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Community CPR
Review
Before leaving on vacation, it may
be tim e to refresh your CPR skills.
Sum m er recreation can be fun and safe
if you’re prepared. Red C ross will offer
the CPR Com m unity Review at the
O regon Trail Chapter, 3131 N. V an­
couver Ave, Portland, Saturday, A u­
gust 10, betw een 8:30 a.m. and 12:30
p.m ., in Conference Room A.
This is a renew al course for those
who hold current Com m unity CPR cer­
tification. Students need to pass a w rit­
ten test and perform skill checks on
each C om m unity CPR skill.
This serves as an excellent review
for those planning to take Red Cross in­
structor or professional rescuer courses.
The fee is 522. A textbook may be
purchased at the Safety and Health Resale
Desk, at The O regon Trail Chapter
(M onday-Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m .). Call
280-1440 to register.
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A health check-up for women will
be given from 9 a.m . to 1 p.m., Satur­
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Chiropractic College C linic, 2900 NE
132nd Avenue in Portland.
The 515 examination fee will cover
the cost o f a pap smear, breast exam ,
spinal examination, and urinary lab test.
The check-ups are adm inistered by
fourth-year interns under the supervi­
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pointm ents are necessary and may be
made by calling 255-6771.
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Wendy Williams, Naamon Archer, Natalie Lagris, seated in back is Derick Spears.
Fresh Connection, a local dance
group, has been performing together
for the past three and one half years.
Their perform ances have ranged from
Roosevelt High School to a recent show
at Portland’s Rose Festival W aterfront
Park. They can also be seen in one of
channel 4 9 ’s season prem ier com m er­
cials.
The group is venturing to Las Vegas
July 27th through A ugust 2nd. They
will be filming a music video for their
first single record. To see them live this
summer. Fresh Connection will be
dancing with the Calvin W alker Band
at the Bite in Portland at W aterfront
Park on A ugust 11th from 7 - 8 pm.
Stopping Racism Begins At Home
T o the Editor:
O ne thing that is o f growing con­
cern to me is the num ber o f black
people that I run into who seem to have
a problem with my being married to a
white woman. In discussing this issue,
I have found that the main accusations
tow ards me and other black men in so-
called “ interracial” relationships, is
that we are self-haters and “ sellouts.”
I believe that these accusations are very
serious, considering the day and time
that we live in. On the one hand I can
understand that the animosity towards
us is an em otional reaction to the treat­
m ent that we as blacks have suffered at
the hands o f the oppressor. At the same
tim e, if em otions arc not kept in check
by a well balanced and rational mind,
then we will continue to be victims of
w hat Huey P. Newton called “ Reac­
tionary Suicide.”
There are many theories on the
effects o f “ m iscegcnation ’ ’ on particu­
lar “ races.” These theories were propa­
gated by racists who needed an excuse
for conquering the world. J.A. Rogers
points this out brilliantly in his book,
Sex and Race Vol. I,IL and III. I think
itis very important that “ w e” exercise
the power to create our own defini­
tions. And when I say “ w e” I am
talking about all o f us who arc victims
o f the accepted definitions of today.
Malcolm said, “ O f all our studies,
history is best qualified to reward our
research.” That doesn’t just mean black
history, that means all history; because
all people’s history is tied together. If
wc studied “ true” history we would
know , for instance, that to refer to the
N ative American as an “ indian” is an
insult parallel to calling the African (or
African-A m erican) a “ nigga.” W e
would also find that the African and the
Native American have a history of
working and living together in peace
and harmony. That is, until today when
race seems to be such an issue. W e
would also find that a w hite man by the
name o f John Brown gave his life for
the cause o f freedom, and that it would
be unfair to call him a devil because o f
the color o f his skin. A sa m atter o f fact,
there are w hite men today who arc
working for our freedom. Not by com ­
ing to us, but by going where the prob­
lem is; in their own com m unities. They
realize that no man is free until all men
are free.
As far as the “ sellout” issue is
concerned, 1 would like to ask this one
question: W hat are YOU doing for the
com m unity? My wife and I run the
PTA H O TEP Learning and Resource
C enter in the hopes o f sharing know l­
edge and wisdom with those who have
an interest in the com m unity. Now I’ll
tell you w hat I’m not doing. I’m not
selling drugs. I’m not exploiting and
robbing the com m unity deaf, dumb,
and blind. I ’m not raping the women.
I’m not killing the brothers. If you re­
ally w ant to address the “ sellout” is­
sue, then think about this: W e are all
“ sellouts” for allow ing great leaders
like M alcolm X, M artin Luther King
Jr., Martin Sostrc, Huey P. Newton,
Bobby Seale, Edlridge Cleaver, Assata
Shakur, Angela Davis, G eroim o Pratt,
Fred H ampton, Mark Clark, Bunchy
Carter, Jon Huggins, Kwamc Nkru-
m ah. Nelson Mandela, W innie M an­
dela, Steven Biko, ad infinitum; to fall
victim to the racist, imperialistic pow er
structure without calling for its accounta­
bility. As a m atter o f fact, I w ant to
know w hat happens when they come
after Farrakhan? Are wc going to hand
him over too?
W hen are we going to quit selling
ourselves out by electing leaders who
d o n ’t have our best interests at heart?
Instead o f w orrying about kindergarten
cultural nationalist issues, like “ inter­
racial” relationships, wc should better
use our tim e thinking about w hat to do
with cats like Marion Barry, and that
bom b-dropper in Philadelphia, not to
mention other cats who are nothing
more than lackeys o f the oppressor.
It’s time to move on. We need to
deal with real issues. O ur parents al­
ready established the fact that “ black
is beautiful.” Now it’s up to us to take
it a step further. W hen we know that
everyone’s genealogy can be traced
back to a single black woman, then we
should have no problem knowing that
w hether you are black, white, red, yel­
low, or brown we have the same
“ m om m a” and we are all brothers and
sisters. That means my wife is valid,
and so is my love for her. It is a
blessing to know and to find that there
arc w hite folks who are willing to learn
the nature o f the effects oppression has
had on us, and arc willing to go into
their own communities and do som e­
thing about it. These are our allies, and
they should not be alienated. My wife
and my relationship to her, for the
same reason that I m entioned above,
arc not the enemy. The real enem y is
within.
PTAHOTEP,
M uham m ad Abdullah
Suggested reading materials:
1) Huey P. N ew ton,To Die For
The People, Revolutionary Suicide
2) Stokely Carm ichael, Black
Power, Stokely Speaks
3) R obert L. Scott and W ayne
Brockridee, Rhetoric o f Black Pow er
4) Bobby Scale, Seize the Time
5) Dr. Ivan Sertim a, They C am e
Before Colum bus
6) M alcolm X, T he A utobiogra­
phy
7) J.A. Rogers, Sex and Race Vol.
1,11,111
8) W ard Churchhill and Jim Van
dcr W all, Agents o f Repression,
The C ointclpro Papers