Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 January 2003 — Page 3

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2003

THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER

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STUDY ► Continued from Pago 1 can American. However some of the country’s 50 largest cities don’t fare as well in these new criteria for integration as Indianapolis. In the UWM report, Los Angeles ranks 45th, Miami 44th, New York 38th, Chicago 36th, Houston 34th, Detroit 24th and Washington, D.C. 23rd. Among metropolitan areas, the UWM study gave mixed results for Indianapolis. While 24 percent of the city’s nearly 900,000 population lives in integrated blocks, just 11 percent of the metro area’s 1.6 million people live on integrated blocks. The new data shows that of the nation’s 100 largest metropolitan areas, Indianapolis is the 24th most integrated; far different that Indianapolis havingbeen ranked the 84th most integrated in rankings using the obsolete measurements of racial segregation/integration. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper published a massive three-part story this week detailing the UWM report. On Tuesday, the newspaper looked at Indianapolis’ transformation into the eighth most integrated major city. City-County Council Minority Leader Rozelle Boyd told the newspaper, “Indianapolis has changed very, very significantly. There are vestiges of old behavior and white flight, but it is more and more the case that if a person has the economic wherewithal, you can live where you want.” Mayor Bart Peterson told the Journal Sentinel, “While clearly there are pockets of extreme discrimination, Indianapolis has become a much more integrated city in my lifetime.” The UWM/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report also confirmed that a large segment of Indianapolis’ African-American community lives in racially integrated neighborhoods. In April, 2001, The Indianapolis Recorder reported that 2000 Census data showed that 43 percent of the city/county’s African-American population lived in a white-ma-jority neighborhood. The Recorder analysis measured the racial composition of political precincts, a geography smaller than census tracts, but larger than city blocks. Examining the nine county metropolitan area, the UWM study gives a more detailed breakdown of the racial integration of the region. The report says that 39.5 percent of the AfricanAmerican community lives in blocks that are 20 percent Black and 20 percent white; another 13.5 percent of the AfricanAmerican community lives on blocks that are less than 20 percent Black and over 50 percent white; and 39.3 percent of African Americans live on blocks that are 80 percent or more African American. Among whites in the Indianapolis metro, 8.6 percent live in 20 percent Black or 20 percent white integrated blocks; 0.6 percent live in blocks less than 20 percent Black and over 50 percent white and 85.6 percent live on blocks that are 80 percent or more white. The complete report, along with graphs and charts can be found at www.uwm.edu/Dept/ ETI/.

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SOME CABLE CUSTOMERS NOT HAPPY WITH TIME WARNER ► Continued from Page 1 as infuriated as Ruffin. “I just pensation from Time Warner increase rates, not to hurt the

purchased a big screen television set to enjoy my favorite channels and movies on,” she noted. “But when I decided to watch a movie on my DVD (player), and then return to something on the TV one Saturday morning, there was a (big) problem. I could not get the special features on my new set to function, because of a glitch in this digital system. “The picture-in-picture would not operate properly, nor would many other features. When I called the company, a customer service representative advised me to turn off my television, but when I did that, nothing would work. And because I was unable to talk to someone after that, I spent the entire weekend without cable, the cable I am paying for.” Henderson said she has requested, but has not received any compensation for her interrupted service. Patricia Ware insists there should be some type of com-

for what she calls a “breach of contract.” “I already had these premium channels, but they were replaced in this new digital cable program,” Ware charges. “The same channels, but I’m paying $30 to $40 more a month for them.” A Warner customer service representative, who wished to remain anonymous, told The Recorder that she has^re^ ceived numerous complaints about the new system, but that many of these complaints are “falling on deaf ears,” something Alridge and Marshall disagree with. “We are aware that some customers are upset, but more of them are completely satisfied,” Marshall commented. “We sent out letters explaining what to expect from the new service, and we also had our representatives to visit those (customers) who wanted to try it. There were no surprises about costs or equipment.” Alridge said their rates are well within the provisions of Federal Communication Commission guidelines. “We

customers, but to meet costs of (employee) salaries, equipment, technology and other operating expenses. The (digital access) package includes an interactive guide, 45 channels of commercial-free music, pay-per-view, and eyecontrol, video-on-demand. This is an alternative to video stores.” According to Marshall, each network included in the cable system charges the company a fee to run their programs, which the increased rates help to pay for. Michelle Russo, a spokesperson for the FCC, said cable companies are well within their rights to require customers to pay for accommodating equipment for services, and that the price for this equipment and'basic cable service is regulated by a local franchising authority. That authority is the City of Indianapolis for both Time Warner and Comcast, according to Russo. However, both Alridge and Marshall say that the FCC does regulate all premium cable rates.

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