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S eptember 2 9 , 1993 • T he P ortland O bserver P age A 4 T h e M is e d u c a t io n O f T h e N e g r o : P a r t III by Professor M cK in le y B u rl That was a rather spirited re sponse to last weeks' referral to "sen sible in stitu tio n s" in the education system. Contrary to popular o p in io n and p o litica lly m otivated rhetoric, good schools in various form s and degrees o f concealment have alway s been w ith us My thanks to those who heartily agreed and understood that often ‘ excellence’ is deliberately h id ans have indeed kept th is fact "d e lib erately hidden " T h is obtains whether we speak o f contem porary opposition to docum ented revelations in the ‘‘ Baseline Essays" o f the Portland D is tric t o r we refer to higher educa tio n at the national level where it m ig h t w e ll mean the end o f an aca dem ic career to teach o r discuss cer In the 30 years since I left indus try' to teach. 1 have been on a le a rning ta in documented facts The Greeks studied at A fric a n universities and lib ra rie s already in existence for several thousand years- -then went home to found th e ir famed curve that has developed exponen tia lly to accommodate some o f the nonsense th ro w n at us by both the education fraternity and a mostly cap scientific schools lik e M ile tu s Europe began to emerge from the "D a rk Ages” when it began to send students to A fric a n U niv ersities such tive media. W h ile s till keeping one foot in the ‘ real w o rld ' (o f m aking th in g s and d e liv e rin g services), 1 as the w o rld -re n o w n e d school at Tim buctoo. N ewton gave fu ll credit to the A fricans fo r developing the mathematics o f the sphere and o f certain arcane curves. He also used den sought to determ ine w hy it was that in industry we were h irin g hig h school and sometimes college graduates w ho could not read, w rite or count as w e ll as I could in the fifth grade. Teaching was the answer, but not com pletely a th e ir astronom ical constants and co ordinates o f the Great Py ram id to nail down his"Theory O fU n iv crsal G ra v i ta tio n .” H erald the ‘ Age o f E n lig h t new career we w ill see. In the firs t tw o articles o f this series the case was w e ll made that for enm ent’ . It was Shakespeare’ s “ M oors” (M u s lim s ) from N o rth A fric a -w h o fifty centuries people o f A fric a n de scent have striv ed fo r and attained an sparked Europe vaunted Renaissance and it was N apoleon w ho stood his troops before the Great P yram id and to ld them , "fo rty centuries o f great ness look dow n upon you” . H is expe d itio n p ro m p tly carted back to E u unparalleled educational excellcnce- -and we fin d that fo r the most part and fo r an equally long period o f tim e successive establishments o f Europe rope all the wonders they found; pro jective geometry , the "F ib o n a cci Se rie s” o f m a th e m a tics, the fam ed “ G o ld e n S e c tio n ” , advanced as tro n o m y, and the "E m p ire ” fashion o f fu rn itu re and dress The new ly estab lished “ L o u vre M useum " became w orld-fam ous w ith A fric a n a rtifacts in the 19th century . The w o rld ’ s cu l- ...40% of the nations' teachers send their own children to private schools... lure and technology took o ff again w ith a gia n t infusion o f A fric a n ge nius H ow is it, then, y ou may ask, that the na tio n 's establishm ent and media w ill listen to education’ s leading tribe o f racists w h ich includes such New Y o rk T im e s ’ d a rlin g s as D ia n e R avitch in the U S. D epartm ent o f uas C om m unity College and Oregon state U n ive rsity fo r the last 20 plus /ears. A t PCC and CCC Rice taught real estate courses. W h ile w o rk in g as i real estate broker and teaching Rice helped develop the Com m unity Hous ing Resource Board and helped create a m in o rity’ real estate scholarship pro- gram . C u rre n tly at PCC Cascade Campus Rice teaches parenting and grandparenting classes. Rice has also taught at PSU where he received his B.S. in Business A d m in istra tio n . M .S.T. in General So cial Science and was assistant d ire c to r fo r the PSU Educational Center. He is w o rk in g on a doctorate o f E ducation from OSU. Parenting education is the surest way to prevent c h ild abuse, fa m ily breakdown and com m unity decay, believes Rice w ho came to Portland fro m Kansas C ity, Kansas 40 years ago. In his w ork, he helps fam ilies achieve the parenting s k ills they need A N D A P R E D IS P O S IT IO N F O R C R I M IN A L A C T IV I T Y A M O N G PERSONS OF A F R IC A N DE SCENT. The connection between that “ de liberately concealed " black history and the genocidal elements o f the establishm ents education gurus is perfectly obvious. W hat may not be so clear, at first, is the deadly silence o f the teachers’ unions lik e the h ig h ly p o litic iz e d N ational E ducation Asso cia tio n T h is strange situation be comes m uch clearer w hen a little e xam ination reveals that this group is p rim a rily a tu r f and w age-protecting money m achine and very little the avow ed s ta u n c h ly -lib c ra l profes s io n a l’ association in the m inds o f so many o f the public. For those o f you w ho have not had the experience o f some o f us w ith th is ‘ m achine’ (from w ith in and w ith o u t) sec the June 7, 1993 issue o f Forbes M agazine A s w ith the most organizations famed fo r th e ir " lib e ra l” posture, this conglom erate o f p o litic a l action com mittees keeps its publications fille d Education. A rth u r M . Schlesingcr, Jr. (The D is u n itin g o f A m erica) and w ith pictures o f A frica n -A m e rica n s- -th e ir vote and support more sorely E D H irsch Jr. (C u ltu ra l Literacy). A n d that, as I detailed here last month, the federal governm ent is fu n d in g needed than ever am id a ris in g cre scendo o f outraged comptai nts agai nst the education establishm ent. The is- suc o f S C H O O L C H O IC E A N D V O U C H E R S area frig h te n in g ch a l lenge to th is ‘ u n io n ’ . They w ould like a ll the help they can get, especially from those in the urban centers, people w hom they patently ignored or op posed when these residents were fig h t- in g fo r b etter A fric a n A m e ric a n schools and discharge o f teachers who could care less. A n d not ju s t in Ocean H ill/B ro w n s v ille in New Y o rk o r the s till-o n g o in g debacle in C h ica g o (P rin cip a l tenure fo r life )-b u t across the nation. W hen 1 firs t w rote o f the “ choice the a d m in is tra tio n in opposing Sen ate B ill 885 w h ic h w o u ld have a llo w ed equal representation ofb o th parents and teachers and school site c o u n c ils . W h e n the union a rro g a n tly lo b b ie d a g a inst th is b ill they ensured a heavy loss o f votes in s u p p o rt o f a “ Sales T a x to sup p o r t e d u c a tio n .A s the head ot O re g o n ’ s d e p a rtm e n t o f Revenue said, “ S ch o o l fin a n c in g in Oregon, u n lik e m o st states ( i f a n y) is voter d riv e n : in itia tiv e s and referrals to vo te rs b y the le g is la tu re ” . T h is is n o t a g o o d tim e to m ake th is con and v oucher" debate three years ago (include home-schools) there was not m uch steam behind the debate. N ow the proponents have to be taken rather s e rio u s ly -40% o f the nations’ teach ers send th e ir own ch ild re n to private schools, and the president o f the U nited States. Across the country’ and in Portland there are cracks in the stitu e n cy a n g ry. A lre a d y , Oregon s b ig g e st and m o st p o w e rfu l b u s i structure, fa m ilie s are op tin g fo r p r i vate schools or fo r teaching at home. G overnor Romer o f C olorado, long a key advocate fo r p u b lic schools, has now opened the door o f discretion a b it w ider. He has spoken out fo r ‘ choice’ , though in itia lly “ w ith in the another traum atic situation. But we, ness and in d u s try asso cia tion o p poses the sales ta x . S om ebody has noted th a t in 1986 there w ere m ore votes fo r le g a liz in g p o t than fo r the sales ta x ; th in g s to come? A fric a n Am ericans, beleaguered and buffeted, w ill, perhaps, endure a ll should have a learning c u rv e - especially, in respect to friends. We need the e ffo rt and com m itm ent o f every parent in the com m unity (and everyone else, black, w hite, whoever), and we need to reverse that parent- p a rticip a tio n block on the sites. It is our tax money and we are fools i f we do not let our employees know it. sy stem i f possible” . A nu m b e r o fb la c k parents have jo in e d the w h ite s in m o v in g to V a n c o u v e r, W a s h in g to n , th e y a re steam ed because teachers jo in e d leave no doubt! H ow long are we going to be "miseducated? Coca-Cola Classic 1993 Share The Dream Winners H e lp F o r P a r e n t s In the com ing weeks Harvey L . bee, M .S .T . w ill be w ritin g a colum n o r the Portland Observer aimed at le lp in g grandparents, parents, and ;h ild re n succeed in fa m ily life skills, b e e has been w o rk in g as an educator o r P ortland State U niversity. Port- and C om m unity College. C lacka- massiv e programs to study an alleged lin k between a supposed G E N E T IC D IS A B I L IT Y F O R L E A R N IN G in order to succeed. In his colum n the educator w ill also w o rk tow ard this end. He w ill address topics such as d is c ip lin e that doesn’ t hurt, being a better grandparent, dads are im p o r tant too grandparents ra isin g grand c h ild re n , fosters parenting and adop tio n parenting Rice is the w in n e r o f the OSU E xtension Service’ s V IP award for “ P arenting E ducator" o f 1992. I f you have a p a rticu la r fa m ily problem o r issue you w ould lik e "P ro fessor" Rice to address, please w rite to The P ortland Observer. P.O. Box 3137, P ortland, OR 97208 Candidates Needed For Grant 21st Century Schools Council anyone interested in serv in g on ra n t’ s 21st Century Schools Coun- 1 (also know n as Site C o u n cil) or in a m in a tin g someone else w ho is nown to be w illin g to serve on the o u n c il needs to know these things: • N a tu re o f th e C o u n c il E stablished by law (H B 3565), le co u n cils are intended to "im p ro v e le instructional program ” and to “ irn- rove the professional grow th and ire e r o p p ortunities o f the school's T h e G ra n t C o u n cil w ill have fif- en members, ten o f w h ich (eight achers, one classified employee, and e P rin c ip a l) are already selected tiesc members, authorized to dctcr- in e w h a t a d d itio n a l members here i l l be, have done so T h e law specifics that unless and i t i l funds are provided to com pen se fo r meetings at other rites, mect- ¡gs w ill be held d u rin g the school iy ; it encourages employers to rc- ase employees fo r attendance at rn n cil meetings • C o m p le tio n o f th e C o u n c il T he re m a in in g five members w ill include one student and fo u r "parents o r com m unity members.” The cu r rent ten members have authorized the Local School A dvisory Com m ittee (L S A C ) to devise and im plem ent a method fo r selection o f the four par ents o r com m unity members. T h is notice is a part o f that process. T w o members w ill be elected fo r a one- year term , tw o fo r a two-y ear term. • T im in g o f M e e tin g s The current ten members plan to hold C o u n cil meeting on Tuesdays between 3:15 and 4:30 P M ; this tim e was chosen in the hope o f m a x im iz in g the num ber o f parent/com m unity candidates w ho can anticipate bcim g able to attend. • N o m in a tio n Process T he September 16 L S A C meet in g (postponed fro m September 9 because o f the power fa ilu re ) agreed that a ll candidates must have id e n ti fied by the October 14 LS A C meeting (7 P M in the G rant library ) Id e n tifi cation is by se lf-nom ination o r by another vv ho is ccrtai n o f the i lom incc’ s w illin g n e ss to serve. N otify Bob W il liam s (232-3451), Bob Rcynolds(232- 2621), L in d a M ay (288-3009), C arol Humpage (284-8260), or Judy Nielsen (234-5903), members o f the Election C om m ittee pro tern. • P ro m o tio n o f c a n d id a cy and E le ctio n A t the October 14 m eeting o f L S A C , candidates o r th e ir nom ina tors w ill be given tim e to say what they w ish (w ith in reasonable lim its ) about th e ir candidacy. We hope to be able to h old that election fo llo w in g these presentations, but the members present at the September 9 meeting Mac Davis, senior marketing manager, Coca-Cola USA (left) and James Latimore, (far right) director, African American Consumer Markets, Coca-Cola USA congratulate the 1993 "Share The Dream" winners during a reception held in their honor at the Ritz Carlton in Atlanta. The winners will share $150- 000 in scholarship funds to attend a black college or university The winners are: (back row 1-r) Akil Kamau Mosi Woolfolk, Atlanta, GA: Ftahshaan Hawkins, Chicago, III.; Jay Tucker, Compton, CA; Mark Harmon Washington, D.C.; front row Kimya T. Ginyard, New Carrollton, Maryland; Karima Wade, Boston, MA; Tamika Finch, Shaker Heights, OH; Thaisa Esters, Gardena, CA, Nicole Scott, Detroit, Ml; Clashànte Williams, San Jose, CA, and Roric Hawkins, Tuscumbia, AL. JENNIES DRY CIMNINO wanted so strongly to give as many pote n tia l candidates as possible a chance to id e n tify themselves and to be chosen that we agreed to decide at that m e c tin g w h e th c rto v o tc im m e d i ately, to arrange fo r a m ail ballot, or to postpone the election u n til the N ovem ber meeting. There arc good reasons fo r w an tin g to get the C ouncil up and ru n n in g as soon as possible, so there is advantage to an October 14 vote. I f you have any interest in the outcom e o f th is election at a ll, please come to the L S A C meeting on O cto Old Fashioned Dry Cleaning FREE PICK-UP & DELIVERY “Your Business Counts” 25% Off All Dry Cleaning ber 14. Subaru Of America Foundation Distributes Funds To 83 Programs ru o f A m e ric a Foundation innounced that it has do- 1, 6 5 0 to local and national ;a lth , c u ltu ra l and cduca- igram s d u rin g the second a f 1993. S O A F is pleased to that the P o rtla n d chapter o f A g a in s t D ru n k D riv in g is am ong the 83 organiza- sen fo r fu n d in g this trim es- ru o f A m e ric a ’ s Western /h ic h is located in Portland, ng c o m m itm e n t to the com - nd this is the second con- year it has sponsored the chapter o f M A D D . p o rtin g the c o m m u n itie s in jb a ru em ployees liv e and (veil as those people v ic tim e flo o d in g o f the M ississippi, h p r io r it y to S u baru o f ” said G eorge M u lle r, Presi- S ubaru o f A m e ric a , In c. These funds support a lo t o f d e p ro g ra m that re a lly make ice in o u r co m m u n itie s.” ijo r p a rt o f the fu n d in g w ent anizations m o stly servicing com m unities in the N ew Jersey and P h ila d e lp h ia areas, fo r a total o f $53,208 in clu d in g $ 1,565 in funds to match S O A employees contributions to the A m erican Red Cross-Disaster R e lie f Fund and C hurch W o rld Ser vice. The rem aining $7,442 w ent to 58 organizations under the M atching G ift program , w h ich matches d o lla r- fo r-d o lla r individual em ploycc’ scon- trib u lio n s to n o n -p ro fit organizations up to $ 1 ,000 per employee per year. S O A F targets fiv e types o f na tional and lo ca l program s fo r receipt DRAPES • WEDOING DRESSES • FINE CLOTHING h o lid a y season. The national p ro grams supported include prevention o f c h ild abuse, prevention o f ju ve n ile crim e and a student exchange p ro gram to Japan to provide an educa tio n a l o p p o rtu n ity fo r a Subaru (5 0 3 ) 2 8 7 -0 0 0 8 W«h coupon • Not valid with «her oilers • Please present ooupon with order • Expires 9 30 93 to O regon’ s fa vo rite to u rist spots. Heavy Industries,Ltd.,of Japan. Head quartered in Cherry H ill, N .J., S O A These are just some o f 50 plus events that w ill be offered to children o f a ll A day at the ballet, carnivals, fa m ily fairs, co lo rin g contest and trips ages d u rin g L o ya lc and Im preza, and markets re p la ce m e n t parts and accessories through a n ctw o rk o f com pany-owned O re g o n ’ s C h ild re n ’ s W eek. G overnor Barbara Roberts w ill p ro c la im O c to b e r 3 -9 , 1993 as w ent to program ranging from l i t eracy program s fo r c h i ldrcn and adu I ts to e n v iro n m e n ta l e d u c a tio n and and independent d is trib u to rs w ho C h ild re n ’ s W eek” ... in recognition o f serve nearly 710 dealers nationw ide. S O A F was form ed in 1983 in the w o n d erfu l g ifts children give us now and the potential they bring to awareness presentations fo r elem en tary ch ild re n , as w e ll as breast health response to the g ro w in g social, c u l tural and educational needs o f the education and free mam m ogram s fo r co m m u n itie s in w hich Subaru em o u r fu tu re .” The theme this year is “ C o m m u n ities C aring F o r K id s ,” A fittin g econom ically disadvantaged wom en, and support o f a M o th e r’ s A g a in st ployees liv e and w ork. S O A F H AS A S ix-m em ber employee contribution D ru n k D riv in g (M A D D ) program to deter drunk d riv in g d u rin g this year’ s com m ittee that reviews grant requests and oversees d istrib u tio n o f funds. hospitals, and c iv ic . S O A F ’ s second trim ester funds 1 * V i | “Communities Caring For Kids” Theme For Children’s Week In October em ployee’ s child. S O A F is a n o n -p ro fit organiza tion a ffilia te d w ith Subaru o f Am erica, In c., theexclusive U nited States m ar keter o f Subaru vehicles parts and accessories m anufactured by F u ji m arkets its Leg a cy, Justy, S V X , o f funds: sociaFhuman services, edu cation, arts and cu ltu re , health and 5403 NE 42nd the second a n n u a l man Resources arc w o rkin g w ith edu cators, com m u n ity organ izations and other social service groups to put on celebrations fo rc h ild rc n and youth in dozens o f com m unities. Commitment to children dur ing Children’s Week will come in many ways: theme, as more people begin under • K P D X -T V , teams up w ith Bart Simpson to sponsor C h ild re n ’s W eek. W atch fo r pubic service announce ments on F O X 49 and special appear ances by B art “ C ool D ude” Simpson at some C h ild re n ’ s W eek events. • Economic Development D epart ment in co n ju nctio n w ith O regon standing the responsibly the comm u n ity plays in supporting children. Managers o f the Departm ent o f H u L o tte ry and K /P Graphics in Salem w ill distribute a c o lo rin g map show ing c h ild re n ’ s attractions. M any o f the attractions w ill o ffe r special dis counts the week o f O ctober 3-9. • T ra ilb la ze r alum ni w ill hold a basketball camp fo r C h ild re n ’ Ser vices D iv is io n kids. • James C anfield, artistic direc to r o f the Oregon B a lle t Theatre spon sors a special performance for foster ch ild re n . Please ca ll the local C h ild re n 's Services D iv is io n manager or V o lu n teer Program supervisor to fin d out more about the fun and exciting events fo r ch ild re n and youth being held in yo u r area. C o o rd in a te d b y O re g o n D e p a rtm e n t O f H u m a n Resources S p o n so re d in part b y E m p lo y m e n t D e p a rtm e n t. • • r » e •. » • v v * As i ‘ t - '- it r » 9 » • ’
