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Rebuilding
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! tention to New Orleans,
k and w ith good reason.
H The nation quickly real-
1 ized that the m ajority of
I th o se trap p ed in the
I
Hooded city, w ithout
food or w ater, w ere black and
poor.
T he public dialogue, for a
short tim e at least, focused on
race and poverty and the ways
the tw ooften intersect. Today,
race is still very m uch an issue
in New O rleans: T he c ity ’s
black residents are having a
hardertimerebuildingtheirlives
and m any believe their race is
the reason behind their hard­
ships.
A ccording to a study re­
leased by the K aiser Fam ily
Foundation, a think tank that
focuses on public policy is­
sues, a m ajority o f both white
and African-Americans felt the
affects of Katrina immediately
after the storm . H ow ever, A f­
rican Americans are still strug­
gling with the storm ’s impact,
w hile whites seem to be doing
better.
I n post- Katri na New Orleans,
A frican-A m ericans are also
twice as likely as whites to be
unemployed. 47 percent o f Af­
rican Americans say theirfinan-
cial situation has declined, post-
storm, com pared to only 32
percent of whites. And, in aeity
that saw the average rent in­
crease from $500to $ 1,500 per
month, 56 percent of African
Americans saytheirhousingcosts
have risen significantly, com ­
pared to 42 percent o f white.
R ebuilding efforts in the
L ow er Ninth W ard, a pre­
dom inantly poorand working
class hlackcommunity are slow
going. M any residents in A fri­
can-A m erican neighborhoods
parison, less than 20 percent
of wh i tes believe the rebu i ldi ng
process is biased.
Unfortunately, much o f the
media, m oving on toother sto­
ries, has turned its attention
away from New Orleans, leav­
ing our brothers and sisters to
cope in silence. It istim eforthe
country to tum itsattention once
again tow ards the Big Easy,
this tim e with the goal o f ad­
dressing the social and political
issues that could create an en-
Perhaps New Orleans could
serve as a model for other cities
and develop a plan for ending
race and economic disparities.
c a n ’t obtain the perm its they
need to rebuild. And still o th ­
ers say they c a n ’t get the basic
city s e rv ic e s -e le c tric ity , for
exam ple - they need to lead
their lives. Not surprisingly,
resid e n t's thoughts on the re­
building process are also split
along racial I ines. According to
the report, 55 percent o f A fri­
can-A m ericans in New O r­
leans believed they a re n 't re­
ceiving the same opportunities
to rebuild as w hites. In eom -
vironment where so many black
people could live with so little.
Perhaps New Orleans could
serve as a m odel fo r other cit­
ies and the country could, once
and for all, develop a plan for
ending race and econom ic dis­
parities.
Judge Greg Mathis is na­
tional vice president o f Rain­
bow PUSH and a national
board member o f the South­
ern Christian Leadership
Conference.
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An ongoing series of questions and answers about Amenca’s natural healing profession
Dr. Billy R. Flowers
Part 6. HEADACHES: Why Chiropractic is
nature’s long-lasting pain reliever.
: ¡always seem to he plagued nerve-related and therefore, stand W hat’s more, drugs have seri­
with headaches. They come a very good chance of being re­ ous side effects. The only side
effects o f Chiropractic are relief
lieved by Chiropractic.
up over my head and seem to stop
from pain and a healing of the
at my eye. What can Chiropractic
:
Why
should
!
go
through
a
cause
o f pain. To find out how
possibly do to help me?
full
course
o
f
Chiropractic
C
hiropractic
could help relieve
: About 70% of all people
your headaches or for answ ers
when drugs often relieve my head­
experience headaches of
to any questions you might have
aches ?
one sort or another. The type you
Q
A
describe is quite typical. The pain
can range anywhere from moder­
ate to nauseating. The top three
nerves in the neck go up over the
back of the skull in a very similar
pattern to what you describe. Any
type of pressure or irritation on
these nerves can cause extreme
pain. Your problems could be
Q
A
: Drugs work primarily on re­ about your health, please call us
lieving pain, but no, on treat­ at the telephone num ber listed
directly below.
ing the cause of the headache.
Flowers' Chiropractic Office
2124 N E H ancock,
P ortland Oregon 97212
P h one: (5 0 3 ) 2 8 7 -5 5 0 4
The Movement
Was in Her DNA
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.
issued lite fo llo w in g sta te ­
ment M ay 16 on the untim ely
death o f Yolanda King, e l­
dest d augh ter o f D r. M a rtin
L u th e r K in g a n d C a re tta
Scott K in g :
“ Today is a sad day. I re­
ceived the call in the m iddle o f
the night and I was shocked,
stunned and saddened.
I’ ve known Yolanda since
she was 8-years-old and I ’ ve
watched her grow up and serve
the Movement so well.
Yolanda live d w ith a lot o f
the trauma o f our struggle.
She was in the house in M o n t­
gom ery when it was bombed;
she was old enough to re­
member when her father was
stabbed; o ld enough to re­
member when her father was
ja ile d in B irm ingham ; and she
remembered the day that her
father was k ille d in M em phis.
The m ovem ent was in her
DNA.
Y o la n d a p a rtic ip a te d in
marches w ith us. As the King
children got older, they all
marched w ith us. I remember
how much her father and her
mother loved her, loved them
all.
As Yolanda matured, she
became an actress and spokes­
person in her own right, carry­
ing w ith hera lot o f her mother’ s
quiet, stoic dignity.
The suddennessof Yolanda' s
transition leaves us all trauma­
tized. Fate has dealt us a cruel
blow, so I pray fervently on this
sad day. We must fight fate
w ith faith and as we carry on in
our faith we do so w ith a heavy
heart.”
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