a to rs ” and sent me the
m aterial at P ortland State U n ive rsity.
The personnel at a Forest S ervice ranger
stateion at Cave Junction, O regon d id
the same w hen they fou n d photographs
and 1940 newspaper accounts o f the
B la ck engineering battalions tra in in g to
be parachuting “ Smoke Jum pers” to
fig h t forest fires. T hey are the ones w ho
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NEW HOME AT HISTORIC NEW MARKET WEST IN DOWNTOWN PORTLAND
gers at one tim e , or m em bers o f th e ir
fa m ilie s (o r frie n d s) were so em ployed.
I had very interesting experiences among
speaking engagements--was the docu­
m entation o f the s ig n ific a n t c o n trib u ­
tions o f A fric a n A m ericans to the na­
tio n ’ s technology and infrastructure. A
prim e to o l was m y book, “ B la ck In ve n ­
tors o f A m e ric a .” M any hundreds were
boughteach year by session participants,
lo ca l schools and in d iv id u a ls, and by
organizations.
Loggers in the w oods found and
photographed o ld e r lo g g in g m achinery
equipped w ith the “ Real M cC o y A u to ­
HOME
There was never a good war
or a bad peace.
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be foregone. W h ite skin may demand
m ore p ro te ctio n than bla ck skin , and
lig h te r shades o f b la ck skin m ore than
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