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A blueprint for activism

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For ■nm^riwif now i hove observed — patiently — the ptob-

Black Panthers and Koreans prove they know bow to do business 1 The recent agreement between the Block Panther Militia and a local Korean-American merchant U a aign of how things can |et done if the parties involved are willing to woitto-

When allegations of queadonable tactics are removed, one thing still reaudns, and that is the color ofmoney is still the most important consideration In the agreement, not the ctrfor of a person's skin. It was the lack of money that created the educational campaign on the part of the Blade Panther Militia, not the race trf the owners of ABC Beauty Supply. One factor that got very little attention in the Black Panther Militia’s efforts to bring a greater understanding on where to spend mohey in the Blade community is that the efforts of the Btod Panther Militia were nothing more tfian an education campaign, and that is all it was. It was not extortion. It was not illegal. v And it makes aense. ; t What is more alarming, however, is that as the Black residents of Indianapolis become more aware of the businesses located in their neighborhoods and how these businesses are not investing in the areas where they are located, then we will see a repeat of this activity over and over again. ; There are not a lot of Korean-owned business ventures in Camel and Martinsville, and both areas have a total popula-, tk» less than all of the African Americans in Indianapolis, but the Koreans are located where the Black community is. If it wefe just a maner of ndiere a eompany does business, then why are the Korean-owned beauty supply houses all located in the areas where die Black population is greatest? Obviously, some other areas know how to do business, too.

First Lani Guinier, next... President Bill Clinton has decided he is not going to be able to defend the writings of Lani Guinier, Ms nominee for assistant attorney general of the United States. After rumon of a fierce battle that would have been waged over Ouinier’s confirmation, Clinton has done once again the only thing he has been able to do consistendy since becoming president, and dot is change Ms mind. Many of die nation's civil rights organizations and civil

Ouinier’s record on civil rights issues does not merit the type of treatment to has received and her ability to offer opinions designed to generaie and stimulate thou^n are totally^ consistent with her position as a college professor. The mere thought that rumon of a person's position on certain issues are sufficient reasons to have them removed from consideration for certain Clinton administration cabinet positions without having the chance to be heard is disappointing. . Ibfeo^veGuiiiierfiom consideration without a hearing |m ^ actMcmvaidice and one not exemplary from the office m prdtidem of Hie Uniied States. What Qinttmhasidone is put himsdf in a position to receive criticism from the one segment of the population who supported his candidate with the Mghest percentage of their vote—the Black female. According to election results, over 80 percent of all Black females who voted cast di^rballou in fevor of Clinton. In return. Black females are tire least represented in the Clinton administration and it seems once again any qualified Black female who is scheduled to appear before any panel in the Congress of the United States is already tried and found |pily before ever getting tire cbpceio^pmk. j School is out; please be carefull inc comptcnon or anotner senoot year signals me ocginmiig Of activities l tireactioufea

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Indeed the nature of my work requires I become acquMnaed with people in all maimen of predica-

. these officers have not won't fire us. We don’t support our own mi_1 been exposed to nority-owned businesses because wehavc been |fl Blacks other than brainwashed into beUeving whiles can do the 111 through the media, job better and at a cheaper cost We have Shows such as become our own woatenemy.Wehave forged “COPS” and movies our own shackles. We cany the seeds of our such as “Boyz ‘N the own destruction end sow them to tire wind

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genuous perspective Ourmoat M ucoessfol”institiitionsarewhite-

cnu. on the Black lifestyle, owned with Blacks in the front office. If the Please don’t infer that every time a police The end resuh of this is the minority commu- white financial support were to be pulled away officer an nest or is involved hi a Mty.and the Black community in paiticular.is from these institutions drey would viitually shooting, the officBis wrong. Or that every befog oppressed, represred and depressed by close overnight. I need not mention them beminority incarcerated should not be there. The the system. cause we all know who they are. Please don’t

^ and any nthw What can be done? In order to defeat an get nrewrong.Icommend these institutions for

community has its slare of liad apples.** The enemy, one must understand that enemy. Cur- the jobs they're attempting to do. My only /tor frifcriMPwt r«riairHm«w i niw*« rentiy, the system has become inimical to criticism is they have not risen above their mnA ^h«Hr mtmujtfff §|g yinjUiH out by igw Blacks! TMs is the unfortunate truth. How- comfort level art become totally self-sup-

enforcenrent ml the system toagreater degree ever, if we foil to understand tire system, we ported.

than are wMies. The result of this vigorous, have no hope ofdefending ourselves from k! Currently, the best hope we have fo unite focused md selective law enforcement is a The system is based on power and influence, and get back on course is theBlack church. But greater percentage of imocent Blacks are vie- The GoldenRule: He vho has the gold makes sadly, it is just as fragmented and directionless timfr-i frtmf i ffoyirffh frwmnnrin in j«ii the rules! It has been this way for millennia, as the rest ofour community. The Cbncemed ing (heir fay j n court because they t'*™* It's not likely to change anytime soon. Ckigy, God love ’em, if you laid them all end afford to make a “bail” that has been set unrea- In addition to economic control, the system to end they still wouldn't reach a conclusion, sooably high. By the time they are finally set has made efficient use of another tactic — But it’anottotaDytheirfault. Observe what the free, thev have lost jobs. »>««««*■ and self-re- divide and conquer. Our community is so system has done when one of them got too spai. 7 fragmemed. we don't know whether we're vocal on the Michael Taylor episode. Before yubrn wi«Hr« mmi fljhfr minority ap. coming or going. There is no clear-cut com- he could say “Jesus, "he was being audited by by i»» yn^iiy it k « muMty ethm, no clear-cut community goals the government. He was being indicted and hieh-stress affair This is due largely to the faa wd definitely, no dear community leader- tried twice. Even with a “hung" jury, the systhatIPD Mies a dispropottionaldy Mgh num- sMp.Wehavebeoomemumulymob adrift on tem went after him yet again. Another clergyber of officers from the surrounding muMd- the sea in a captainless ship. Most of us arc mm lost Ms church. Why? Because the conpaUties such as Greenwood. Brownsburg and barely surviving, subsisting from one pay- pggationnyptMedty felt hewastoo involved Speedway, to name a few. A high percenuge of check to the next and praying the white mm in community affairs. It s the divide-and-con-

quer strategy. It has been quite effective. What is my prescription? First, you have to realize Monday morning is the biggest banking day of the week. That’s die day all the churches make their deposits after a prosperous Sunday. To de-fragment, the first thing «tmhf«fnhappt»nI«Rl^Hrrhqirctiff mmff hank at one bank. It doesn't matter wMch bank. It mutt be die same bank. Notice, none of the churches give up my control over their individual accounts. Their memberriiip must be encouraged to bmk at the same bank. The first

step must be economic unity.

At this point, special interest rates cm be negotiated for mortgages, charge cards, car loms and business loans. TMs will make it efofiBr for minority entrepreneurs to get a foir

shot at starting minority businesses.

The second step is to developa“war chest” A percentage of each church's income—let's call it a tithe—must go into tMs war chest The purpose of this war chest is to Mreacompetent law fiini(i) to go law suit crazy. The fact of the mallbr is whether you win or lose, it’sgoing to cost the system money to defend against the suits. How do you kill die system? You shoot , M it fothe “pocketbook.” MarcMng around city hall and praying on the steps of die police station are not effective. All it does is create a apectade.Thetdevision news loves it because k helps with their programming. But that's

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If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, send them to "You and The Law," 5868 E. 71st St., Suite 202, Indianapolis. IN

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Clinton: The born-again Republican

If you think the Republicans TMs time these Democrats in lost the WMte House, think again. “dvU rights” clothing lost to m President Ointon returned to the unprincipled liberal who aided a

dected and has communicated Ms A Washington Post editorial hmttpttilrical incarnationwHhdie warned that “were he to abandon appofadmemofaReaganRepabli- this nomination,” CUmon would can, David Gergen, as Ms chief rimw cowardice. Wdl, he did.

percent of all Americans don’t a8 Dfott£ MuediMe loss of faith

lie became a “puppet” of die Republicans, s$ The Atlanta Voice, a smaU Hack weekly, suggests I have,orbecause they decided, as polls indicate, that he is raising

iity? In fact, the attack on Clinion’s whydidhechooseaReagan-Bush don’t believe it Wrong?’” obsessibn with taxes is being led leader the epirantJmnr. arwagr Oimon’sown disastrously low CHmon's biggest inmlt of all to by skeptical House and Senate mahtfand architect oflhepallcles standing forces him more art the voters who pay taxes is Ms membefSofMs own pasty, worried that he says almost demoyed tie aioie into cowardly and desperate claim tint giving Gongrcss arcre about Mm driving the country into country, to save it and and Ms decisions, including retaUatkm money will cut the deficit, curtail bankruptcy, presidency with titeae same Re- eg<to*hiei»"Tlwrirnrmiii For spenfing aad create Jobs. That’s Hm d« <k> ym opUn geon, has tiumelessly taken a cratic “journalists” for not buying 1990, Reptiblicm and Democratic CHnaon’s tax package winning by sharp right turn and is fcverisMy Bubba’s Snake OD could have its Gongresskmal spending has gone just six voles in the House where workfogatbuikfingapoliticrdcoa- origin within the Oimon admin- up $1.91 for every one dollar of Democrats control with an 80-vote lilion among the moderates and istration. additional tax you paid. Ofoton’s audority? And many of the 219 conservatives in the white middle a current goal is one dollar in spend- Democratic votesCUmongot were class. You will hear renewed roller aD, individuals criti- ing cut for every $3.86 in taxes, won with threats; 11 Democratic Clinton rhetoric of “ending wel- cire Bill Ointon at the ride of That’s not Black or wMte or Re- subcommittee bosses voted against fere as we know it," a two-year havtag the WMte House send the publican or Democrat—that’s rob- CHmon. The Democratic Party is limit on welfare benefits, kicking FBI against them or befog raided beryl split in its support of Clinton. Blacks off welfare to make them by rabid IRS agents anxious to On April IS. 1994, when the Almost 50 percent of aDAmerilom mam for-nodi- cans do not approve of the way haws an pay aatmacttve 1993 a. starting Jan. 1.19^< trdk of a higher way of a WMm House poltictf with dm regular tax MD for or inner-city payoff. Wdl. that’s what happens they’d get tire mrmage. Aad as tfoee groups; drose who don’t) when you get a Republican in the theybepan "Shier While Houee* D: How CUntonGets Over A friend of dre

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