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JULY 8, 1999
History
by Lawrence Harrison
Focus In South Carolina
~7:We can learn from so many sac
-tors. The past is more than old
iews, it is what we can guide the
‘present and future by. In every
-ddy media, examples are plenti
ful; we have only to lightening
Aécus. Happy Fourth of July and
‘Beyond.
- Ifthe past lifts us up, we are so.
¥4t does not, we are not. Africa
“ Americans are in the paradox of
both. What other people can at
‘tést to so much degradation, and
et boost of so much accomplish
“ment? If we just attributed it to
‘just survival and preserverance,
thiat alone would be unprec
edented. It can only be recognized,
-lrowever, it is respected and
t known, by ourselves and other. Of
: which group is the more impor
‘tant? Well, it must truly be of
' equal importance. The books, the
'films relates to us what was real,
.inallits glory, and in all its shame.
We can not be blamed if we only
want to see one part, we can be
: blamed if we say that there was
; only one part.
{ The benefits of true knowledge
:is to all people. Yes, it shows that
i we are all alike, but it also shows
thow we have interrelated with
ione another. That, in the final
i analysis. May be the ultimate de
iterminant of our future. Ameri
!can History and African-Ameri
{can History; the separate terms
iare sadly more than semantics.
| The effects of that separation are
! both cultural and social. While the
j former has enriched us, the latter
thas not.
Americahaslearned todance to
‘adifferent beatin more ways than
‘one. We should indeed rejoice in
thediversity ofthe American Arts,
thow it is so wonderfully woven out
‘of'so many different fabrics of mu
Writing a Novel That Sells
. How often have you read best
selling novels that sold millions of
copies despite being poorly writ
ten? Skillful writingis notenough
tomake your first commercial fic
tion sale. You'can probably write
iwell enough to be published al
ready but don’t know the tricks of
the trade that may prevent you
om making a sale. “Writing a
fiovel That Sells” discloses se
crets other than the quality of
your writing that will move you
closer to publication. You'll learn
everything you need to know to
}Jecome a published novelist. If
Kou’ve already completed your
ovel, you can use what you'll
learn to produce a more market
able rewrite.
¢ The continuing Education Di
yision at Aiken Technical College
will hold “Writing a novel That
Sells” Saturday, July 17, from
9a.m.-4p.m. The class is being
taught by Michael Garret, pub
lished author of over twenty years
in periodicals ranging from Twi
light Zone magazine to his own
figst novel, Keeper. Mr. Garret
has recently turned his attention
to writing screenplays of which
he has written two full-length and
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sic, poetry or whatever else
soothes out troubled souls. The
abstracts of our feelings are not of'
one kind, nor would we want it to
be. We can laugh, cry, move for all
manner of reasons. That is the
true expression of our humanity .
When and where we have placed
limits upon it, or excluded will
ingly, we have done ourselves no
service. It has proven to be a
disservice, for human beings can
not experience the full range of
being human unless it is in its
completeness. The fullness of our
growth individually and collec
tively. If it is anything less than
that, we have missed so much.
The best places to check out
Americans and its populous are
in the supermarkets or the hard
ware stores. Our multiplicity and
diversity are definitely on display.
We should have always acknowl
edged it, now we should celebrate
it; for this grand experiment in
democracy would not have been
possible without it, and we will\
not endure without it. It is a na
tional fact of life. If we are true to
our creed and promise, it must
always be so.
We have, however, not always
known the truth about each other.
We have relied upon media and
itscreators, only tolearn of itslies
and distortions. Our history les
sons have been flawed, to know of
Amelia Earhart and not Bessie
Coleman, to know of Thomas
Edison and not Elisha Otis. How
can people of color have been so
invisible? We know that it could
not have been so. The corrections
are more than of facts, it is of
morality and conscience. The past
shows that we have not been true
to our history, too much and too
many left out. We know better.
How we apply that knowledge will
tell us whether we past the test of
our history lessons. Indeed it will.
three short features. Heis profes
sionally represented by a New
York literary agent as well as a
Hollywood screen agent. He is
also credited as the first editor of
Stephen. King. To review the
instructor’s ‘¢rédentials, go to
http:/home.earthlink.net/
~mgteach/credenti.htm. To reg
ister, please call 593-9954, ext.
1230. :
Continuing Education and Eco
nomic Development (CEED) of
fers a variety of short- and long
term training programs and
courses. The programs are avail
able to business, industry and the
general public. Aiken Technical
College is an accredited two-year
technical college offering Associ
ate Degrees in Art or Science in
addition to 68 other associate de
grees, diplomas and certificates.
The college mission is to provide
the citizens of greater Aiken
County, as well as those of Colum
bia and Richmond Counties, Geor
gia, with opportunities for educa
tional, professional, social and
personal development through
our technical and general educa
tion programs.
McKinney asks, why not Africa, too?’
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Today, on a television program
highlighting U.S. assistance to
Kosova and not Africa, Congress
woman Cynthia McKinney(D-GA),
Member of the International Re
lations Subcommittee on Interna
tional Operations and Human
Rights, stressed the need for more
assistance to Africa and called on
the Clinton Administration to
change its policies.
“Africa is the forgotten and ig
nored continent,” says Congress
woman McKinney. “Africa has
been decimated by the covert and
overt actions of the West, led by
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the United States. From slavery
to colonialism, to neocolonialism
and the Cold War, Africans have
been hurt by their interactions
with the West. The turmoil con
tinuestoday asthe Continentreels
from plunder of Africa’sresources
by the hired guns of these outsid
ers.”
A recently released report
clearly illustrates the large dis
crepancy between the treatment
of Kosova refugees and African
refugees. For example, the
UNHCR expenses per day for
Kosovars is $1.23 compared to a
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the number of doctors is one for
every 700 Kosovars and 1 doctor
to every 100,000 Africans. The
number of doctors per capita is a
common measure of the level of
health care services available. For
contrast, 1 doctor per 700 in the
Kosovar camp is half the level in
France itself and higher than the
level din many U.S. cities. No
nation in Africa approaches this
level; about the highest is for
Africa’s richest nation per capita,
Mauritius, at 1 doctor per 1,100
persons.
The U.S. expenses in Kosova
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since March 1998 is estimated at
S7O million while Africa has only
received $92 million for the entire
year. In addition, the U.S. spends
$69 per Kosovar per year and $26
per African per year. As for the air
campaign and peacekeeping and
reconstruction, the U.S. spent $8
billion; U.S. bilateral aid to Afri
can between FY 1988 to FY 1998
was just over $7 billion. g
“These figures are disturbing
and shocking. This is a clear ex
ample of the eurocentrism of U.g.
foreign policy,” concludes Con
gresswoman McKinney. 2
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