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A Bust for Low-Riding Trousers
New laws could
mean run-ins
with police
New Orleans Keeps
Black Majority
Study shows changing demographics
(A PI — It's a fashion that started
in prison, and now the saggy pants
craze has com e full circle — low-
slung street strutting in som e cities
may soon mean run-ins with the
law . including a stint in jail.
Proposals to ban saggy pants
are starting to ride up in several
places. At the extrem e end. wearing
pants low enough to show boxers
or bare buttocks in one sm all Loui
siana tow n m eans six m onths in jail
and a $500 fine. A crackdow n also
is being pushed in Atlanta. And in
T renton. N. J., getting caught with
your pants dow n may soon result
in not only a fine, but a city w orker
assessing w here your life is headed.
"A re they em ployed? Do they
have a high school diplom a? It’s a
Young men with low-slung, baggy jeans walk Saturday in Trenton,
w onderful way to redirect at that
point," said Trenton Council woman m em ber o f the Bronx's legendary duced to ban sagging and punish
Annette Lartigue, who is drafting a rap group Cold Crush Brothers. ment could include small fines or
law to outlaw saggy pants. "The "The young people think it’s fash com munity w ork— but nojail time,
m essage is clear: We don't want to ionable. They don't think it’s nega M artin said.
T h e p e n a lty is s ti f f e r in
tive."
see your backside."
But for those w ho w ant to stop D elcam bre. La., where in June the
The bare-your-britches fashion
is believed to have started in pris them see it as an indecent, sloppy town council passed an ordinance
ons. where inmates aren't given belts trend that is a bad influence on that carries a fine of up to $500 or six
m onths in jail for exposing under
with their baggy uniform pants to children.
"It has the potential to catch on wear in public. Several other m u
prevent hangings and beatings. By
the late 80s, the trend had made it to with elem entary school kids, and nicipalities and paiish governm ents
gangster rap videos, then went on we want to stop it before it gets in Louisiana have enacted sim ilar
to skateboarders in the suburbs there," said C.T. M artin, a black laws in recent months.
At T renton hip-hop clo th in g
concilm an from Atlanta. "Teachers
and high school hallways.
store
Razor Sharp C lothing Shop 4
"For young people, it's a form o f have raised questions about w hat
Bailers,
shop ow ner Mack M urray
a
distraction
it
is."
rebellion and identity," A drian
"Easy A.D." Harris, 43, a founding
In Atlanta, a law has been intro said Trenton's proposed ordinance
NJ.
unfairly targets blacks.
"Are they going to go after con
struction w orkers and plumbers,
b ecau se th eir p an ts sag, too?"
M urray asked. "They're stereotyp
ing us."
T he A m erican Civil Liberties
U nion agrees.
"In Atlanta, we see this as racial
profiling," said Benetta Standly,
statew ide organizer for the A m eri
can Civil Liberties U nion o f G eor
gia. "It's going to target African-
A m erican m ale youths. There's a
fear with people associating the
way you dress with crim es being
committed.
No Room for Historical Carousel
With Jantzen
Beach remodel
Jantzen Beach SuperCenter is
exploring m ajor enhancem ents for
retail space at its Hayden Island
location, but will give up its historic
1921 carousel.
The retail center is exploring re
developm ent plans for the aging
interior section o f the north Port
land mall.
“We are looking to create an
open air retail space for custom ers
that wi 11 be smal ler, smarter, greener,
and better," said M elissa Freeman,
m anager o f Jantzen Beach.
Freem an said that a project team
is discussing deconstruction a small
portion o f the aging interior portion
o f the mall only.
C ircu it C ity, H om e D epot,
M ichael's, O ld Navy, Linen ‘N
T hings, Staples, Sports A uthority,
Toys R Us, and other outside retail
ers will not be affected. Interior
anchors T arget, Ross D ress for
Less, and Burlington Coat Factory
will also rem ain open during re
developm ent.
September 19, 2007
The historic 1921 carousel at Jantzen Beach SuperCenter in north Portland needs a new home
because o f plans to make space available for a remolded shopping center.
The new space will also feature A lthough many interested parties
a sm aller footprint, more outside have approached Jantzen about
space, and biosw ales to reduce taking the carousel, discussions
about the future o f the carousel are
storm w ater runoff.
No date for the re-developm ent just getting underway.
Freem an did say that although
has been set, but Freem an co n
firmed that all interior retailers will the mall received many requests
remain open through the holidays. from around the state, Jantzen is
The interior Jantzen mall is also com m itted to keeping the carousel
home to the CW Parker Carousel. in the local area. O w ners will also
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likely donate the carousel to ch ar
ity if the carousel is to be moved,
and will not sell the historically
significant pieces individually.
Estim ates for the carousel range
up to $2 m illion for the carousel if
the horses are sold piecem eal.
Jantzen is com m itted to spend
ing at least $500, (XX) to properly
dism antle and re-locate the carou
sel depending on the eventual plan.
“Jantzen Beach spends tens of
thousands o f dollars each year
m aintaining the beauty o f the car
ousel for shoppers and children to
enjoy," said Freeman.
F re e m a n a ls o e n c o u r a g e d
people w ho h av en 't ridden the
carousel recently to stop by and
go for a spin.
(A P) — N ew O rleans is nar
rowly retaining a black m ajority
after H urricane Katrina, accord
ing to a recent study by The
Brookings Institution.
T he stu d y d eterm in e d that
w hile blacks left the city at a m uch
faster rate than w hites, N ew O r
leans was still 58 percent black
during 2006. Before Katrina, which
hit Aug. 29 ,2 0 0 5 , the city w as 67
percent black, according to the
U.S. census.
"It's certainly still a predom i
nantly A frican-A m erican city,"
said W illiam Frey, a dem ographer
and senior fellow at W ashington,
D .C.-based Brookings. "Specula
tion that there w as not going to be
a black m ajority in the city is not
tru e, ac co rd in g to th ese e s ti
m ates."
W hile several studies have ex
am ined utility hookups and postal
deliveries to estim ate the popula
tion that has returned to N ew O r
le a n s s in c e K a tr in a , T h e
Brookings Institution study is the
first com prehensive look at the
shifting dem ographics since the
storm.
The C ensus Bureau estim ated
th a t N ew O rle a n s had ab o u t
455,000 residents a m onth before
Katrina hit and was dow n to about
223,400 in July 2006. O ther stud
ies have show n that the city has
regained approximately 60 percent
o f its population.
A llison Plyer, deputy director
o f the G reater New O rleans C om
m unity Data C enter, a nonprofit
that has looked at population re
turn to the city, said: "It's very
important to rem em ber these num
bers are from last year and there's
been significant change in the
population since."
Plyer said an estim ated 80,000
people have returned to N ew O r
leans from 2006 through today.
But like the experts at Brookings,
she believed that the city's m ajor
ity black population w ould not be
supplanted.
"It's probably still true that the
city has few er A frican-A m erican
residents than it did pre-K atrina,
but it probably has m ore A frican-
A m ericans than it did last y ear,”
Plyer said, noting increased pub
lic school enrollm ent and other
factors.
T h e B ro o k in g s stu d y also
found that m etropolitan N ew O r
leans had becom e "m ore well-
educated, less poor and had a
h ig h e r
p e r c e n ta g e
of
hom eow ners" since the storm.
For instance, 21 percent o f the
people w ho left the city after
K atrin a had less than a high
school education, w hile 32 per
cent w ho have m oved to the city
after the storm are college gradu
ates.
Rose Court Future Considered
T he Portland Rose Festival A s
sociation has launched a task force
to study all aspects o f the court
program and m ake recom m enda
tions for possible m odifications.
Any changes w ould be put into
effect for the 2009 Rose Festival
seaso n .
"W e know we have a great p ro
gram , but we w ant to be sure w e're
meeting both the needs o f the com
m unity and the needs o f the festi
val," saidLeslieG oodlow -Baldw in,
co-chair o f the C ourt Task Force
and the first A frican A m erican to
lead the festival’s board o f direc
tors. "If there are changes that need
to be made, w e're ready to m ake
them."
The Court Task Force is seeking
input from the general public via a
questionnaire on the hom e page o f
th e
f e s tiv a l's
w e b s ite .
rosefestival.org.
A spects o f the court program
being review ed include eligibility
requirem ents, purpose and jo b d e
scription, dem ographics and diver
sity, tim e com m itm ent and overall
program structure.
Since 1930 the Rose Festival has
chosen young w om en from Port
land high schools to serve on its
court. C ourt m em bers represent
their schools throughout M ay and
June at many com m unity events,
hospitals, senior centers and m eet
ings w ith business leaders and civic
groups; they also receive a $3,500
scholarship courtesy o f the Randall
G roup, w hich has generously do
nated to the Rose Festival court
scholarship program , and Pacific
P o w er, w h ich also p ro v id es a
m entoring program o f fem ale ex
ecutives.
Rights Groups Rally for ‘Jena 6’
(A P) — Civil rights groups hope
to see tens o f thousands o f dem on
strators descend on a small L ouisi
ana town on Thursday to support
six black teenagers charged over a
high school fight in a case that
activists say reeks o f lingering rac
ism in the South.
M any A frican A m ericans say
the case o f the "Jena 6," w hich
started when three nooses were
found hanging from a tree at the
school that w hite students consid
ered only they could sit under, is
evidence o f bias against young
black m ales in the judicial system.
They say it show s discrim ina
tion in rural southern tow ns in the
south decades after racial segrega
tion ended.
T he N AACP, civil rights leaders
Jesse Jackson and A1 Sharpton and
other groups hope to bring tens o f
th o u sa n d s o f d e m o n stra to rs to
Jena, a tow n o f about 3,000 som e
120 miles
northw est o f N ew O rleans.
"The underlying issue is that
there was a clim ate in Jena that has
very heavy racial overtones," R i
chard M cIntire, a spokesm an for
the N A A C P ."
“My goal is to be a fie ld surveyor. ”
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