Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, April 10, 1991, Page 7, Image 7

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    Aoril 10, 1991
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The Portland Observer-Page 7
Neil Kelly Names
Project Manager
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Tony Brown Continued From Front Page
U n f o r t u n a t e ly ,
left field. So, it’s sorta like, if we just
ignore this guy, what he is might not
exist. When I started out, I didn’t have
the option of working within the estab­
lishment, thank God, so I had to de­
velop alternatives. The fact that I had to
develop alternatives gives me more
independence.
In his career. Brown has produced,
directed, and financed a feature length
film, “ The White G irl” , that dealt
harshly with drugs and their devasta­
tion of young people. He is an advocate
be independent of them. 1 think that
they are very threatened by this. It’s
kind of a funny thing, if you know what
I mean, because they don’ t want you in,
but they don’t like you if you don’t care
if you’re not in. I think that’s the impact
d ow ned
of economic self-sufficiency as a strat­
egy for success. When questioned about
what advice he would give to all the
people aspiring to be the next Tony
Brown, he laughed and suggested that
it would be a bad idea.
“ I wouldn’t aspire to be Tony
Brown” , he said. “ I would aspire to be
myself because each o f us has such
genius within us and it really bothers
me that people want to be other people.
I don’t think that’s what people should
be. 1 can admire you and the things
you’ve accomplished, but I don’t want
to be you. 1 want to make me a little
better. 1 think that as Blacks, we need to
get admiration and inspiration in fo­
cus.”
that I’ve had. There is really noplace in
their minds for me. They can’t make a
case that I’m incompetent and they
can ’ t make a case that I’m too far out in
A product of Wayne State Univer­
sity in Detroit, Ml, (undergraduate/grad
school), Brown does believe that he has
had an impact on the communications
industry despite denying himself role
model status. “ 1 think that, in terms of
white controlled media industry, I’m
the best kept secret they’ve ever had. I
threaten them and I know that I threaten
them because 1 seek to be independent
and I seek to pursuade other Blacks to
Any other advice for Black people
in general? * ‘Let go the anger you have
for the white man. That monkey has
been on our backs for a long time and
it’s time to let go.”
Brown was the dinner speaker at
the Association of Black Journalist
meeting hosted by the local chapter.
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John H. Frazier, of Neil Kelly
designers/Remodlers, was recently
named to the position of Project M an­
ager for the firm. John has served the
company as Production assistant for
the past two years. Neil Kelly Com ­
pany is a residential and commercial
remodeling contractor which has been
in business in Portland since 1947.
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