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Book Recounts Passage Of Slaves
M ost Am ericans have an im
age o f slavery as that o f a poor
A fric a n A m erican men or women
who w orked from sun-up to sun
down in te rrib le co n d itio n s fo r
generation a fte r generation and
that o f course is true.
B u t fe w p e o p le , A fr ic a n
Am ericans or others, visua lize
the people who become slaves
after being kidnapped from th e ir
o rig in a l co un try and culture.
H o w w ere th e y ta ke n as
slaves? W hat was th e ir to rturou s
jo u rn e y aboard the slave ships
re a lly like?
T om F eelings, an A fric a n
A m e rican illu s tra to r and award
w in n in g author, has searched his
h is to ry , his feelings and his her
itage and has taken an u n b e lie v
a bly p a in fu l jo u rn e y in g through
his im a g in a tio n to recreate in
m a g n ific e n t black and w hite i l
lustra tion s what the jo u rn e y from
the docks o f A fric a to the shores
o f the N ew W o rld (The M id d le
Passage) must have been lik e fo r
Salmon, Tomatoes, Corn and Orzo
Here’ s a recipe using the tomatoes and fresh com from the gai Jen for
a delicious dinner. It’s possible to find alternatives from October to July, but
the substitutes are pale copies o f the seasonal versions.
W ith salmon for richness and ginger, cumin and garlic for spice, you’ ll
want to make this dish several times before summer is over.
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8 ounces whole onion or 7 ounces chopped, ready-cut onion (1-2/3 cups).
1 teaspoon olive oil
3 ears o f corn or 2 cups frozen corn kernels
Enough fresh or frozen ginger to yield ! tablespoon, coarsely grated
I teaspoon cumin
I cup orzo
Pan spray
! 0 ounces salmon filet
/ and a halfpounds o f ripe tomatoes
/ large clove garlic
A few sprigs o f oregano to yield I tablespoon chopped.
1. Bring water to boil in large covered pot.
2. Chop whole onion.
3. Heat nonstick pan over high heat until it very hot. Reduce heat to
medium-high and add o il and onion. Saute until onion begins to soften.
4. Shuck com and scrape kernels from cobs; grate the ginger.
5. Add the com kernels, cumin and ginger to the onion and continue to
cook until the com is done, two or three minutes.
6. Cook the orzo.
7. When onion-com mixture is cooked, spoon into a serving bowl.
Wipe out the pan and spray it lightly with pan spray. Saute the salmon in the
pan, follow ing the Canadian rule: Measure fish at the thickest part and cook
8 to 10 minutes to the inch.
8. Wash, dry, trim and quarter the tomatoes and halve then}. Squeeze
out some o f the seeds and juice, and cut the tomatoes into small dice.
9. Mince the garlic; wash, dry and chop the oregano and stir into the
tomatoes. Add to com mixture.
10. When orzo is cooked, drain and stir in. When salmon is cooked, cut
into bite-size pieces and carefully stir in.
Y ield: 2 servings. Approximate nutritional analysis per serving: 615
calories, 11 grams fat, 25 m illigrams cholesterol, 130 m illigrams sodium,
35 grams protein, 95 grams carbohydrate.
his and a ll A fric a n A m e rican an
cestors.
The result w ill move you in
the most p ro fou n d way.
C reating images w hich are
long and narrow , so that the view
gets a sense o f the p au city o f
space in the holds o f the ships,
Tom has called fo rth fro m the
m ist o f m em ory the despair and
pain o f the slaves and translated
th is holocaust in to a w ork o f art
w h ich transcends the h o rro r o f
th is h is to ric a l event.
A subtle use o f shading and a
s lig h t fuzziness o f image also
force? the reader to concentrate
more close ly on the content o f
his scenes.
The creation o f the book took
over 20 years, being put aside
from tim e to tim e to focus on
o the r projects.
P h y llis Fogelm an, the ever-
patient p ub lish er o f The M id d le
Passage, has said, “ T his is the
most im p orta nt book I have ever
published or ever w ill p u b lis h .”
Kids Eat Free At Lyon’s Restaurants
P ro m o ting fa m ily values, a ll
84 L y o n ’ s R e s ta u ra n ts fro m
B a k e rs fie ld , C a lifo rn ia to Eu
gene, Oregon are in tro d u c in g a
new k id ’ s m enu, new m ascot
“ R oa ry” , g iv in g away m ountain
bikes and le ttin g k id s eat free
now though Septem ber 4, 1995.
The o ffe r is good on k id ’ s
meals anytim e, every day o f the
week. Then b e g in n in g Septem
ber 5, the same o ffe r applies fo r
d in n e r (5 p.m. - 9 p .m .) and w ill
continue fo r every Tuesday n ig ht
thereafter.
A ll kids 12 and u n d e rh a v e to
do is dine at L y o n ’ s — yes, d ra g
ging th e ir parents alo ng — and up
to three c h ild re n per party can
eat free as long as one adult p u r
chases a meal. W h ile a w a iting
the a rriv a l o f th e ir entrees, kids
can try fo r another “ fre e b ie ” by
e n te rin g a c o lo rin g contest. W in
ners drawn at each L y o n ’ s w ill
receive a new m ountain bike.
The featured character in the
coloring contest is Lyon’s new mas
cot Roary, who is making his debut
along with new k id ’s menus as part o f
the kids-eat-free promotion.
“ It’s the most economical way
to beat the summer too-hot-to-cook
blues and get out for delicious food
and fun for the whole fam ily,” says
Lyon’ s President and CEO Hazem
Ouf.
“Hoary" kicks off kids-eat-free promotion at all Lyon's Restaurants.
Roary’ s new menu comes on
fun-themed place mats in three ver
sions. One side is for coloring and the
other features games and puzzles.
K id ’ s menus include a large selec
tion from pancakes, to pizzas, buffa
lo wings, quesadillas, shrimp, ham
burgers and more. Beverages and
dessert are not included as part o f the
free meal.
“ So i f you’re hungry as a lyon,
but your budget has been sapped by
summer, the time to head to Lyon’ s is
now while the k id ’ s meals are on us,”
says Ouf.
A chain o f family restaurants
founded in 1962, Lyon’s is head
quartered in Foster City, California.
TV Reports
Discourage
Minority
Hiring
Crime reports on local televi
sion newscasts may discourage
w hite em ployers from h irin g
blacks, authorities on inner city
employment say. But T V news
executives and some small busi
ness owners dispute that view.
“ The local evening news is
just a killer. It’s awful,” said James
Lewis, research directorofthe C hi
cago Urban League, an agency
that finds jobs for m inority appli
cants.
Lewis said lead stories on lo
cal news broadcasts focus dispro
portionately on crimes or disasters
that occur in black neighborhoods.
“ The main message is that
these are crime-prone people, un
stable, and I can’t believe this
doesn’t insinuate into people’ s
minds, particularly those who don’t
have contact w ith A fro -A m e ri
cans,” Lewis said.
He recalled that at his previ
ous job some officials asked him
to find Asian-American jo b appli
cants to fill their quotas for m inor
ities because they did not want to
hire blacks.
“ W ithout a doubt employers
get a negative image (from T V
news) o f Afro-Americans,” said
Paul W eill, directqr o f economic
development and employment o f
the Milwaukee Urban League.
“ A lot o f (c iv il rights) people
believe that the media tend to fo
cus on deviant behavior in the in
ner city and that colors the percep
tions o f white (employers) in the
suburbs,” said
Bruce Rankin, research coor
dinator at the University o f Chica
go’s Center For Study o f Urban
Inequality.
M ichael Ward, news vice
president at W M A Q -T V in Chica
go, strongly denied that his station
“ disproportionately” aired m inor
ity crime reports.
“ Our coverage o f crime ar
rests would be fairly true to the
(racial) statistics ofChicago. M ur
ders in the suburbs draw our atten
tion equally or to a greater degree
than the inner city,” he said.
To avoid negative stereotyp
ing, he noted, “ We are focusing in
on stories about people o f color
who are not perpetrators o f crimes
or victims but who are useful, pro
ductive (and) entrepreneurial.”
McDonalds Steps Into Cyberspace
M cD onald’ s Corporation has
announced the creation o f a fam ily-
friendly on-line computer communi
ty called “ M cFam ily,” marking the
company’ s first step into cyberspace.
M cFam ily, features information
about parenting and fam ily life as
well as M cDonald’ s information.
Content w ill include, seasonal
ideas for fun fam ily activities such as
crafts \Vhich parents and kids can do
together such as scrapbooks, T-shirts
and home-made postcards; block
parties, travel games and field trips;
and household safety information.
A “ Helping Others” section w ill
include in fo rm a tio n on Ronald
M c D o n a ld House and R onald
M cDonald C hildren’s Charities.
M cFam ily’s “ Hey Kids” area
w ill include an online art gallery with
“ M c A rt” subm itted by kids;
games that can be downloaded to a
home computer; contests which kids
can enter; and information on up
coming Happy Meals.
“ We believe M cFam ily meets a
genuine need for many o f our cus
tomers - a fun, informative family-
friendly place to explore in the on-
line environment,” said David Green,
M cD onald’ s senior vice president,
m arketin g. “ A t the same tim e,
M cFam ily w ill provide us with a new
way to communicate and build stron
ger relationships with our custom-
ers.
M cFamily w ill include a “ Share
A Thought” feature where members
can submit their own contributions.
To ensure that M cFam ily remains a
fam ily-friendly environment. Green
said, all suggestions from users w ill
be reviewed by the M cFam ily editor
before they are posted.
Black Family Reunion Celebrations 10th Anniversary
Each year, hundreds o f thou
sands o f African American families
gather together during a weekend in
each o f several major U.S. cities to
make a powerful statement about
themselves and their communities.
Created to help counteract the per
vading negative image o f African-
American families projected in the
media, the Black Family Reunion
Celebration has more than fu lfille d
its original mission, according to its
founder, Dorothy I. Height, Presi
dent and CEO o f the National Coun
cil o f Negro Women. The schedule
ofevents which run until early Octo
ber, mark the Black Family Reunion’s
10th anniversary.
Dr. Height, responding to the
C BS-TV documentary “ The Vanish
ing Black Family” in 1986, called for
an event on the grounds o f the Na
tional M all in Washington, DC to
draw a tte n tio n to the h is to ric
strengths, traditional values and self-
help resources specific to the A fri
can-American family. On a Saturday
in September, 1986,200,000 people
showed up.
Q u ickly, the event gathered
broad-based support and spread
across the country.
The Black Family Reunion Cel
ebration has produced staggering sta
tistics: More than ten m illion people
have attended the weekend activities
encompassing 53 separate event w ith
out a single police incident.
Held free o f charge to the pub
lic, the Black Family Reunion has
featured concerts by such artists as
Stevie W onder, En Vogue, Lou
Rawls, The O ’ Jays, A l Green, James
Ingram, The Winans and many oth
ers.
It has also provided access to
what many have found to be life
changing information.
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