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Volum e X X I, Num ber 15
"The Eyes and Ears o f The Community"
A pril 10,1991
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Tony Brown
Modern
Black Hero
Marchers Call for An End to Racial Violence
V-
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Calling 911? - Dont
Hang Up!
Richard Brown,
Marcher
Organizer
Quotes:
*We need to be
mindful of the
young people
who were killed
in our
Community ”
PAGE 2
Christiian Life
Conference Eleventh
Annual Session
April 14-19,1991
PAGE 3
NBA Home-Court
Advantage Mean
Little by Aaron
Fentress
April Has Been
PAGE 4
Candle Light Vigil
Sunday, April 14,
1991
PAGE 4
Lioon At Bay Part III
The Children Die in
the Street
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Declared Earthquake
The American Red Cross is com­ Survey (USGS) indicates that the po­
mitted to disaster preparedness and tential for an earthquake in western
providing the public with information Oregon and Washington is actually quite
on how they can avoid, prepare for, and significant.
The devastation of an earthquake
recover from a disaster.
Although the general population in this community would be great be­
considers the risk of an earthquake in cause we are not prepared. During the
this community as small, recent re­ month of April, the Red Cross will be
search bv the United States Geological engaged in many preparedness activi-
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INDEX
News
Religion
The Locker Room
News
News
News
News
News
Classifieds
Bids/Sub-bids
Bids
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10
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The Mournlg o f Men In Blue
Fell» to Stir Public Sympathy
For Gates
Continues
By 4. Lee Henderson
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Preparedness Month
ties to bring attention to the fact that
every family needs to consider how
they will survive an earthquake.
We hope that you will assist us in
spreading the word during April that
we must prepare now.
If you would like any additional
information please call me at 284-0011
ext. 293.
Stephanie
Stokes-Oliver:
A Down Sister
Familial Discrimination: Help Is Available
amount of the security deposit on the
number of children a person has, nor
can he charge a larger security deposit
Most people realize that it is ille­
to people with children.
gal for a landlord to deny housing be­
For some people, discrimination
cause of a person’s race, sex, religion,
takes place after they have moved in.
or national origin. However, many people
The following complaints are real life
are not aware that as of 1988, the fed­
examples of illegal discrimination that
eral Fair housing Amendments now
Legal Aid helped
make discrimination
to correct One
against families with
apartment com­
children and handi­
plex allowed chil­
capped people ille­
dren to swim or
gal, too. This means
play in the pool
that is no longer all
only
during cer­
right for a landlord
tain hours. The
to refuse to rent to a
rest of the time
family or person be­
was reserved for
cause of their chil­
adults. That prac­
dren, except in cer­
tice is discrimina­
tain cases where the
tory against chil­
housing is strictly for
dren, and is ille­
the elderly. Land­
gal.
A nother
lords may not place
apartment com­
an unreasonable
plex had a policy
limits on the num­
that required a
ber of people who
parent to be pres­
may live in the
ent any time their
dwelling. In spite of
child was outside
the 1988 Fair hous­
of the apartment,
ing Amendments,
Pamela Slaughter
including if the
some landlords still
child was playing outside, or playing
have an occupancy standard that al­
on the playground. This requirement,
lows for two people per bedroom, no
again, is discriminatory against chil­
matter what the total size of the dwell-
dren and is unreasonable. In another
ing is.
case, the resident manager of the apart­
Many Fair Housing experts argue
ment complex had no problem if adult
that the only occupancy limit is profes­
tenants left their bicycles and sports
sional or legal over-crowding standards,
equipment on their balconies, but would
so a two person per bedroom policy is
not allow children to put bicycles and
illegal. A landlord cannot base the
BY PAMELA SLAUGHTER
John Frazier
Appointed project
Manager for Neil
Kelly
BY ULLYSSES TUCKER, JR.
Photo by Veronica Green
At least 600 people partisipated in the Black United front 11th annual march against racial violence.
The group called for unity of all races and making a determined effort to make our city a better place to live.
Taking note of the violent deaths of two young men, Stanely Reed and Mulugeta Serau, both were victems of
racial violence.
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their toys on the balconies. Finally,
another landlord owned ten houses which
were built on one large piece of prop­
erty. Eight of these homes were being
rented by families with children. The
landlord had a policy stating that chil­
dren were not allowed to play outside at
all, not even in their own fenced back­
yards. Fortunately, these tenants rec­
ognized the illegal discrimination, and
knew to call Multnomah County Legal
Aid Service for help.
Unfortunately, there are many other
people who have similar problems with
illegal housing discrimination, but don’t
know what to do about it. They should
know that if they are low-income resi­
dents of Multnomah County, they can
call the Multnomah County Legal Aid
Service at 224-4086. Pamela Slaughter
is the fair housing paralegal there; she
can be asked for directly. Help is also
available for those who do not live in
Multnomah County, or are not low-
income. They can call the Fair Housing
Project The number is 1-800-424-FAIR.
The Fair Housing Project is also a free
service.
Some people have reservations
about calling our office and asking for
helpon an illegal discrimination charge
because they don’t know if they have a
case or not. Clients are not expected to
prove theirown case. Legal Aid and the
Fair housing project have several ways
of uncovering discrimination, or find­
ing out that there was indeed no dis­
crimination. That’s what they do. What
you need to do is call if you feel you
havv been discriminated against
Photo by Veronica Green
Stephanie Stokes-Oliver
BY ULLYSSES TUCKER, JR^
Essence Magazine Editor Stepha­
nie Stokes-Oliver has no emotional or
psychological hangups about being
accepted by white America. She is very
pleased to be a black mother, woman, a
role model, and communicator of in­
formation.
Stokes-Oliver was in town this past
weekend to attend the Association of
Black Journalists Regional meeting
hosted by the Portland chapter. A na­
tive of Seattle and a graduate of the
Howard University School of Commu­
nications, Stokes-Oliver believes that
many Black professionals need to get
over the “ illusion of inclusion” within
white corporate America and learn to
feel better about themselves. She also
thinks that it’s alright to have a BMW
and own a nice home in the suburbs, but
be Black in the process.
“ If you’re a member of the NAB J
(National Association of Black Jour­
nalist), then you must be proud to be
black. It’s not always easy telling
employers that you want to attend a
Black journalist conference. It takes a
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Why Tony Brown keeps insisting
that he is not a role model for young
Black joumalist/communicators is to
emulate confuses some people because
for the last twenty-years, he has set a
high standard in the industry. It would
be virtually impossible to mention media
giants such as Max Robinson, Ed Bra­
dley, Lem Tucker, Charlene Hunter-
Gault, Stephanie Stokes-Oliver, Bob
Maynard, Brian Gumble, John H.
Johnson, and many others withoutmen-
tioning Brown’s name. Still, he ignores
the praise and respect others have for
him. “ Idon’tfeel th atl’m arole model.
I’m a journalist I think that journalists
should be journalists.”
Brown, the host/producer of Tony
Brown’s Journal, is the founder of the
Howard University School of Commu­
nications in Washington, D.C. His tele­
vision program is the longest running
television program on Black affairs in
America. It airs at 2:30 p.m. each Sat­
urday afternoon on Oregon Public Broad­
casting (Channel 10). Tony Brown’s
Journal is also seen on 240 other sta­
tions across the country. He is also a
syndicated columnist. According to
Brown, Black joumalist/communica­
tors have a strong social responsibility
when it comes to enlightening the masses
of Black people in America.
“ I think that journalism is a very
unique obligation and opportunity” ,
he said. “ 1 think that for blacks in par­
ticular, we have an opportunity to the
truth and I think many of us focus or
should focus on telling the truth, not on
being public relations adversaries for
Blacks or for being apologist for a sys­
tem that is wrong. I think that the truth
is what we need. That’s what journal­
ism has suffered from over the years. It
has not had a balanced approach be­
cause for the most part, the people in it
have been emphasizing and re-empha-
sizing the same values. We have a
unique opportunity, but I will stop there
before I say that we have made a radical
change.”
Known for his creative storytelling
a blunt talk, Brown is considered as a
true fighter for the Black cause and
very intelligent. Brown believes that
objectivity does not exist in journalism
and he is not hiding behind his perspec­
tives.
“ I think that everybody is subjec­
tively objective,” he said. “ No, there
is no such thing as objectivity. 1 don’t
think being objective is a desised goal.
I think that being honest and truthful is
the desired goal. I think we all have to
lay our subjective bias on the table
when we deal with other people so that
we can present to the reader, viewers,
or listeners the truth. I think journalism
simply put is a search for the truth.”
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