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May 1997 The Maroon Page iij hat if... by marc joseph editor-in-chief What if the Uood news could be found in more places than the Bible? What if we coii Id agree on ONE person to do the planning while the rest of us commited ourselves to work? What if everyone just up and quit? What if power wasn't measured by the weight of your bankbook? What if blind people determined levels of beauty in he world? What if we could see our destiny before it con sumed us? What if all the comforting we needed wasn't available in our own cipher? Wha t if your actions and not your con tribution to the collection plate made you a man of God? What if we were as steady with our pursuit of spirituality as we were with our drive for sex? What if there was some depth behind that "confident" walk of yours? What if we threw some of that black magic stuff at white folks instead of at each other? What if it was impossible to use words to hurt one another? What if I just stopped in the | middle of my column to give thanks to God? What to if if we had a TRUE leader bring us together? What dedication wasn't our great est redeemer? What Marley wasn't God’s only I lion? What if black fo| I stopped relinquishing th power to white peopl What if we added ANG and ACTIVE to the you ) and restless label that ot : folk have stuck on our geH leration? 595 Piedmont Suite 105^ Atlanta 3030a|1 Phone (404)685 - 957,. Fax(404) 685-957JU 9.V6 Is ace u< The ^est cpiace < 7 r or (Sterling (Silver (jewelry" O^rioale Showing in fiome or Office ^Pbone (404) 82,0-5136 (foxfllO) 593-1152 9.0. 909C18422 (Atlanta, Q9l30351-2422