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The Augusta News-Review January 29.1983
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“A BLACK MAN’S LIFE IN WHITE
AMERICA” —Pulitzer Prize-winning jour
nalist Roger Wilkins has written a book, A
Man's Life, An Autobiography, exposing the
menacing effects of growing up in White
America, his need for acceptance by Whites
and it’s cruel reality. ‘‘lt was very difficult
not to ingest some of that feeling of in
feriority and some of that self-hatred, that, as
a whole, society was giving you,” he tells host
Tony Brown in a candid and revealing inter
view on an upcoming edition of Tony
Brown’s Journal.
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Interracial racism
and self-hatred
What is it like growing
up in a racially hostile en
vironment that cultivates
self-hatred? On the up
coming edition of Tony
Brown’s Journal, Pulit
zer Prize-winning jour
nalist Roger Wilkins ex
poses the menacing effec
ts of growing up in white
America, his need for ac
ceptance by whites and its
cruel reality.
Tony Brown’s Journal,
the nation’s longest
running, top-ranked,
black-affairs television
series, has been spon
sored by Pepsi-Cola Co.
for eight consecutive
years. Televised nationally
on public television (PBS),
the program will be seen
in this area on WCES-20
at 5 p.m.
Putting all of his ex
periences in a book en
titled A Man’s Life, An
Autobiography (Simon
And Shuster), Wilkins
gives an embarrassingly
honest account of the
emotional trauma of a
black man’s existence in a
racist society. In a candid
and revealing interview,
he describes growing up
in an all-white neigh
borhood, Grand Rapids,
Mich, working on the all
white editorial boards of
major newspapers and
coping with racism, self
hatred, and interracial
relationships.
“It was very difficult
not to ingest some of that
feeling of inferiority and
some of that self-hatred
that, as a whole, society
was giving you,” explains
the author.
Wilkins was formerly
an assistant district attor
ney in the Johnson Ad
ministration, an editorial
writer for Thje Washington
Post, director of the U.S.
Community Relations Ser
vice, member of the Pulit
zer Prize Committee and
the first black member of
the New York Times
editorial board. His well
known uncle was Roy
Wilkins, the former head
of the NAACP. “Racism
still exists. It’s all-pervasive
in American society and it
exists in some of the most
liberal of American in
stitutions, Roger Wilkins
asserts.
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lem. We want them to
reverse this trend.”
Os Georgia’s 52,143
state employees, 28 per
cent are black. Os that 28
percent, 9,567 are women,
and 5,244 are men.
Black men held 2.4
percent of the state’s top
administrative jobs in
1980, when the EEOC
made its findings. By the
end of 1982, that figure
had dropped to 1.8 per
cent.
Black women held 1.6
percent of the state’s top
jobs in 1980, and that
percentage has stayed the
same.
The number of blacks
holding service and main
tenance jobs has risen
slightly. Blacks hold 55
percent of those
positions. More than 82
percent of the state’s
Breakthrough: Economic Issues
It’s your day
by Mildred Faust
tn these tough
economic times, it is
fashionable to think
about starting your own
small business. And
though the economy is
’ undergoing profound
changes, there is no better
time than the present for
enterprising individuals
to strike out on their
Caucus
black employees earn less
than $14,500 per year.
State officials could not
provide statistics Tuesday
on the number of white
employees who earn less
than $14,500 a year.
In its efforts to in
fluence the Justice Depar
tment’s position in the
Georgia case, the black
legislative caucus has sent
a letter to William Brad
ford Reynolds, assistant
attorney general for Civil
Rights.
In the letter, the black
legislators requested a
meeting to discuss “the
initiation of sanctions
against the state of
Georgia, including the
withholding of federal
funds and provisions of
back pay for employees
victimized by racial
discrimination, the begin
ning of litigation by the
United States against the
own.
the course of new
business development
along with rein
dustrialization of the
American economy is
now an accepted fact of
life in our society. As the
transformation of our
economy proceeds, there
will be ample opportunity
for black entrepreneurs
with the proper knowhow
and talent to compete
successfully.
The presence of a cadre
of blacks, trained in
management and
technical areas, can be
expected to gretly enhan
ce the probability that
there will be much more
black participation in this
decade. And for those
AKAs announce Founders ’ Day
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Baptist Church.
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state and the develop
ment of goals and
timetables for rectifying
the past and present
deliberate exclusion of
blacks from employment
by the state of Georgia.”
Bond said the black
legislative caucus is
requesting a quota system
“because without it there
is no set of goals or statis
tical proof” that the
problem is being dealt with.
Bond said he and other
black legislators met
Wednesday morning with
Gov. Joe Frank Harris to
discuss minority hiring in
the state, but the mem
bers of the black caucus
stressed that they neither
blame the new governor
nor expect him to come
up with a solution on his
own.
“The Justice Depar
tment has to make a
decision. Gov. Harris is
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black entrepreneurs
whose initiatives are suc
cessful, there is the per
sonal reward of
significant wealth, as well
as the public benefit of
new jobs in a stagnant
economy.
It is of vital importance
to the future of our coun
try that those individuals
who are willing to take
risks and create new en
terprises be encouraged
and nurtured. With a lit
tle bit of luck, new
business formations by
black capitalists may
provide the new profits
and employment oppor
tunities needed to
energize our black com
munities.
Emma Lou Starks. Mrs. the Richmond County
Starks is an educator in public school system.
Cecelia Johnson is
certified social worker
Cecelia Johnson, St.
Joseph Hospital’s social
services director, has
been accepted in the
Academy of Certified
Social Workers, a unit of
the National Association
of Social Workers.
To be accepted in this
association, Mrs. John
son was required to have
references from two
Bradley attends confab
John Bradley, band
director of Lincoln Coun
ty High School, and
national student member
ship chairman of the
National Association of
Jazz Educators, attended
Hephzibah math team
second in tournament,
The Hephzibah Comprehensive High School
Mathematics Team placed second in team competition
with 35 other Georgia schools in the Parkview
Mathematics Tournament held Jan. 15 in Lilburn.
Members of the winning team are David Carlton,
Ken Crowe, Bill Powell, Troy Guthrie, Balaji
Srinivasan, Joe Powell, Lei Yarbrough and Ran
dy Dillion. Carlton, Crowe and Powell placed in the
top ten in individual competition also.
Walton High School of Marietta won first place in
the competition.
not in a position to make
a decision,” said Rep.
Bob Holmes (D-Atlanta).
“He can provide moral
leadership, but he can’t
provide everything we
need to get the forces
working.”
Contacted after the
press conference
Tuesday, Harris said he is
willing to work with the
black caucus “to address
these problems when they
arise,” but he said he does
not think quotas and
timetables are a good idea.
“The bottom line is
that we are going to be
fair” Harris said. “We
are not going to wait on
the Justice Department.”
The governor added that
the state needs “some
latitude in hiring.”
Os the 47 people on
Harris’ executive staff, 13
are black.
PR
post
announced
Dr. William H.
Harris, President of
Paine College, has an
nounced the appoin
tment of Mrs. Terri
Tamlyn Franklin as
Paine’s new director of
Public Relations. She
assumed the position Jan.
10, succeeding Traci K.
Valerio.
Mrs. Franklin comes
to Paine after serving
more that a year as
reporter, assignment
editor and news director
for WGAC Radio in
Augusta. Prior to that
she worked in the Station
Relations Division for
the Mutual Broadcasting
System Radio Network’s
national headquarters in
Washington, D.C.
master level social
workers and her im
mediate surpervisor,
completed at least two
years postgraduate ex
perience and successfully
completed a four-hour
test.
This accreditation cer
tifies Mrs. Johnson to be
a self-directed social
work practitioner.
the 10th annual NAOJE
Convention on January
13-16 in Kansas City, Mi.
He was presented with
a plaque of appreciation
for outstanding service to
jazz education.