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Has Bush’s Views on Racial Profiling Changed?
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D emocratic N ational C ommittee
During his campaign, Presi­
dent George W. Bush opposed
federal intervention to end ra­
cial profiling and as a Senator,
John Ashcroft refused to let leg­
islation on racial profiling leave
his com m ittee.
Now that Republicans need
m inorities to win elections, has
this “conservative duo” truly
found compassion for the cause?
T h e se d o u b ts stem from
years o f expressed hostility by
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these men toward attem pts to
end racial profiling, from Candi­
date B ush's opposition to an
executive order to end racial
profiling, to Attorney General
A shcroft's attempt to kill legis­
lation sponsored by Rep. John
Conyers (D-MI) and Sen. Russ
Feingold to study this issue.
“ In 2001 it is inexcusable for
people to be singled out for ar­
rest, search, or traffic stops ju st
because o f the color o f their
skin. After years o f denial and
refusal to act on this pertinent
issue, President Bush and At­
torney G eneral A shcroft say
they finally see the tragedy o f
racial profiling,” DNC Chair­
man M cAuliffe said. “ I hope
that in the com ing months we
will see their decision to ad­
dress this issue as an authentic
sign o f com passion toward the
thousands o f people who each
day encounter this form o f rac­
ism and not another insincere
exhibit o f m inority outreach
aimed at the upcom ing elec­
tions.”
Bush's Own Words
The f o llo w in g is a te x t o f th e
sp e ec h P re s id e n t G eo rg e W'.Bush
g a v e la st w eek to th e C o n g ress o f
th e U n ited S ta te s re g a rd in g ra c ia l
p ro filin g :
“ A s g o v ern m e n t p ro m o te s c o m ­
p assio n , it also m u st p ro m o te j u s ­
tice. T o o m a n y o f o u r c itiz en s h av e
ca u se to d o u b t o u r N a tio n ’s ju s tic e
w h en th e law p o in ts a fin g er o f
su sp icio n at g ro u p s, in stead o f in ­
dividuals.
A ll o u r citiz en s are cre ate d eq u al
an d m u st b e treated equally. E arlier
to d a y I ask ed A tto rn ey G en eral
A sh cro ft to d ev elo p sp ecific re c ­
o m m e n d atio n s to en d racial p ro fil­
ing. It is w ro n g an d w e m u st en d it.
In so d o in g , w e w ill n o t h in d e r
th e w o rk o f o u r N a tio n ’s b ra v e
p o lic e o fficers. T h ey p ro tec t us
ev e ry d ay , o ften at great risk. B ut
b y sto p p in g th e ab u ses o f a few ,
w e w ill ad d to th e p u b lic c o n fi­
d e n c e o u r p o lice o fficers earn and
d e s e rv e .”
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Freedom
Socialists
Support Women
A s a feminist, I am appalled by
B ush’s first action in office to slash
funding for family planning abroad,
and put w om en’s health around the
world at risk Fortunately, a few days
before, the Freedom Socialist Party,
the only feminist party in the state o f
Oregon, w on their case against the
O regon Secretary o f State to run can­
didates under their own party name.
Given Bush’s all out attack on w om en’s
rights, it is heartening to know that I
will soon be able to vote for a party that
stands up for all people, especially
poorwomen and womenofcolor. Hardy
M yers, O regon’s Attorney General,
could appeal this victory on b eh alf o f
the Secretary o f State. It’s time to let
Hardy Myers know that the D em o­
crats and Republicans do not repre­
sent the needs o f w om en and we want
the right to vote foraparty that will, the
Freedom Socialist Party.
KrisDeMaria
SE Portland
Survivor Cruel
to Animals
L ast sum m er, "Survivor" produc­
ers w ere taken to task for allow ing the
gam e sh o w ’s contestants to cruelly
kill rats, and chickens-and CBS was in
hot w ater for broadcasting their an ­
tics. W h en S urvivor II began shoot­
ing in the A ustralian outback, CBS
officials m ade sure that the anim al
abuse continued in the n etw ork’s
sham eless pursuit o f ratings. R e­
cently, view ers w ere stunned and
sick en ed to w atch as contestants
stabbed a pig to death, then sm eared
h er b lood on his cheeks.
A ustralia’s A nim al Protection A ct
makes it illegal to torture, m istreat, or
bait any anim al or to instigate such
acts.
IfS urvivorproducerM ark Burnett
and C B S p laced a tam e pig on the
scene, separated a w ild pig from her
fam ily group, o r baited o r corralled
the pig so she could be attacked, they
are 1 ikely to have to have violated the
crim inal code. “ Instigating” cruelty
is an offense equal to stabbing an
animal.
C B S ’s relentless pursuit o f ratings
is as bloodthirsty as the S urvivor
contestant w ho w as apparently ch o ­
sen because he w as w illing to stab an
anim al to death in pursuit o f money.
W hile C B S is earning a reputation as
the netw ork o f anim al haters, grow ­
ing num bers o f form er fans are turn­
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please contact us.
Karin Bennett *
People for the Ethical Treatment
o f Animals
Vote Carrie
Adams for
School Board
I am w riting to ask you to support
m y friend and colleague Carrie Adams
in her race for the Portland Public
School Board. F or the past decade,
C arrie has served our schools as a
volunteer on num erous groups.
A single m om o f three, C arrie has
volunteered in o u r schools for over
10 years. In addition, she has served
on her local PTA B oard as vice presi­
dent, secretary and volunteer coordi­
nator. She w as a R egional A dvisory
C om m ittee representative, served on
her local Site Council and has been an
L SA C m em ber for eight years.
T oday, C arrie runs the T echnol­
ogy C enter at the A lbina H ead Start
program.
I’m supporting C arrie because she
understands how im portant it is to fix
the problem s in o u r under-perform ­
ing schools w here student perfor­
m ance lags behind the rest o f the
district. B ecause o f her longtim e in­
volvem ent in o u r schools, C arrie is a
great choice to tackle these prob­
lems.
C arrie is com m itted to pushing the
district to provide for a quality educa­
tion for all students. H e r# l priority is
to close the achievem ent gap that
exists for low -incom e students and
students o f color.
I hope you w ill jo in m e in support­
ing Carrie A dam s for Portland Public
Schools.
Jamie Partridge
Northeast Portland
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Civil Rights
Leader Dies
( A P) — V erdell R utherford,
a civil rights leader who fought
to pass O re g o n ’s 1953 civil
rig h ts law , died F e b .27. She
w as 88.
R u th e rfo rd w as se c re ta ry
o f the P ortland c h ap ter o f the
N A A C P from the late 1940s
to 1962. H er husband, O tto
R utherford, w as the c h a p te r’s
p resid en t for tw o term s in the
1950s. T ogether, the couple
w orked c lo sely w ith form er
U .S. Sen. M ark H atfield to
pass civil rights legislation that
had failed in 17 p revious le g ­
isla tiv e sessions.
The
1953
law
th e
R utherfords fought for o u t­
law ed discrim ination in hotels,
m otels, resta u ra n ts and re c ­
reatio n al fac ilitie s on the b a ­
sis o f race, religion or national
origin.
“ T here should be a school
nam ed for them , in stitu tio n a l­
izing th eir con trib u tio n to our
s ta te ,” said Sen. A vel G ordly,
D -Portland. “ Every school stu­
dent should learn about the
life and tim es o f V erdell and
O tto R utherford. T h eir work
really uplifted the hum anity o f
all o f u s.” V erdell R utherford
used the o ffice equipm ent o f
Dr. D eN orval U nthank to do
v o lu n te e r N A A C P w ork and
as a resu lt, Dr. U nthank hired
her as a m edical secretary.
She w orked for him for nearly
20 years.
She w as the first secretary
o f the new ly reb u ilt Bethel
A .M .E . C hurch from 1959 to
1962. She was a m em ber o f
the N .E .Y .M .C .A . Board, the
P .T .A ., th e U rb a n L eag u e,
and th e O regon A ssociation
o f C o lo red W o m en ’s C lubs.
She receiv ed the w om an o f
th e Y e a r A w ard from the
O regon A ssociation o f Club
W om en, an affiliate o f the
N ational A ssociation o f C ol­
ored W om en’s Clubs, in 1958.
She w as a m em ber o f the
C ulture C lub, a social and
civic club, for m ore than three
decades, serving in m any of­
fices.
R u th e rfo rd ’s greatest in­
terest was her collection o f
new spaper articles and m aga­
zines that chronicled the story
o f people o f A frican descent.
She considered h e rse lf a lo­
cal h isto ria n . P arts o f her
c o lle c tio n h av e b een d is ­
played, am ong o ther places,
at national NA ACP confer­
en ces, annual m eetin g s o f
A.M .E. Churches, and at vari­
ous program s for B lack H is­
tory M onth throughout the
y e a rs.
R u th e r f o r d w as b o rn
V e rd e ll B u rd in e in W ain ­
w rig h t, O k la. H er fam ily
m oved to Bend shortly after
h e r b i r t h a n d liv e d in
M arshfield, now Coos Bay,
for seven years before m ov­
ing to Y akim a, W ash.
She m arried O tto R uther­
ford in 1936. He died in Au­
gust. R utherford is survived
by a daughter, a son, two sis­
ters, six grandchildren and 11
great-grandchildren. A nother
son died in 1974.
A m em orial w as held on
Saturday in P ortland. In tern ­
m ent is in Tahom a C em etery
in Y akim a, W ash.
C o n t r ib u t io n s in h e r
m em ory m ay be m ade to the
N A A C P Legal D efense and
E ducational Fund, Inc., Suite
1600,99 H udson Street, New
York, NY 10013.
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