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Clark Atlanta University Panther
October 9, 1991
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GL BAL ISSUES
WORLD VIEW. . .
BY GEORGE. THIS SITUATION IS
GETTING RIDICULIOUS
Well, well, well, the bully of the
world is once again flexing his arthritic
muscles. Yes, George Bush is on one of his
ever familiar ego trips. I think Mr.
President, the name we have been
brainwashed into calling Bush, just sits in
his oval office all day long thinking about
who he can pick on next. His victim for the
moment seems to be Iraq.
Iraq has been ordered by the United
Nations (U.N.) to let special weapon
inspectors view their military arsenal.
Though the U.N. claims responsibility for
this hideous request, you don't have to be a
political expert to know that George Bush
and his cronies are behind this. Why wasn't
the U.N. worried about inspecting Iraq's
weapons a year ago? Why is Iraq the only
country being singled out? Because the U.S.
thinks it knows everything about
everybody, but during Operation Desert
Shield/Storm Iraq used some weapons that
caught the U.S. by suprise. Sure the radio,
television and print media reported that
the U.S. thoroughly dominated the Iraqi
soldiers, but situations like this seem to
contradict that. If you soundly defeated
Iraq why worry about what weapons they
have now? Fear? Or was the war closer
than was reported over here?
Not only has Bush convinced the
U.N. to go after the Iraqi military but it has
threatened to deploy (I picked that word up
from Stormin Norman) troops to make sure
that Iraq cooperates with the U.N. request.
Now that is a real bully for you. I don't hear
about any other country giving a hoot over
the weapons that Iraq has. So since the U.N.
is going to look over Iraqi weapons why
isn't it also going to inspect U.S. weapons?
U.N. officials claim that Iraqi
weapons may not comply with its
regulations. Does anybody's? I'm sure every
country sits down and types up a list of all
its weapons and sends it to the U.N.
officials. Yeah, right. This is nothing but
another blockhead muscle move by Bush,
and the U.N. has shown just how fair of an
organization it is. Its rules and regulations
apply only to those countries whose
president (or should I say dictator?) is not
named George Bush.
By William Blackburn
Editorial Page Editor
NATIONAL VIEW. . .
HEY MAN PUT THAT FLAG AWAY!
Whenever you are traveling (by car)
to the South from any part of the country
and you stop to get gas, eat a snack, or take a
break, you get a big "welcome” to the land of
Dixie.
Confederate flags are on all kinds of
souvenirs that are displayed in plain view
in the gift shops and service stations on the
side of the road.
Far be it from me to call myself
Yankee Doodle, but the popularity of the
Confederate Flag is beyond me (I guess as a
Black woman it should be).
Some people in this country claim
that the Rebel flag is just a symbol of
regional southern pride. This is true, but it
is also a symbol of the racist, segregated
South that succeeded from the Union
because Southerners wanted to keep Blacks
enslaved and inferior to Whites in every
way.
The Confederate symbol is part of
Georgia's and Mississippi's state flags.
South Carolina and Alabama fly the flag
over their state capitol’s, and it is the
"unofficial" mascot of the University of
Mississippi (Ole Miss).
There is even a T-shirt that has a
picture of the flag along with the words, "It's
A Southern Thing. . . Ya’ll Wouldn't
Understand." I guess whoever designed that
was right. Did I mention that the Ku Klux
Klan and the Neo-Nazi party have an
attachment to the "Stars and Bars" symbol?
When Martin Luther King, Jr. and
the other leaders of the Civil Rights
movement started demonstrating during
the 1950s, the Rebel logo gained more
popularity than it had during the Civil War.
Later it was added to Georgia's state flag to
voice White Georgians views toward civil
rights. Over 40 years later, the flag remains
the same as well as the attitudes of the
South.
In spite of all of the negative history
surrounding the Confederate flag, people
still fly it outside of their homes (proudly I
might add), and insist that there is no
racial connotation and get offended if
anyone tells them that they are disturbed
by it.
America's so called "Melting Pot" is
boiling over. Who do you think is getting
scorched?
By Veronica Fields
Entertainment Editor
LOCAL VIEW. ..
BROTHER MAN. BROTHER MAN,
BROTHER MAN
The Random House Dictionary
defines unity as "the state of being
combined with others to form a greater
whole." Brothers and sisters take heed.
If I were not a member of the Atlanta
University Center I might actually believe
that we are all one big, beautiful Black
family. I’d think isn’t it wonderful how
Spelman is Morris Brown's sister and how
splendid it is that the brothers and sisters
of Clark Atlanta and Morehouse walk
hand-in-hand. But this is not true!
I am forced to see the reality that we are
all for ourselves. No one wants to be an
Atlanta University Center, everyone wants
to be on their own. I believe in school
spirit, but face it, regardless of what school
we go to we can't afford to divide among
ourselves. We are all Black people in a
White world!
To put it bluntly, we, as students, are
"headed for self-destruction" if we don’t
realize that "we’re all in the same gang."
Thurgood Marshall once said that there
was no difference between a Black snake
and a White snake - they both bite. If one
A.U.C. school goes down - we all fall down!
Now is the time to step back and look at
what could be, should be, and with hard
work and determination, shall be. Do we
truly understand the concept of this A.U.
Center? Do we fully understand the powers
of the largest community of historically
Black colleges in the nation? With unity we
can forcibly overcome the obstacles facing
our schools, communities and our race.
The AUC should be perceived as an entity
that is a systematic whole, practicing
continuity without deviation. Thus,
making the letters A.U.C. not only
symbolic of Atlanta University Center but
also African-Americans United for
Conquest.
It’s time to stop the violence among
ourselves. Such violence is much like a
man fueling the flames destroying the
home he worked hard to build. Be aware
that our African-American forefathers
worked relentlessly to bestow upon us the
privileges of an education. Realize that our
success will come through the AUC and not
as a individual school.
United we stand. Divided we fall. Unity
in the A.U.C.-THINK ABOUT IT!
By Chandra R. Thomas
Contributing Writer
JUST A COnVERSATIOn PIECE
Man, Where did my money Go?
Stegall’s is the only place in
town that has only a couple of items
but still can break you. With those $5
sodas and $2 meals that disappear from
your stomach as soon as you hit the
door, that store is making a fortune off
the students. Mr. Stegall is a nice guy
and everything, but the nickel he let me
slide with was probably 20 cents over
what I should have been paying anyway.
But at least we are keeping it in our
own community for once.
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"Air" cancels flight to the
White House
Oh my gosh, Michael
Jordan may yet discover that he is
Black. First, he supports his friend
Spike Lee by wearing a Malcolm X hat
and now he snubs the El Presidente,
George Bush, to spend time with his
family. I wonder if Spike had anything
to do with that since he has so much
influence over Lord Michael.
Regardless, I am impressed with Mr.
Jordan. Just maybe Lord Michael is
starting to make decisions based on
what Michael Jordan believes in and not
what Nike, Wheaties, Coca-Cola and the
Chicago Bulls what him to believe in.
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What are you woof in' about?
Night after night Arsenio
Hall has so much White talent on his
show that my color T.V. goes on the
blink. I don't understand why because
there is enough Black talent out there
that at least one can be on every show. I
get so tired of seeing the same old
White entertainers on all the time.
Arsenio became a success because Black
viewers watched his show faithfully
when he was starting off but now that
he has become a star the Black viewers
are secondary. Yeah, Arsenio gets on
there and laughs it up with a crowd that
is so taken with his Black ways that
they scream and yell at his every move.
But once again we have a case of "I
forgot where I came from and who
helped me get started." Poor Arsenio has
gone to the dogs. Woof, Woof, Woof.
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Who will inherit 'Sell-out
Fever' Next?
I guess the Soul Train has
derailed. Because it is amazing how the
long time R&B show has hired all those
White dancers to shake their scanty clad
rumps across the dance floor. Though
Don Cornelius is still wearing the same
suits he wore when the train first
started, other aspects of the show have
changed like a chameleon. Twenty years
ago not one White wanted to be on Soul
Train now everybody wants to ride. I
wish we could have something to
ourselves.
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By William Blackburn
Editorial Page Editor