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The Augusta News-Review June 1,1984
Mallory K. MillenderEditor-Publisher
Paul Walker Assistant to the Publisher
Theresa Minor Administrative assistant/Reporter
Juanita Real. .l Office Manager
Rev. R.E. Donaldsonßeligion Editor
Mrs. Geneva Y. Gibson Church Coordinator
Charles Beale*Jenkins County Correspondent
Mrs. Fannie Johnson Aiken County Correspondent
Mrs. Clara WestMcDuffie County Correspondent
Mrs. Been Buchanan Fashion & Beauty Editor
filbert Allen Columnist
Roosevelt Green Columnist
Al IrbyColumnist
Philip Waring Columnist
Marva Stewart Columnist
George Bailey. Sports Writer
Carl McCoyEditorial Cartoonist
Olando HamlettPhotographer
Roscoe Williams Photographer
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Civil Rights Journal
Assault on the elderly
by Dr. Charles E. Cobb
President Reagan’s assault
against the elderly, the disabled
and others receiving Social
Security benefits has been
receiving wide publicity.
In fact, the Administration got
such bad press from its “baby with
the bath water” approach to
budgetcuuting, that it was forced
to reinstate many thousands of
disabled people who had been axed
from the rolls. Unfortunately this
reinstatement does not apply to
former recipients who are now in
court to wil back their benefits.
This is where the extent of
President Reagan’s lawlessness
becomes all too clear. Recent news
reports now reveal that those who
are suing to retain their benefits
are being forced by the gover
nment to, in effect, re-invent the
wheel. If a recipient wins his or her
benefits back through a favorable
federal court ruling, the Social
Security Administration simply
refused to recognize or to apply
that ruling to other similar
cases —even within the same court
jurisdiction.
For example, a north Dakota
woman had been thrown off the
rolls because the Social Security
Administration claimed that her
back injuries no longer prevented
her from working. The Ad
ministration refused even to con
sider the debilitating pain which sh
continued to suffer.
They refused to consider this
even though several earlier federal
court decisions, in similar cases,
had mandated that pain be taken
into account. The North Dakota
Sexual dysfunction
One of the increasing problems
that people want to resolve is the
problem of sexual dysfunction on
the part of themselves or a spouse.
Sexual dysfunction, also known as
impotence, increases with the in
crease of stress in society and leads
inevitably to marriage failure.
What is sexual dysfunction?
S.D. refers to the inability to reach
orgasm or even experience the
responses normally associated with
foreplay. S.D. may have physical
or pyschological origins. At first
awareness of a problem the victim
should consult a competent
physician to determine if any
organs are inured, diseased or
inadequately developed. If such a
discovery is made; the doctor will
use his expertise to help resolve the
problem.
But suppose the problem is not
due to physical deficiency. In such
a case, it is probably psychological
and most psychologically inititated
dysfunctions can be traced to per
sonal feelings of inadequacy that
induce stress. Stress, in turn,
causes the malfunction. This is the
usual scenario: two people marry
(even though one need not be
married in order to have a sexual
dysfunction) and things seem to
work fine initially. Then, one of
the mates becomes angered,
argumentative or critical of the
other. The troubled mate begins to
question his/her self as a person.
Am I good enough to succeed in
life? Am I good enough to fulfill
the needs of my spouse? These
questions become nagging remin
ders of one’s inadequacy. The
questioner usually has a predeter-
woman won her case, but again,
her victory will not apply to any
similar cases because the Social
Security Administration refuses to
recognize any extension of the
court’s ruling.
It is this total disregard for
federal court rulings which has
many judges up in arms. Judge
Harry Pregerson of the California
Court of Appeals said it very well.
He likened the Social Security
Administration’s illegal actions to
“the pre-Civil War doctrine of
nullification, whereby rebellious
states refused to recognize certain
federal laws within their boun
daries.”
Not only that, but when Social
Security loses a case, they also
refuse to appeal it. This mean that
the case has no chance of reaching
the Supreme Court whose rulings
the Administration would be for
ced to obey.
Another federal judge, the
Honorable Valdemar Cordova of
Arizona, said that the Ad
ministration’s actions were “con
trary to law” and indicated “a
conscious and willful decision” to
flout the rulings.
This country is supposedly
governed by the rule of law. Cer
tainly President Reagan, ever the
proponent of law and order,
should at all times abide by this.
Yet, when it comes to giving
economic assistance to the disabled
and the elderly, he seems to look
for every opportunity—illegal or
not—to pull the legs out from un
der those least able to defend
themselves.
by Marian Edelemen
mined answer which is “no.”
Because of the intense desire to
provide satisfactory sexual com
panionship, the victim becomes
self-conscious and begins to try
hard to do something that should
be natural and occur without ab
normal effort. After repeated
failures, the victimized mate starts
to anticipate failure: “I know that
things will be the same tonight as
they always are. I really want to
make my spouse happy but maybe
I never will be able to. ”
Unfortunately, in many instan
ces, the spouse begins to indicate
displeasure at a lack of fulfillment
through argument or some other
subtle action. Thus, sexual in
volvement becomes a stressful con
test for both mates. The victimized
mate feels the stress of inadequacy.
The other mate feels the stress of
being unfulfilled. They both find
the sexual encounter unfulfilling
and engage in it less and less. The
resolution of this unpleasant
situation is expressed in both in
dividuals seeking satisfaction out
side of the marriage. Then,
separation and divorce.
Space does not allow me to
provide detailed methods of
resolving the problem but here
briefly are some helpful aids:
1. Remain calm and affectionate
regardless of the extent of the
problem.
2. Encourage the spouse with
confidence-building statements.
Try to avoid having the mate
become self-conscious. Let the
mate know that sexual fulfillment
involves more than the sexual
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Going Places
Jacksons to hire more Blacks
by Phillip Waring
A recent feature story in the
Augusta News-Review, and other
Black publica
tions, high
lighted the
problem of the
Jackson Family
and Lionel
Richie in not
using sufficient
Blacks in their
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forthcoming national conceert
tours.
The New York Amsterdam
News pointed out that Rev. Al
Sharpton, head of the National
Youth Movement, indicated that
there was much concern and
disappointment on this around the
contry and promised that the tours
would be boycotted.
Afterwards, however, the
mother and father of the Jackson
musical group appeared at a
national press conference. Mrs
Jackson admitted that it was an
"oversight” that so few Blacks
had been included in support
operations. She promised that this
situtation had already changed and
nationally famous promoter Don
King was on hand for the press
conference. This again brings forth
the advice seldom comes without
protest.
It is good that more Blacks will
be able to share in this tremendous
African women and adversity
by Al Irby
A numoer of researchers in the
1970 began to look more closely at
the status of
women in
Africa.
Achola Paia
Okeyo was
initially struck
by the erosive
influence of
colonial rule
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on the continent’s overwhelmingly
rural Black female population.
When commercial agriculture was
first introduced, Dr. Okeyo ex
plains, the effect on society was
literally to push men and women in
different directions.
Men were encouraged to become
laborers or petty white-collar of
ficials in towns and cities, while
women stayed behind in their
villages to rear children and raise
food. Men, from countries such as
Lesotho, were away from their
families for as much as nine mon
ths of the year, working in the mi
nes of South Africa.
The education system of
colonial times likewise tended to
divide families, the loquacious Dr.
Okeyo says. Men were sent to
school first, and only after it was
thought that these educated men
needed educated wives were
women given an opporunity to
become literate.
But as Achola Okeyo listened to
the individual stories of rural
women in her native Kenya and
piece of pie which will involve
literally thousands of people all
over the nation in the Jacksons’ 40-
city tour. Black Americans pur
chase millions of records, attend
entertainment programs of all kin
ds in great numbers, and listen to
television, radio and read
publications which lead to the pur
chase at the American marketplace
billions annually in goods and ser
vices. Yet, there appears to be a
fall-off in the use of Black support
aides for many nationally famous
entertainers.
There are, however, hundreds of
experienced and able Black
promoters, agents, lawyers, ticket
bureaus and agents, publictists and
others handy and available. Over
the years the Black press has
carried feature stories and pictures
of Black entertainers.
Many of our civic groups such as
NAACP, Urban League, UNCF
and SCLC give to them
recognition awards from time to
time. So we are glad that the
Jacksons admitted to a paucity in
the use of Black support assistan
ce, which we hope will also include
the Black media.
Still another angle: The NAACP
reports very little news coverage on
the shortage of Black support per
sonnel for the Jackson tour, and
also of their mother admitting to
this unfortunate situation. Yet,
this situation-the denial of equal
neighboring countries, she became
convinced that certain innate
feminine strengths were also
emerging.
“I said to myself, there must be
another way of looking at this. I
mean, women are not just living
in squalor ana teeiing miserable.
They recognize the dangers and
difficulties they’re in, and they are
trying to develop strategies for
dealing with them.”
The conclustion Dr. Okeyo has
come to is that the great majority
of African women are now ex
periencing what she calls “develop
ment by contradiction.” “The
policies that were introduced (by
colonial powers) often produced
one kind of change which initially
looked negative but which later
could be translated into a positive
force”, she explained.
“Even though their was a
marked deterioration of women’s
economic position, for example,
their sense of self and their sense of
independence, and their energy to
go on increased. They had to face
up to the tasks that men used to do
and they had to take on more
responsibilities, and that generated
a certain initiative and strength. To
me this is the edge of the future.”
The knowledgeable lady chooses
her words carefully jn her second
language. But sets them in
melodic, softly turned phrases. But
the conviction behind each obser
vation rings like a blacksmith’s
hammer on tried metal. “People in
rural African societies are not just
economic opportunity to
minorites—was a major news
event in the Black press and Bklack
communities around the nation.
This again shows the mettle and
awareness of our Black press. It
has stood forthright for 157 years
and gives us plenty of need for our
support and faith in it today.
May They Rest In Peace
Two of the Jason brothers
passed during the past month.
They were older brothers to our
Mrs. Juanita Hollis, and both had
been in the national spotlight for
many years.
Dr. Robert Jason, dean emeritus
of the Howard University School
of Medicine, passed in New York
City after a long illness. He held a
Ph.D. from the University of
Chicago and was a summa cum
laude graduate in Medicine from
Howard University. He was widely
hailed for his leadership role in the
building and expansion of the
Howard University Hospital and
Medical Center.
Dr. Howard Jason, professor
emeritus of languages and also
administrator of Savannah State
College, died suddenly after a brief
illness. A graduate of Lincoln
University (Penn), he earned his
doctorate at Columbia University.
A researcher an specialist in
foreign languages he helped to
build and expand that department
at Savannah State where he taught
for several years. May they rest in
peace!
sitting there passively, being ban
ded about by transformative for
ces, she adds.
They are not mixed up about
whose rights are at stake, and the
women are very clear about what
they need. The men do not
question the women too much
either, because the women do not
lie about these things. When
somebody is pursuing a line of
truth, people recognize it for what
it is.”
Her own pursuit of truth has
taken Achola Paia Okeyo from a
small village in western Kenya to
conferences throughout the world
where she has presented papers on
the impact of socioeconomic
change on women, the family,
culture, and society at large in
Africa.
After graduating from the
University of East Africa, and
completing postgraduate work
in education and anthropology at
Harvard. Dr. Okeyo represented
her country as a member of the
Kenya delegation to the United
Nations. In Cambridge, Mass.,
recently she delivered the keynote
lecture at a Redcliffe College
colloquium on the prolems of
women in developing countries.
Although she is a research fellow
at the institute for development
Studies at the University of
Nairobi Kenya, she is living this
year in New York with her
husband, who is a diplomat at the
UN, and their three children aged
5,3, and 156.
To Be Equal
Testing
the youth
subminimum
by John E. Jacob
Congress is considering new
legislation that would allow em-
ft
ployers to pay
young people
below the
minimum wage
for their labor
Many people
believe that
unskilled youths
are priced out
of the labor market by the
minimum wage law, which now
mandates $3.35 per hour. They say
lower rates for young people
vulnerable to high unemployment
would create more jobs.
But that’s just a theory. It may
look good on paper, but in the real
world it just doesn’t work that
way.There are already laws on the
books providing for employer sub
sidies for hiring the disadvantaged.
And the labor standards laws are
so weakly enforced that millions
work for below the minimum
wage.
In addition, the power of the
argument in favor of cutting the
minimum wage loses force bv the i
inroads of inflation —the real pur
chasing power of the minimum
wage is much less than the $3.35
set some years back. And em
ployers can always take advantage
of legal exemptions to hire
youngsters at lower rates. Few do.
But the myth persists that we
won’t be able to make a dent in
Black youth unemployment unless
a youth subminimum is
established. Every proposal to
create jobs for youth, such as a
new Conservation Corps, is met
with the flat assertion that it’s not
necessary to do anything other
than cut the minimum wage. Do
that, supporters of the idea say,
and the youth unemployment
problem will be solved.
So the time may be ripe to
finally settle the question of the
youth subminimum, if only to
remove it as an obstacle to more
realistic methods of cutting the
disastrous unemplyment rate
among our young people.
Black youth, for example, suffer
unemployment rates in the 68 per
cent range. While some 20 or so
years ago both Black and white
youth had similar low unem
ployment rates, today both have
high rates and the Black rate is well
over double that for whites.
Under the bill, the youth sub
minimum would only apply during
the summer months. It is hoped
that would safeguard against em
ployer substitution of cheaper
youth labor for more expensive
adult labor—the “fire the father,
hire the son” syndrome feared by
most people familiar with the real
world labor marketpalce.
There’s plenty wrong with some
provisions in the bill: It would
change the current law in away
that the outcome is unpredictable.
Congress is being asked to weaken
the wage base of all workers
without any proof that it would
indeed create new jobs for disad
vantaged youth. And minority
youngsters could become
stigmatized as second-rate workers
earnig second-rate wages.
the proposal before congress
would also allow a subminimum
for people up to age 22, although
many have family responsibilities
and even the $3.35 per hour
minimum provides below poverty
level wages for year-round
workers.
Before jumping into so sweeping
an action, congress should replace
the bill with a small, tightly con
trolled pilot experiment. A few
cities could be selected for a test in
which the subminimum would go
into effect for teenagers.
the young workers should be
further protected by exemption
from taxes and social security
payments, so that some of the gap
between what their employer pays
them and what he would have had
to pay them under the standard
minimum wage would be replaced.
But the purpose of the ex
periment would be to study what
happens in the labor market where
a youth subminimum is in effect.
This temporary experiment must
precede any permanent change in
the law.
After the results are all in we’ll
finally know whether the youth
subminimum actually does what its
supporter say it will do. Until we
know for sure, we shouldn’t blin
dly embrace a youth subminimum.