íl?l’ 'JJortlaUÒ (©hserUet_______________________ PageA2 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 Portraits as Unique as You Are. 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. 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