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Page 2 The Skanner Portland & Seattle January 23, 2019 Challenging People to Shape a Better Future Now Bernie Foster Founder/Publisher Bobbie Dore Foster Executive Editor Jerry Foster Advertising Manager Christen McCurdy News Editor Patricia Irvin Graphic Designer Monica J. Foster Seattle Office Coordinator Susan Fried Photographer 2017 MERIT AWARD WINNER The Skanner Newspaper, es- tablished in October 1975, is a weekly publication, published every Wednesday by IMM Publi- cations Inc. 415 N. Killingsworth St. P.O. Box 5455 Portland, OR 97228 Telephone (503) 285-5555 Fax: (503) 285-2900 info@theskanner.com www.TheSkanner.com The Skanner is a member of the National Newspaper Pub lishers Association and West Coast Black Pub lishers Association. All photos submitted become the property of The Skanner. We are not re spon sible for lost or damaged photos either solicited or unsolicited. ©2018 The Skanner. All rights re served. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission prohibited. LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS n F ebo TheSkannerNews o k • learn • co m me in y o u r c o m m u n d ay ! • L i ke u s o ac it Updated daily. • nts NAACP President Derrick Johnson Responds to Federal Judge Jesse Furman’s Ruling on the 2020 Census T he addition of a citi- zenship question to the 2020 Census only in- creases the likelihood of a substantial undercount of immigrant communities, particularly immigrants of color including those from the African Diaspora who are essential to determining U.S. elections, congressional seats and federal funding decisions for a decade. Derrick Johnson, Presi- dent of NAACP, issued the following statement on fed- eral Judge Jesse M. Furman’s ruling to block of the Trump Administration’s plan to put a question about citizenship on the 2020 census: “The ruling by Judge Jesse M. Furman is a step in the right direction to stopping xenophobic rhetoric and poli- MLK Tree Lighting A small crowd gathers Jan. 21 at for the 1st Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights Memorial Park Tree Lighting Ceremony at MLK Jr. Park in Seattle. In Honor of Black History Month, park trees will remain Lit to the end of February. The event was presented by the MLK Commemoration Committee. Derrick Johnson NNPA President & CEO cy at all levels of government. The addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census only increases the likelihood of a substantial undercount of immigrant communities, particularly immigrants of color including those from the African Diaspora who are essential to determining U.S. elections, congressional seats and federal funding de- cisions for a decade. Any citi- zenship question compounds “ We must con- tinue to stay vigilant the already inadequate prepa- ration for Census 2020 and further dilutes the votes of racial and ethnic minorities and deprive their communi- ties of critical federal funds and undervalue their voices and interests in the political arena. We must continue to stay vigilant and not let this administration use yet anoth- er mechanism to devalue and stifle the voices of people of color.” Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s oldest and larg- est nonpartisan civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities. Either Trump Cannot Make the ‘Deal’ or it Wants to Bring About a Crash F Local News Pacific NW News World News Opinions Jobs, Bids Entertainment Community Calendar to y • Opinion PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED ® or someone who sold himself to the public as the great deal-maker (i.e., The Art of the Deal), Don- ald Trump has made a mess of negotiations with Congress over the federal budget and his own demand for a Wall. In order to strike a deal, one must engage in good faith bargaining. A deal is never arrived at by simply holding one’s position. What is ar- rived at with that approach is either victory or surrender. This, therefore, begs the question as to what Trump is attempting to achieve. I saw a piece by a commentator who noted that Trump is the lead- er of a movement but not the leader of a country. I found such insight quite profound. Trump is, in fact, not looking to craft a deal. He is attempting to molli- fy his base and humiliate his opponents. There are many problems with this approach not the least being what I call the “Fletcher Principle:” One never humiliates or attempts Bill Fletcher Jr. The Global African to humiliate one’s opponent unless one can annihilate them. To do so runs the risk of creating an enemy for life. Trump’s focus on his base makes it impossible to lead the country. Simply put, the “ own circle, his approach to- ward the current shutdown should prove his inadequa- cies — some would call it in- competence — as a leader. What Trump has decided to do is to shoot the dice with the lives of hundreds of thou- sands of federal workers in order to prove to his base that he remains their “man” and will stand firm. That he is making no effort to arrive at a compromise is, there- fore, noteworthy. He is quite prepared to bring the temple What Trump has decided to do is to shoot the dice with the lives of hundreds of thousands of federal workers in order to prove to his base that he remains their “man” and will stand firm numbers are not there. Even if he was not facing increas- ing questions regarding his relationship with Russia as well as corruption within his down on himself and every- one else around him. There are those who sug- gest that many in Trump’s circle are happy about the shutdown / lockout /forced labor because it reduces the size of government. This may be true but it is not something that can withstand the pres- sure in the larger ruling class, not to mention the pressure from the people of the USA, for the services that govern- ment is supposed to provide. It is also testing the limits of the patience of federal work- ers who, I would argue, have every right to withhold their services rather than contin- ue to be treated as cattle by Trump. Since we should now un- derstand that Trump cannot bring himself to make a deal, we must create such intense pressure on the Senate that they will be forced to act around Trump. So far, the Senate has been unwilling to act, but should the sickouts spread among federal work- ers and be joined by larger public support, the possibili- ties for ending the lockout are numerous. nt • lo c a l n e w s • eve
