î,! 1 ^Jortlanb (Ohsi?ruer April 13, 2005 Ask ö and went w ithout things to save Dear Deanna! I ju st finished high school and I for your education. You are very d o n ’t w ant to go to college. I childish in your thinking. W hat w orked as a stripper my entire happens in two years when you’re senior year and now 1 want to do 20 years old looking 40, run down, it full-tim e because I can make and tired? Right now you make a more money. My m other’s hav dollar per song and if you think ing a fit and my dad is going off on y o u ’ll make less with a degree, 1 me. W hy c a n ’t they understand I suggest you wake up and come can m ake more money now than back to the real w orld— fast. with a college degree? —A nony Dear Deanna! mous; Los Angeles My wife cheated and destroyed our family 6 years ago. I paid child Dear Anonymous: Sounds like you bum ped your support but she was vindictive head on the stripper pole. Your and kept my kids from me. Now parents are right in their feelings my daughter’s pregnant and ran because they probably sacrificed to me because her m other kicked Real P eople, Real Advice t/z mlvice column known fur its fearless apprnach to reality-based subjects! her out o f the house. 1 took her in b u t sh e d is r e s p e c ts me and throw s up the past. I w ant this to stop. -J a m e s Todd; M ilw aukee, W ise. Dear James: If your daughter lives under your roof, she has to abide by your rules. Put your foot dow n and let her know what the deal is and start the process o f explaining and healing from the past. It’s not too late to share good values with your daughter that your silly ex- wife never had to begin with. Stay firm and do what you need in order to ensure your daughter’s Racial Gaps Endure gap, Shapiro said. His torically, blacks were ex B lack A r e 'c a n s o ve ra l w e il-s e irg is nearly th re e -fo a m s that o ' plicitly barred from buy from last year to this year. ,vh tes according to a study by r e N ational Urban League ing h o m e s in som e “L ast year, I said I looked neighborhoods. forw ard to seeing these num Some o f the fin d in g s 6<i;k I I Whte T oday, s tu d ie s bers im prove. O ur update, 3 eoole w ith o u t 'e a lth show , am ong blacks how ever, does not represent Med an net worth. 2C3C insurance. 2032 and w hites with com pa an im provem ent,” said Jam es S6.166 I 20% rable credit histories, Diffley o f G lobal Insight, the [l4 % $67,000 blacks are 60 percent Philadelphia-based econom ic more likely to be denied research firm that compiled the Unemployment rate 20C4’ ^ e o c le in poverty w ithout h e a t' home loans as whites, data. “T here is a gap betw een insurance. 2032 I 10.8% he said. b la c k A m e ric a and w h ite 26% I* 7 T h is w e a lth g a p , Am erica.” ) 31% ' Janyj-y Sovenbtr Shapiro w rites, “is re Am ong the rep o rt’s find 4P versing gains earned in SOURCES B r e a . :f Labe- Naiiona „'ban L e a ;,* Cens.; 6 j-e a . ings: schools and on jobs and • Blacks have m ore than d o u b le the u n em p lo y m en t say, “The Racial W ealth G ap,” in the m aking inequality w orse.” Urban L eague’s report. The Urban League report also in rate o f whites. • Less than h alf o f blacks own homes But S h ap iro a rg u es th at incom e cludes essays on such w ide-ranging topics as governm ent inaction regard com pared to more than three-fourths o f merely reflects recent advances. ing reported abuse by law enforcem ent In contrast, net w orth shows how w hites. • Black youth are more likely to have fam ilies accum ulate gains over genera officers and the theory that black stu tions. “W ealth really rounds the picture dents underachieve because they fear poorly trained teachers, live in poverty and not have health insurance than out and gives us a deeper perspective,” being accused o f “acting w hite." It concludes with several recom m en said Shapiro, w hose essay is based on whites. Still, the report also m akes clear that his book, “The H idden C ost o f Being dations for change, including: renew ing the federal Voting Rights Act before African A m erican,” published last year. black A m erica has made significant The median net worth o f black versus it expires in 2007; creating a national gains in some areas. w hite households has rem ained virtu program to reincorporate form er prison Since 1960, when black men earned ally unchanged for more than a decade: ers into society; and, setting aside gov only 50 cents for every dollar earned by In 2000, black households on average ernm ent funding for universal p re w hite men, incom e gaps have narrow ed as the black m iddle class has grow n and were worth $6,166 com pared to $67,000 school. It also stresses that middle class black for whites, census data show. The ratio becom e m ore educated. In 2000, black men earned 64 cents on the dollar, ac was virtually identical in the early 1990s. A m ericans should donate tim e and money to help alleviate inequality. Since m ost A m ericans build wealth cording to T hom as M. Shapiro, a pro “Those who have achieved need to fesso r o f law and social p olicy at through home ow nership, inequities in B randeis U niversity who w rote an es the housing m arket explain m uch o f the give back,” M orial said. continued from Front Page A3 Inequality still present in America if idle and it’s good to see y o u ’re reading w hile in prison. Continue to receive w isdom from all v e n Dear Deanna! ues that will make your life better I’m in prison and I read your c o l when yo u ’re released. Stay posi umn every week. I ’ve looked at tive and encouraged and y o u ’ll people’s lives and situations and be able to stay on the right path realize my life w asn’t that bad and w hen you get back into society. I messed it up with stupidity and Besides, crim inals and inm ates crim e. I’m also glad to see you are still people and need love and don’t judge the inmates and crim i support too. nals that are locked up and help us as well. W hen I get out, I’m Ask Deanna is written by Deanna staying out o f trouble. —C hris; M. Write Ask Deanna! Email: askdeannal @yahoo.com or 264 Raleigh, N.C. Prison a better m other than your ex-w ife was. Dear Chris: A mind is a terrible thing to waste S. LaCienega Blvd. Suite 1283 Beverly Hills, CA 90211. Website: www.askdeanna.com American Indian Radio Series Wisdom of the Elders Radio Pro gram extends an invitation to tune in for an American Indian event taking place Sunday, April 24 from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Native American Student and Community Center at Portland State University. The celebration will acknowledge the elders and storytellers that par ticipate but also to raise funds for the third installment of the radio series. The event will also honor the radio production team and other individu als and organizations that have pro vided encouragement and support. The next series will following the western portion of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Trail, with eight one-hour program s featuring: indigenous elders, tribal historians, storytellers, and song carriers from thirteen nations living in the B itter root M ountains and along the C o lumbia River. Each series includes oral history, storytelling, music, and environmental perspective of thirteen tribes living along the eastern side of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. The series will be distributed to audiences via AIROS (A m erican Indian R adioon Satellite), NPR (N a tional Public Radio), com m unity and co lle g e rad io sta tio n s , and the g r o u p ’s w e b s ite at w w w .w isdom oftheelders.org. School Board Forum Saturday ‘Meet and Greet’ at Blazers Club The Blazers Boy s and Girls Club, 5250 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, will host its first ever citywide school board “Meet and Greet” Saturday with most, if not all candidates to the Portland School Board. The purpose is to provide an outlet by which the candidates and voting public can directly interact. Nancy Smith, a Jefferson High School parent, thinks the fact that school board candidates will meet in northeast Port land, ground zero for north and northeast Portland schools impacted by closures and budget cuts, suggests that the board hopefuls care about what is happening in this community. The evening will begin at 3:30 p.m. with a 30 m inute mix and m ingle. At 4 p.m., the panelists w ill share a brief bio and answ er the question, “W hat m oti vated you to run for a seat on the school board?” T here will be a brief gam e o f Portland Public Schools trivia w hereby the candidates will be able to show off their know ledge o f PPS. The rem ainder o f the evening will consist o f a ques tions and answ ers. 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