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THE GOLD BUG,M~~CH 14, 1969 PffE 5 'We 'The People" Including' T~e Thems Burnillg Issue of'Racism As the recent ass,embly Meeting The Urban Crisis featuring Dick Gregory by Tracey Beglin by Richard Anderson and Andrew Hatcher useless to counsel Negroes to pat- after the rials there. Anindepend- it is "... It has been said that only friend, the truth is that the "What we propose showed the tense Racial here is a ent corporation was set up by hlr- ~::7;;;::~::i:~;w;;;:i;,: ~:{n~i!~';;:';:::}~:~!~:!,;~~~;t~Oc:nom~::Oa:~a;:~s:'::~!:f::~~:~:;~;::!'::~:;:]~;~':~;:;~::~':!:k:~:;~:';~'S~~]: laborate toward the great- ill~~i:n~'ain illusion ofthe liberal chology. Any answer to ~~~\;b~~e::Ci~I:;C~~l~"~:;::~~:~~t!e;:~eO!~~~~asnd ~~~~e:la~~ ness of a country have the democrat is that the solution to this problem must consi- problem of the day. Instead of Ia- is operating well above its break- full rights of citizens of that the race problem is assimilation of cler both these areas. menting the Negro economic pro- even point. However, not all ex- country." the black man into the main stream blem, we should be considering periments are this successful fin- --Jean,Paui Sartre of a consensus-based society. This white' majority in all areas , any the urban crtsts. Itisthemalncul- anctany, The federal government is both a dream and aninsulttothe Black separatist establishment prit of which the Negro problem must underwrite some oftheextra Black American. It Is an insult be> would result_(if nwere even anow- is only a part. costs of such projects, for ex- cause it would require the black ed to develop by the white major- A 1967 survey taken by Fortune 'a~ple, by paying for training, man to repudiate his distinct cut- ity) in a separate and most defln- magazine on the Negroes' problem guaranteeing leases, and contact- ture, and ethnic communitysothat itely unequal apartheid as in South in the city reported that three out ing the hard-core unemployed. inequality is he can be plunged into the "demo- Africa. The security and economic of four Negr:oes feel conditions are It is, however, very dIscouraging crattc crucible", and emerge as a success of a separate black state better now than in recent years, if we view the overall progress. white man in a black skin. In other would depend entirelyonthewhims eight out of ten think the chances Most of the gains in white-collar words, to paraphrase gartre, the of the surrounding white society, of getting a good job are better now, employment have been conflned racist attacks the black man for which is really no improvement and surprisingly seven out of ten to government jobs. Almost60%of being black, while the Hber at demo- over the presen~ situation. feel housing conditions have tm- the postal workers in Los Angeles cr at means to reproach the Black proved. In spite of these enccur-. are non-white, as are 35%of De- "for the people" only in man for considering himself a Integration as Black Americans aging attitudes, cnehalf of the Ne- n-ett's school teachers, Fortune the ~:~;n~~~t '::~~t:e,~~~~;,~:;~~ !~~~iC~:erican or Black Afro- Integration as Black Americans ~:c;:s aar~wm~::r:n~:o_th;~r~~~~ ::~~~:s'a!ar~:~~:i~; !~:w~;:v~~~ emergence from slavery did not Black Separatism so~~t~:~U~de~e~~e~: :: i~:~;:~ states that even though the major- Negro representation in the bus- bring the Negro into the pale of tton of Black Americans as Black ity do endorse Martin Luther iness world is stili relatively small. ~i::~C::~Yi::i:t:u;::~:~ S~fg~:~~- In reacting ag-ainsttheoppresion Americans. The while majority ~i~~s e:~~~~~e~i~~~~tS~~~~:~:~- ~o:~.lt ~:...:~n~:i~~:n~a:e t~~ !~~ ~~ut~~brO:~~:~~~~~I;~,:n~e~h:~~Sn ~~ tt::l~:::~'d:~o~~al~~~:e ~;::!~c~:~ ~c~~::o::,B::~t~;a:~~ c:~~~ The Problem of the Police game, and the lack ot it is the root noted less often isthatintheNorth leaders have moved totheextreme sical traits. This acceptance of the m:n~~~:dlh~y P~~;~~:~nP~~~;:~cause of Negro discontent. it took a less blatantly visible form position of black separatism. It Black man In the fullest sense Is was the insensitivity of the police_ Need for Quality Education ;t~~:~!~~d O;l:r sll:,g~~~Yi~:~~t:~~~~':~~UI~o~s~~~:r~~;t~i;~:~:S~~hi~ !~~::-:t~o~;ac:otan~s:\::~a;~~~~r~: ~~i;l~, S;~rt~~:n~~:~~t:Sth:~ '~:;e meHn~evI~~et~~c~~:st~\vat~:~:!~ • of racism has been fading, and it is an attempt to run away from merge, assimilation may be pos- police, in general, look upon com- avoided the education problem by can be said that although it is by any workable solution. The posl- Sible, but that means cultural ad- munity relations as something of producing prmucts that demand no means gone, it is in fact going. :I:tn ~~a~t::p~~:~; ~!u:~~~~~~:l:t i~:~m;:,~~ ~~:hl~~;:i '~:~~;;~lt:: ~i:~r s:::~~~~n:~c:~e:po~et~:r~ ~1:!~:sm::~Y~;o~:~~:tI:;'s~c:~n!~ :~~:uor:~\~:~t~o:~~~~a~::i~:~c~;~ society in this country Is a dan- illusion, means only adjustment by by the Negroes, not something h~lp adult illiterates get an edu- :he~~rr~~::d d~:[eb;O~:~i~~~:I~ir~: ~:~~li~~:~On~o!7~:nU;: ~~'!~::~l~.lack Ame'rican tofitthe\Vhlte ~~e~:~ii~d:a~:t~:~~:::~:~~tl~~; ~::lo;:m:a::~:::;P!~ui:atti:~ !~~~~ one another and that one race Is In- petty crime and drug traffic, how has developed teaching methods herenUy -superl@r,