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April 22, 2004
Whites: Race-based views
Continued from page 8A
It is not only a matter of
disappearances that make
one consider this. The
Washington Post recently
ran articles on South
Africa, 10 years after the
end of apartheid. The arti
cles could have been collec
tively entitled “South
Africa as seen through the
eyes of white people.” It
was fascinating that the
entire post-apartheid era
was interpreted largely
through the experiences of
white people. It was as if
the black people were back
ground to the real story.
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ment institutions to appre
ciate these two interrelated
problems is as much an
obstacle to the fight for
equality and an end to
racism as is the destruction
of affirmative action. The
devaluing of the black
experience and the. eleva
tion of the white viewpoint
and experience undermines
the possibility for the civi
lizing of U.S. society.
Instead, it perpetuates the
marginalization of black
America and the view of us
as the perpetual “other,” to
be treated eternally with
suspicion, distrust and,
indeed, hatred.
Let’s look for Marcia and
Nicholas Candela. Perhaps
in searching —and hopefully
finding them —we can also
discover whether humanity
has regained a foothold in
the USA.
Bill Fletcher Jr. is presi
dent of Trans Africa Forum, a
Washington, D.C.-based
non-profit educational and
organizing center formed to
raise awareness in the United
States about issues facing the
nations and peoples of Africa,
the Caribbean and Latin
America. He also is co-chair
of the anti-war coalition,
United for Peace and Justice
(www.unitedforpeace.org).
He can be reached at bfletch
er@transafricaforum.org.
AUGUSTA FOCUS
Genesis: School fills void
Continued from page 8A
offered an interim princi
palship of a school nearby
in Ann Arbor. To be in a
better position to lead
Genesis, Wallace, who
holds a masters degree in
educational administra
tion from the University
of Michigan, asked Karen
Donelan, a teacher, to
serve as principal for a
year. Donelan agreed with
the stipulation that she
and Wallace be co-princi
pals while Wallace was still
working in Ann Arbor.
With all of its love and
accomplishments, Genesis
Christian Academy barely
meets its expenses each
year (annual tuition is
nearly $4,000) and lacks
major corporate support
from firms in Ypsilanti,
Ann Arbor or Detroit.
Although I generally sup
port improving public
schools over private or
parochial institutions, I
recognize schools are not a
one-size-fits-all. And in
that respect, Genesis
deserves our support. If
you are interested in help
ing, send donations to
Genesis Christian Acade
my, 1601 Stamford Road,
Ypsilanti, Mich. 48198.
I have another speech
scheduled for Michigan
College
Continued from page 9A
Now another front in this
war has been opened, aimed
especially at state institu
tions of higher education.
The National Association of
Scholars, closely allied with
the Right wing, is sending
letters to the presidents of
state supported colleges
requesting data pointedly
addressed to the use of race
in the admissions process.
Armed with this data, they
hope to go back into court
to challenge the way in
which some colleges are
using affirmative action.
* The sad thing is that some
colleges choose to close these
programs not because they
violate the law, but to avoid
the hassle and expense of a
defending a lawsuit.
I wish that during the
Civil Rights Movement,
change could come by sim
ply writing a letter request
ing that a college open up
and integrate their student
body, faculty and the staffs.
It wasn't that easy and blacks
faced strong resistance, hav
ing to use the courts to affect
change. And even when they
won a decision, it was years
before entrance require
ments were “rearranged” so
they could enter in sufficient
numbers approaching any
thing resembling propor
tional equality.
As we celebrate the Brown
v. Board of Education deci
sion of 1954 and its com
panion 1971 decision,
Earth Day
Continued from page 9A
chemical compounds left
in the land there “are
now creating dangerous
toxic levels in the envi
ronment and food
ehais.” Listle has
changed since then.
The irony is that for 60
years the people of
Vieques were besieged by
the U.S. military. Now,
since the withdrawal of
the Navy, the island is
finding itself besieged by
U.S. developers interest
ed only in building the
tourist industry on this
beautiful place. While a
wildlife sanctuary was
established when the
Navy withdrew, inade
quate funds and plans
have been put into place
to clean up and protect
the island and its wildlife
in the future. Even less
has happened to protect
the health and the inter
next month. I am going a
day early so that I can
spend some time with the
students at the school.
Dont be surprised if 1
leave as hyped as Roslyn
and you can’t get me to
stop talking about Gene
sis.
George E. Curry is editor-in
chief of the NNPA News Ser
vice and BlackPressUSA.com.
His most recent book is “The
Best of Emerge Magazine,” an
anthology published by Ballan
tine Books. Currys weekly
radio commentary is syndicat
ed by Capitol Radio News Ser
vice (301) 588-1993). He can
be reached through his website,
georgecurry.com.
Adams v. Richardson, that
helped to integrate colleges
and universities, it is worth
remembering that ultimate
ly it was not just the law
which made it possible, it
was courage. It was the
courage of black lawyers
such as Thurgood Marshall
and his team of NAACP
legal eagles; it was the
courage of Supreme Court
Justices and especially Chief
Justice Earl Warren. And
yes, it was the courage of
white administrators and
community leaders who saw
the justice in the claim of
blacks to the equal high
equality education that had
been denied them.
This generation of univer
sity officials, however,
appears to be too easy to
intimidate. Racially identifi
able " programs are'"‘hot
unconstitutional, yet they
hop to it when the Right
wing growls. But rather than
sitting back and handling
these challenges after they
occur, our Civil Rights lead
ership should help them
find their backbone.
Ron Walters is the Distin
guished Leadership Scholar,
director of the African Ameri
can Leadership Institute in
the Academy of Leadership
and professor of government
and politics at the University
of Maryland-College Park.
His latest book is “White
Nationalism, Black Interests”
(Wayne State University
Press).
ests of the humans living
there.
On Earth Day 2004
many communities
around the world held
clean-up projects in their
own neighborhoods,
where they will plant
trees and involve children
in projects designed to
teach them the impor
tance of protecting the
earth. On Earth Day and
every day the people in
Vieques need the help of
the world’s communities
to insist that the U.S.
Navy live up to its prom
ises to truly clean up the
environmental disaster
which they created. On
Earth Day and every day
they need our support as
they insist that they are
part of the decision-mak
ing process about how
their land is developed
and used. Only then will
they experience real jus
tice.