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Abducted Nigerian Girls Offered Volume 27 No. 20 Jacksonville, Florida May 15-22, 2014 in Exchange For Prisoners Sports, Black Athletes & Modern Day Slavery Single Gender The leader of the Nigerian Islamist rebel group Boko Haram has said he will release more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by his fighters last month by Charlene Muhammad The latest firestorm directed Outraged Los Angeles residents Classrooms to in exchange for prisoners, according to a video. Since L.A. Clippers owner toward Ms. Sterling came after a rallied across the street from the Around 100 girls wearing full veils and praying are shown in an undis- Donald Sterling has been fined $2.5 conversation with V. Stiviano, his Staples Center just before the be Introduced closed location in the 17-minute video in which Boko Haram leader million and banned from the much younger girlfriend, was team’s April 29 game to protest. Abubakar Shekau speaks, according to a French news agency. National Basketball Association for leaked. In it, Mr. Sterling denigrates They demonstrated on the 22nd at Butler Middle life, many feel all that’s left to do is Blacks and Mexicans, telling her anniversary of the L.A. Rebellion Militants fighting for an Islamist state stormed a secondary school in the Duval County Superintendent force him to sell his team. But not to post pictures of her with over the acquittal of officers cap- northeastern village of Chibok on April 14 and seized 276 girls who were Nikolai Vitti is offering students many others say the real work is Blacks on Instagram, not to bring tured on videotape beating of Black taking exams. Some managed to escape but around 200 remain missing. and parents a new option at Eugene confronting how deep the slave Blacks to his game and Earvin motorist Rodney King. Nigeria said on Saturday it had deployed two army divisions to the hunt Butler Middle School - single gen- master mentality runs in pro sports “Magic” Johnson, basketball great “This is a sad day in the sense for the girls while several nations including the United States, Britain, Israel der classrooms. An open meeting and what should Black athletes and and business mogul, was not wel- that we have been offended again as and France have offered assistance or sent experts. for parents and students was held the community do about it. come. Continued on page 3 The mass abduction of schoolgirls has touched a chord around the world, this week to introduce the concept. and triggered a support campaign using the Twitter hashtag The classes are aimed at improving #BringBackOurGirls. Cong. Brown Gives Art Students National Attention students' success. “I am excited about this,” said NBA Names Dick Parsons principle Maurice Nesmith. “I think it’s going to be a wonderful Interim CEO of LA Clippers program. I think it is exactly what The NBA has named Dick Parsons interim CEO of the this school needs. I think it’s what Los Angeles Clippers. this community needs. I think it’s It was announced by League Commissioner Adam what our students need, and I guar- Silver that the former Citigroup chairman, Time Warner antee we’ll see some positive chairman and CEO will take the position, effective imme- results when we fully implement diately. this next school year.” “I believe the hiring of Dick Parsons will bring extraordinary leadership At the meeting, officials and immediate stability to the Clippers organization,” Silver said, according explained that Eugene Butler to a recent press release. “Dick’s credentials as a proven chief executive Middle School has 900 fewer stu- speak for themselves, and I am extremely grateful he accepted this respon- dents than it should. Part of the sibility.” reason is a history of poor grades. Parsons currently serves as a senior advisor at Providence Equity Partners In an effort to change, that all core and is a member of the Commission on Presidential Debates’ board of direc- classes at the school will be split tors. between boys and girls beginning next school year. Students will be integrated during elective classes, Study Reveals Direct Correlation lunch and physical education. The program will also require students Between Dropouts and Prison to wear uniforms to school. There is a startling report this month that examines the correlation between “I think having the separate gen- black males, high school diplomas and the possibility of being imprisoned. ders allows them to focus more, According to a study from the Brooking’s Institution’s Hamilton Project, allows them to not be so consumed African-American men who do not complete their high school education with impressing the opposite gen- are at an extremely high risk of going to prison. The report states there is a Shown above are Karryl Eugene, Jose Chavez, Tamara Baffour, 1st prize painting by Ryan Widgeon (not der but to really focus and be about 70 percent chance that a black male without a high school diploma will end pictured), Congresswoman Corrine Brown and Samantha Jaffee. L. Jones photo business,” said Cyrus Tookes, a up in jail by his mid-30s. Congressman Corrine Brown held her Fifth Congressional District Art competition at Florida State College this Duval County parent. “It’s a very dramatic statement about the importance of keeping kids in week. Each spring, the Congressional Institute sponsors a nationwide high school visual art competition to rec- If parents don’t want their children schools and the consequences that occur when you don’t,” said Dennis ognize and encourage artistic talent across the nation. This year’s theme was “An Artistic Discovery”. First prize to participate in the program, the Parker, director of the Racial Justice Program at the American Civil winner was Ryan Widgeon for his piece entitled "Configuration" which wins him for a free trip to Washington, district will provide transportation Liberties. “I hope this statistic wakes us up to the problems that we face as D.C. to see his picture hanging in the Capitol Rotunda for the next year. to a different school for their child. a society. It affects not only those people but all of us.” The study shows that by the time a black child turns 14, they are at 50 per- cent chance of seeing their father end up in prison, compared to less than ten percent of white children. Are Educated Black People Michael Sam Becomes First Openly Gay Player Drafted by NFL Becoming an Endangered Species? Openly gay college player Michael Sam was taken by the St. Louis Rams By Jeffrey L. Boney ballot measure passed by as the 249th pick in the NFL draft. According to Secretary of California voters in 1996. The NFL took until nearly the end of the draft for Michael Sam to become Education Arne Duncan, nearly 40 Supporters of affirmative action in the first openly gay player drafted into the league. percent of Black students attend Michigan, lodged a legal challenge Sam, the SEC co-defensive player of the year at Missouri, was taken late schools that are more than 90 per- to Proposal 2, paving the path for in the seventh and final round by the St. Louis Rams with the 249th pick cent White, yet American class- the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of (out of 256 over the three days of the draft). He was filmed by ESPN as he rooms have become far less diverse Appeals in Cincinnati to rule 8-7 received the phone call from Rams Coach Jeff Fisher, broke down and while becoming more and more that the referendum, which amend- sobbed as he learned that he was going to the Rams. culturally diverse. ed the state conduction, violated A 24-year-old lineman from Hitchcock, Texas, Sam announced that he The same thing rings true in the federal Constitution’s Equal was gay shortly after the Super Bowl. many of our publicly-funded state Protection Clause. colleges and universities and This recent Supreme Court deci- ANC Wins in South Africa Again thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court, sion prevents publicly-funded col- JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress that trend will be more than likely leges from providing “preferential (ANC) won this year’s election, guaranteeing it another five years at the to continue. treatment to any individual or have eliminated affirmative action Court voted to send the case, Fisher helm of Africa’s most advanced nation. In a 6-2 decision, the highest group on the basis of race, sex, in the past, a decline in Black col- v. University of Texas at Austin, South African President Jacob Zuma said Saturday that his party regards Court in the land upheld a color, ethnicity or national origin.” lege enrollment has followed that back to the U.S. Court of Appeals the election results as a "strong sign of approval" of the work his party has Michigan law that banned the use This serves as major blow to sup- decision. for the Fifth Circuit, for further done over the past 20 years. of racial criteria in college admis- porters of affirmative action across The Houston Forward Times review. Zuma said the victory confirmed the ANC remains the "only true hope" for sions. The justices found that the the U.S.., as this Supreme Court (HFT) wrote a story back in 2013, As he did for the Fisher v. most South Africans, particularly the poor and those in the working class. U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals decision is sure to encourage other where the Supreme Court, by a 7-1 University of Texas at Austin deci- The ANC, by virtue of being the only party to rule South Africa since in Cincinnati did not have authority individuals to challenge the affir- vote, told the Fifth Circuit court sion, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy apartheid’s end in 1994, is also the party responsible for extending devel- to set aside the measure approved mative action criteria in their that it used the wrong standards to wrote the majority opinion and opment to benefit the nation’s black majority, which was shut out under the in a 2006 referendum respective states. Currently, the evaluate UT-Austin’s affirmative concerning the most recent deci- former apartheid government. The party trumpeted this fact in its campaign, After the Supreme Court upheld states of California, Florida, action policy and that it misinter- sion, wrote, “This case is not about but Mathekga says that voters increasingly feel that is not enough. affirmative action in the University Washington, Arizona, Nebraska, preted the precedent set by the how the debate about racial prefer- The ANC has been dogged by criticism over its failure to provide all South of Michigan law school case, 58 Oklahoma and New Hampshire Supreme Court when they ences should be resolved.” Africans with basic services. Some 3 million percent of voters adopted Proposal have similar bans on affirmative reviewed the policy. Sidestepping Justice Kennedy went on to write South Africans do not have electricity. 2 in 2006, which prohibited dis- action. any major ruling on the issue of that, “It is about who may resolve More recently, the party has been tainted by a crimination or preferential treat- Equally discouraging for many is affirmative action then or deciding it. There is no authority in the major scandal revolving around Zuma, the ment in public education, govern- that a study by the Civil Rights whether or not the University of Constitution of the United States or party’s leader. He is accused of spending ment contracting and pubic Project at the University of Texas admissions plan that allows in this court’s precedents for the about $23 million in public funds to renovate employment based on race, ethnic- California-Los Angeles (UCLA), the limited consideration of race judiciary to set aside Michigan - his private home in South Africa. ity or gender. It was molded after a has shown that whenever states was unconstitutional, the Supreme Continued on page 11 Page 2 - Ms. Perry’s Free Press May 15-21, 2014 How to Avoid an Estate Battle After You Die How do you split a painting in Certain items might have monetary possessions. “Keep it separate from ing, “I want to know which of my · Designate dots. Give each fam- The mother had a professional ap- half? That’s the problem confronting worth, and others are cherished for your will,” Stum says. “You can items have meaning to you. I’m not ily member a sheet of adhesive dots praiser value the big-ticket personal a client of Bernard Krooks, an estate their sentimental value. But 25 cent change your mind, and you don’t making guarantees about who gets or Post-it-notes, with a color assigned items, wrote a name next to each lawyer in White Plains, N.Y. Before Christmas ornament of dog-eared want to have to update your will what, but I’d like to know.” to each relative. Ask them to place item, then stated in her trust that any- his client’s mother died, she specified copy of “Winnie the Pooh” can come every time.” But it’s a good idea to Keep a list to ensure that your re- the dot on what they want. thing that wasn’t on the list would go that her two sons each get half of her at a costly emotional price. Without check with your lawyer when you do sponses are consistent. “The · Auction it off. Family members to the daughter. “No one could argue financial assets-but she didn’t make investing time and thought into how want to make changes to the list. heartache is people having expecta- can bid on items using “funny because the list was in her own writ- provisions for her personal posses- to distribute personal possessions, Before You Make the List tions that aren’t going to be met,’ money”, such as poker chips or mo- ing,” Garber says. sions, and there was one piece of art you can unwittingly leave a legacy of A common mistake in passing on Whitman says. nopoly bills. Every0ne starts off with Another option is to assign an in- that both wanted. “One son went to rancor and resentment. possessions is making assumptions Starting the process early leaves an equal amount. dependent third party as the executor. the house and snatched it,” Krooks A Will Isn’t Enough about who wants what but neglecting time to work out ground rules and · Roll dice or draw straws. Fam- A mediator (search the Internet for recalls. “The executor was willing to In one survey by Rocket lawyer, a to articulate them. A woman in New deal with different assumptions and ily members roll dice, with the win- “mediation services”) experienced in give the other son the cash equivalent legal services website, half of respon- York inherited a treasured 18th-cen- opinions. And it can be a chance to ner of the second roll receiving family disputes is preferable, but of the painting value, but he said, no, dents with children did not have a tury Spode platter from her grand- see the pleasure your treasures can second choice, and so on. After the your accountant, lawyer, or even a he wanted the painting”. The quarrel will, also alarming, 41 percent of mother, but what she really wanted bring to their new owners. first rounds, family members roll family friend will do. “Leave a clause escalated, and lawyers were called in. baby boomers (ages 55 to 64) did not was her set of chipped earthenware Distribution Methods again to start a new order. Alterna- in the will saying, ‘If my kids are un- Since then, Krooks says, the legal have one. mixing bowls-which her grand- The “who Gets Grandma’s Yellow tively, draw straws to determine the able to agree after 30 or 60 days, then fees have far exceeded the value of Dying without a will triggers intes- mother had tossed out. “I was incred- Pie Plate?” website lists a variety of order of choice. Mr. X is the final arbiter,” Krooks the painting and the brothers no tacy laws, which means the state de- ulous when she said, ‘Oh, I got rid of options for distributing your stuff. No · Play birth-order bingo. Select suggests. “The kids have the oppor- longer talk to each other. termines how a person’s estate is that junk,” the woman recalls. “The matter which you chooses, make sure according to birth order, either going tunity to work it out, but they know “The biggest estate-planning mis- distributed and how their assets are Spode may be worth more money, that the process is transparent so that from oldest to youngest or vice versa. that if one gets in the way of a fair take is that people think it’s only allocated. In other words, if you don’t but the fact that we made cookies to- everyone knows that the rules are Conflict Resolution: settlement, someone has the author- about the money,” says Marlene make a will, the state effectively does gether in those bowls makes them being followed and that everyone Even if your kids get along-but es- ity to say who gets what.” Stum, a professor at the University of it for you. In most states, the estate is more valuable.” Meanwhile, the gets a voice. pecially if they don’t-determine a A thoughtful distribution of your Minnesota and author of the “who divided among the decedent’s spouse woman’s mother was miffed that her Here are some methods that process for resolving conflicts and “stuff” is a gift more valuable than Gets Grandma’s Yellow Pie Plate?” and children. But with the increasing daughter wasn’t properly grateful. work: specify it in your will or trust. any item. After all, points out Debra workbook and website. “When it number of blended families, things Baby boomers surveyed by Allianz · Love it and list it. Ask the kids Julie Garber, J.D., a senior trust of- Speyer, an estate lawyer in Philadel- comes to their personal possessions, can get complicated. So if you want Life Insurance Company selected to itemize 10 things each wants with ficer in Naples, Fla., who writes phia and Miami, “The last thing you they say, ‘It’s just stuff.” your china or woodworking tools to personal possessions six times more sentimental value and 10 things with about wills and estate planning at want when you die is to put your In fact, such “stuff” – the legal go to a particular child, its best to put often than financial inheritance as a monetary value. Share everyone’s About.com, recalls a client whose family in a worse situation.” term is “non-titled property” – often it in writing. important in legacy planning. “We list. If two siblings want the same son and daughter often quarreled. the biggest source of unhappiness Many states let you attach a codicil aren’t good at guessing what’s going item, let them negotiate. They can among families, says Wynne Whit- to your will indicating that you’ve to be meaningful,” Stum says. 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Go to kimberkimber.com for further information. May 15-21, 2014 Ms. Perry’s Free Press - Page 3 Davis Dismayed Dunn Still Not Sentenced SIGHTS AND SCENES - TPC The father of Jordan Davis said years in prison for the attempted Orlando and subsequent trial of he and his family are dismayed that murder convictions. shooter George Zimmerman, events Michael Dunn, the man who shot “It’s very disturbing that he has that also drew international cover- the 17-year-old teenager in not been sentenced yet,” said age. November 2012 after an argument Ronald Davis, in an interview.“I Although Dunn has been convict- over loud music, has not yet been thought he should have been sen- ed of the attempted murder charges, sentenced to serve time in prison. tenced in a timely manner. I would Davis’s father has maintained that Dunn was convicted in February have thought that, at the very least, he feels it is important for the of three counts of attempted murder he would be sentenced within 90 shooter to be retried for first-degree for shooting at a vehicle with sever- days, which has long passed now.” murder. He explained that Dunn al teenagers. But a mistrial was Ronald Davis said that Dunn’s should be held responsible specifi- declared on the first-degree murder guilt in the shooting incident has cally for the death of his son. charge in the shooting death of already been established. “I think The attempted murder convic- Davis, after the jury couldn't agree he should be sentenced as soon as tions, he said, “do not equate to jus- on a verdict. possible,” he said. “From my per- tice.” He added, “I wasn’t satisfied The state of Florida said it will spective, I think that would be the with the verdict. I know he’s getting retry Dunn on the first-degree mur- right thing to do.” 60 years in jail. But I want the state Charles Ranson and Karen Shands der charge. A judge in Jacksonville The death of Jordan Davis and of Florida to record that he was has delayed the second trial after Dunn's trial were closely followed responsible for killing Jordan. I Dunn’s attorneys said they needed and have often been compared with want the law to say that Michael Ronald Davis addition time to prepare. the killing of Trayvon Martin in Dunn was wrong.” by Jonathan Hicks Meanwhile, Dunn faces up to 60 February 2012 in a suburb of Sports, Black Athletes & Modern Slavery Continued from page 1 highlight race problems. At those want to derail the entire train, ing to the Baylor lawsuit. He sued we have been offended since Olympic Games in Mexico City, unless the league, namely the new on age discrimination but race was we’ve been here,” said social and athletes John Carlos and Tommie commissioner and the owners, an early part of his lawsuit before political activist Greg Akili. But it’s Smith stood on the Olympic plat- determined that they were going to attorneys strategically dropped the a good day because the offender form after winning medals in the give Donald Sterling yet another claim, Atty. Pittman said. A jury, was disciplined swiftly, he said. men’s 200 meter race, bowed their pass, he said. however, did not rule in Mr. “If you don’t like Black people, if heads and stood with Black Power “Under those circumstances the Baylor’s favor. you don’t want me to take pictures gloved fists in the air. players apparently were prepared to Among Mr. Baylor’s allegations with Black people, if you don’t “We have an African-American boycott not just the rest of the play- was Mr. Sterling ran a plantation- want Black people in the seats, then family in the White House. That offs, but the upcoming season as like operation and had a plantation you don’t want to own a team was not a final victory. You only long as Donald Sterling is in place mentality, Atty. Pittman recalled. Anton Dawson, Henry Atkins, Chris Brooks and Austin Smith where 70 percent of the folk who need to look at how President and we’re still not passed that “He told Elgin that he would like to are playing and making you rich are Obama is treated by members of the option,” Dr. Edwards noted. have his team composed of poor Black. So if we ain’t good enough Congress in high positions and by ‘Black boys from the South and a Black boys from the South, coached to be seen with you then we ought various other sectors of American White head coach’ by a White head coach … and he to not be able to make you rich society to understand that,” Dr. The players’ stand was against added that these were poor Black either,” said Mr. Akili. Edwards stated. Mr. Sterling’s body of racist work boys who he was giving an oppor- Dr. Harry Edwards, professor Every generation, whether Jackie and reputed actions, which includes tunity to make a lot of money.” emeritus of Sociology at the Robinson’s, Bill Russell and Jim charges of the poor treatment of But no matter how much money University of California at Brown’s, Tommie Smith and John Elgin Baylor, an NBA Hall of Blacks make in the NBA as “work- Berkeley, put the incident in the Carlos’s, Arthur Ashe’s, Famer. ers,” they won’t be a “land owner” context of achieving the American Muhammad Ali’s or today’s has to People have known about Mr. or permitted to build or invest in promise. take its place in battling in this Sterling’s thoughts and actions for a wealth they can pass down to their The challenge is diverse and struggle, he continued. long time but turned a blind eye, children, argued Dr. Ava dynamic, so the perpetual struggle, The athletes “wanted to take a said Attorney Alvin Pittman, who Muhammad. While Black owner- which includes sports, has to be stand against that plantation model represented Mr. Baylor in his ship would be easy, she encour- multifaceted, Dr. Edwards said. of ownership, that he had imposed unsuccessful 2009 lawsuit against aged, don’t get excited about some- “There are no easy victories,” said ownership, and that he rationalized Mr. Sterling. body Black buying the team. The the lead organizer for the Olympic and justified in a conversation that Mr. Baylor had been a Clippers majority of the power still rests Project for Human Rights, devel- became public and undeniable,” Dr. executive for 22 years (1986-2008) with Whites and a single Black oped in 1968 to use the internation- Edwards said. But while they want- before being fired by Mr. Sterling owner doesn’t change an institu- al spotlight of the Olympics to ed Mr. Sterling out, they didn’t on the basis of age and race, accord- tion, she said. Alana and Victor Jones

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Otherwise, they’d around 100 million people live in instability and caused many deaths group? have to face the fact that advantage and disadvantage, health and sickness, Historian John Henrik Clarke poverty. In case your math is a lit- in the country – especially in the Well, the obvious answer is not wealth and poverty, life and death, are still parceled out according to once said, “Wherever we are on the tle off – that’s roughly 60 percent “Middle Belt” where Muslim enough. And many fear that it melanin content of skin. face of the earth, we are an African of the population. And there have majority states border Christian might be too little too late because So they become creative in their evasions. people.” also been times that thegovernment majority states. the girls have probably been They use made up facts (Trayvon Martin was actually casing the neigh- For blacks in America, there has hasn’t been able to keep the lights So why the foreign affairs brief- shipped off to neighboring coun- borhood) and invented statistics (black men and boys commit 972.2 per- never been any doubt ofwhere we on. ing on Nigeria? Well, it’s important tries by now.The region where BH cent of all the crime in America), they murder messengers (“You’re a racist originate, but there has been a dis- It doesn’t really add up right? that we put the “Save Our Girls” operates is a remote area mixed for pointing out racism!”) they discredit the source (Can you really trust a connect from our native lands of Strong economy, oil reserves, so movement in context. with heavy jungles and mountains. government study?) Africa. We watch the ups and money shouldn’t be a problem How do we save our girls if they What the kidnapping has done is One waits then, with morbid fascination to see what excuse those folks downs and challenges that many right? Well money isn’t the prob- are in country with great financial highlighted the dysfunction and will make as federal data releases last week reveals that African-American countries on the African continent lem – corruption is the culprit. resources, but limited political will utter failure of President Goodluck children are significantly more likely to be suspended-from public pre- face and are helpless to the strug- “The important thing is not how and ability? It is not like it’s a Jonathan’s government. Reports school. Repeating for emphasis: preschool, that phase of education where gles. much money a person makes: it is secret about who took the girls – coming out of Africa say that not curriculum encompasses colors, shapes, finger painting and counting to So when news reports come stat- what he does with it that matters,” Boko Haram, an Islamic extremist only did the military have some ten. Apparently, our capacity for bias extends even there. According to the ing that a terrorist group has kid- said A.G. Gaston, a black business- group. warning of a pending attack, but Department of Education, while black kids make up about 17% of those napped some 200 young ladies in man. The bible tells us that money They have been at reeking havoc they also did very little stop it and attending preschool, they account for 42 percent of those who are sus- Nigeria it is not only disheartening, is the root of all evil. Corruption is on the country for years. We are their response of lacking. pended once-and nearly half of those suspended more than once. but also unbelievable. We automat- insidious in Nigeria. And like many focusing on the young ladies that Initially, the government did not Armed with that information, there are many questions we should be ically think that if that would have other developing nations, politics is were kidnapped, but they have even acknowledge the kidnapping, asking: happened in the U.S. – law enforce- a popular means of self-enrich- attacked other schools and killed and they even had the nerve to Are black kids being suspended for things that would earn another child ment, the government, media, fam- ment. dozens of young men as well. reject offers for foreign assistance. a timeout or a talking to? ilies, etc. wouldn’t sleep until those Because of civil war, the country According to NATO, they have To use my favorite Cornell West If racial bias pervades even the way we treat our youngest citizens, how girls were returned. has also endured extended military also attacked police stations, quote – “I am a prisoner of hope.” I can anyone still say it has no impact upon the way we treat them when they But we know that Nigeria is no rule, which limits democracy and churches, newspaper offices, refuse to believe that we can’t save are older? United States, but the sad fact is breeds further corruption. busterminals, etc. They don’t seem these girls. If not all – as many as What does being identified as “bad” at such an early age do to a child’s that the African nation should be Public service for many has to discriminate. possible. sense of himself, his worth and his capabilities? much morestronger and stabilized. become personal service. Violence According to various sources, But this can’t be just about the Does being thus identified so young play out later in life in terms of In fact, Nigeria should be an is the country is such a major issue Boko Haram began more than a girls – it’s also about a nation that higher dropout rates and lower test scores? African powerhouse. that there are armed checkpoints decade ago, but started as more of a should be leading all of Africa not How can we fix this, build a society in which every one of our children It’s a country that is home to and high walls surrounding many civil rights group and later turned stuck in the quagmire of corruption is encouraged to stretch for the outermost limits of his or her potential? Africa’s largest economy and has a residential homes and neighbor- to violence and terrorism after its and chaos. It’s not time for anoth- Those are the kinds of smart, compassionate questions we should ask. population of approximately 175 hoods. leader was killed in government ercoup d’état – it’s time for holistic But again, we’re talking about the third rail of American conscience. So million. The economy is so strong And to make matters worse – the custody in 2009. By the way, the government reform in Nigeria. one braces for dumb excused instead. because of the abundant oil country is evenly divided between name is loosely translated as non- Bring back our girls and save Maybe someone will claim African-American preschoolers are 73.9 per- reserves. We know that big oil cre- Christians and Muslims and I am Muslim education is prohibited. what should be a great nation on cent more likely to fail naptime. ates jobs and capital for developing sure that I don’t have to explain The most important question that the continent of Africa. Maybe someone will contend that they thuggishly refuse to color inside nations. how that complicates politics. most are asking is what is the Signing off from Duval County, the lines. But despite having the strongest Mob violence between Christians Nigerian government doing to find FL And you may rest assured someone will say that for us even to have the economy in Africa and oil for days, and Muslims have added to the these girls and stop this extremist Reggie Fullwood discussion proves hatred of white people. What a long, strange road we have traveled from the high land of ideal- ism and hope to which the human rights movements brought us 50 years ago, down to the swampy lowland of justification and circumscribed hori- Why Being Educated Can zons we find ourselves slogging through now. It is noteworthy that this story of institutional bias against children barely out of diapers scarcely skimmed-much less penetrated-an American consciousness presently pre- occupied by basketball brackets and the mystery of a doomed jetliner. Sometimes Cause You Pain Small wonder. These things ask very little of us, other than a love for sport and a capacity to feel bad for other people’s misfortune. This, on the by Dr. Boyce Watkins where black boys landed in the spe- So, while I’d seen the devastation ily give your intellectual freedom. other hand, cuts to the heart of who we are. Although I encourage everyone cial education classes (they tried to of incarceration up close in multi- That’s something that you’re going Last week we learned that their schools routinely bend little black boys to educate themselves as much as put me in those classes too), and ple sections of my life, I was fortu- to have to take. and girls toward failure. And the people who make excuses should just possible, I must warn you that the the college prep classes were filled nate enough to avoid the traps that save their breath. Because there are none! more you understand, the more with white kids. The educational were set to destroy me. But what I frustration there is to uncover… and prison systems are inherently could certainly relate to is the fact I spoke with a formerly incarcer- the same and like the NCAA to the that sometimes, ignorance can be ated man recently who told me NFL, one has become a feeder into blissful, because the more you about his experiences inside the the other. understand what others are trying state penitentiary. I could instantly The man also said something that to do to you, the angrier you can tell that this man was brilliant, as really made me think. He reflected become. At that point, you gain the smart as any college professor I on how he’d gone to prison as a stigma of being the angry black know. He recited legal statutes, young drug dealer, receiving an man standing in the middle of a laid out subtleties of American pol- incredibly harsh sentence for a non- bunch of drunken, happy negroes. itics, and spoke about entrepreneur- violent crime. He also mentioned ship as if he were an expert. how painful it was to get his educa- Although I encourage everyone The man had used his 20 years in tion in prison and become enlight- to educate themselves as much as prison in the most productive way ened on just how imbalanced the possible, I must warn you that the possible, learning everything he criminal justice system is when it more you understand, the more could. He also seemed to feel that comes to young black men. He frustration there is to uncover, par- he had a lot of catching up to do, said that learning about the circum- ticularly when we discover truths now that he was a free man. He stances of his incarceration both about what this country did to our explained a few things about his infuriated him and raised his blood ancestors on its way to stripping us experience, like how surprised he pressure, because his awareness of everything we had. That’s why was to find that in most maximum came at a time when he was not the black kids in public school aren’t security sections of the prison, least bit empowered to do very given access to accurate and honest black and hispanic men fill up near- much about it. depictions of American history and ly every cell. He said that most of I tried to understand the man’s are instead fed drugs, liquor and Lil the white guys he saw in prison pain as much as I could, even Wayne albums. They want you to were in the low-security and safer though I’ve never gone to prison be the smiling, ignorant negro, not sections of the prison (surely to myself. My biological father went the angry black man, even if you protect them from the “scary” black to prison for drug possession and have legitimate reason for being men). His story reminded me of my older brother figure (technical- angry. my experience in public school, ly my uncle) went to prison as well. 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BOX 43580, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32203 May 15-21, 2014 Ms. Perry’s Free Press - Page 5 Mentoring Groups Worry About Funding for ‘My Brother’s Keeper’ By Freddie Allen opportunities for young men and and evidenced-based strategies NNPA Washington boys of color in order to build focused on early learning and liter- Correspondent resilience, encourage empower- acy, pathways to college and A controversy last week over ment, and facilitate community careers, ladders to jobs, mentors potential funding linked to engagement and participation’ is and support networks, and interac- President Barack Obama’s “My directly undermined by the refram- tions with criminal justice and vio- Brother’s Keeper” initiative under- ing of the national program that by lent crime. scored concerns that groups led by definition, removes organizations The crisis facing boys and young people of color have expressed over such as the National Urban League men of color as they transition to access to public and private sector from even competing for funds,” adulthood has been chronicled for resources. wrote Morial. decades. At the heart of the confusion was Both letters were later posted on Black males are more at risk to be a request for proposal (RFP) issued Politics365.com. suspended than their White peers, through the Office of Juvenile Last week, all media inquiries suffer a disproportionate number of Justice and Delinquency Prevention for 100 Black Men of America were expulsions and more than 40 per- for a youth mentoring program referred to Greg Heydel, vice presi- cent of referrals to law enforcement grant. In March, the grant required dent and group director of reputa- while in school. groups that wanted to apply be tion management at Matlock A 2012 study titled “The Urgency active in 30 states. By April, that Advertising and Public Relations in of Now” by the Schott Foundation requirement had been revised Atlanta, Ga., who e-mailed the 100 for Public Education, reported that upward to 45 states, placing the Black Men of America’s May 1 barely half (52 percent) of Black JTA Celebrates National Transportation Week grant far beyond the reach of most statement to reporters. males graduate from high school in - As part of National Transportation Week minority-led groups that mentor The OJJDP removed the lan- four years, compared to 78 percent and as an opportunity for the country to show appreciation and generate awareness of the transportation industry, underserved minority youth in the guage about My Brother’s Keeper of White males. the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) held its annual Customer Appreciation Day Monday, May 12th. United States. from the grant application. Research by the Center for Labor JTA staff handed out breakfast snacks and water at the Rosa Parks, Gateway and Regency and Skyway Central A paragraph in the RFP connect- Broderick Johnson, White House Market Studies at Northeastern station transit hubs. Over 4,000 people ride the skyway each day. For more information on the new transit ini- ing the grant to the president’s My cabinet secretary and chair of the University in Boston, Mass., found tiatives visit www.jtafla.com. Pictured handing out snacks is JTA Control Room Operator Sheila Herndon with Brother’s Keeper program seemed My Brother’s Keeper Task Force, that 9 percent of male high school transit riders Jennifer Burks and little Jahkina James. to complicate the matter. said, “The Department of Justice dropouts, ages 16–24, are incarcer- In a letter dated April 28, readily admitted that it led to a mis- ated or in detention. For young addressed to Robert Listenbee, the understanding that’s been corrected Black male dropouts of the same Florida Teens Graduates College administrator for the Office of and we made it clear to other agen- age, that number is 23 percent. Juvenile Justice and Delinquency cies that they shouldn’t put things And when one high school and High School the Same Week Prevention, Michael Brown, presi- out like that with regards to their dropout can cost the nation more dent of 100 Black Men of America, solicitations.” than a quarter of a million dollars, If you thought trying to pass knack for learning.” Inc., said that the rule change, “not George Garrow, executive direc- over their lifetime in lost earnings, high school was tough and remem- “At two years old, she was only effectively eliminated our tor of Concerned Black Men, a taxes and productivity, allowing ber that college was even more already reading and I was totally organization from meeting the eli- national organization that works to Black males to dropout in droves grueling, try completing both at shocked,” Gisla Bush said. gibility requirements for funding, enrich the lives of young Black threatens the country’s economic the same time. She is following the lead of her but also dashed any hopes that such males, said that the mistake was security. South Florida student Grace two older sisters (Grace is the third venerable institutions as the unfortunate for the president’s “If you say that you want to Bush, 16, did just that. She will be oldest) who also completed the National Urban League, the fledgling project. increase the high school graduation getting both her high school diplo- same program. After Grace’s high NAACP and each of nine “They are people that are out rate, you can do some generic ma and college degree in the same school diploma arrives on May 9, Historically Black Greek there that don’t want to see this [My things with generic young people, week. Bush earned her bachelor’s the new graduate has her sights set Organizations may have had for Brother Keeper’s program] happen but if you’re really going to impact degree in criminal justice on May on earning a master’s degree and competing in this significant fund- at all and will take those types of the high school graduation rate, you 3 before she obtained her high then continuing on to law school. ing opportunity.” things and use that against all of us. need to develop strategies that are school diploma. “I would eventually like to In a separate letter, Marc Morial, That little dust up that happened on specifically focused on Black boys, What’s even more shocking is become chief justice of the United the president and CEO of the Politics365.com, that could have because Black boys account for a that Bush completed the four-year States,” Bush said. National Urban League, wrote that been cleared up with a phone call,” disproportionate number of stu- degree in just three years and with Grace Bush But before embarking on anoth- his group was “surprised,” “greatly said Garrow. “The next thing you dents graduating at low rates,” a 3.8 grade point average. er educational journey, she plans University High School, which disappointed and deeply con- know, it’s a bunch of mess.” Garrow said. “I started when I was 13 at on taking a brief break this sum- allows student to save college cerned” about the rule change. The task force’s report, that will He said that he’s hopeful that this Broward College, and I also took mer and then returning to her stud- tuition costs by earning college “The Department’s stated com- be released in less than a month, effort, with the president putting his my classes throughout the summer, ies — this time for the LSAT. credits toward a degree while they mitment to ‘include mentoring will offer a review of best practices weight behind it. so I was able to finish it before attend high school. “So I can get as high a score as four years,” she said. According to her mother, Gisla possible and hopefully I can get a She was part of a dual enroll- Bush, who homeschooled her nine full ride into a good school, law ment program at Florida Atlantic school,” she said. children; Bush always had “a Home Equity Loud & Clear Lines of Credit

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Emanuel Missionary Baptist The Inconceivable Start of African American Christianity Church “Women in White” Program By Joseph DeCaro ly because of the risks incurred brutes: ‘Thou shalt love thy neigh- Georgia, one missionary said, The Deaconess Ministry of Emanuel Missionary Baptist Church invites Worthy News Correspondent (200 lashes of the whip often await- bor as they self. Man, they Negro is “They seem in general to have but the community to share in the celebration of their 6th annual “Women in Peter Randolph, a slave in Prince ed those caught at such a meeting) they neighbor.” very little more knowledge of a White” program, Sunday, May 18th at 4 p.m. The theme is “Stand Fast,” George County, Virginia, until he but because of the hurdles over- Some 18th century masters Savior than the aboriginal natives.” Galatians 5:1. Featuring the spiritually uplifting voices of the H. Alvin was freed in 1847, described the come merely to arrive at this believed conversion would make Finally, there were cultural obsta- Green, Memorial Alumni Chorale of Edwards Waters College. Come on in secret prayer meetings he had moment. For decades all manner of slaves “saucy,” since they would cles. In 1701 the Society for the the house of the Lord, and share in this spirit filled celebration. Emanuel attended as a slave. “Not being people and circumstances con- begin to think of themselves equal Propagation of the Gospel in Missionary Baptist Church is located at 2407 S. L. Badger Circle, Reverend allowed to hold meetings on the spired against African Americans to whites. As one out it, “A slave is Foreign Parts was formed, and one Herb Anderson. For more information call 764-9264. plantation,” he wrote. “the slaves even hearing gospel, let alone ten times worse when a Christian of its purposes was to seek the con- assembled in the swamp, out of responding to it in freedom and joy. than in his state of paganism.” version of slaves in colonial 2014 Kings & Queens of Clean Comedy reach of the patrols, They have an No time for religion There were legal complications America. As an arm of the Church understanding among themselves The plantation work regimen as well. Many masters in colonial of England, however, it was less The 2014 Kings and Queens of Clean Comedy benefit event will take as to the time and place…This is gave slaves little leisure time for America believed if a slave was than effective with the “target” place Saturday, June 28th, 7 p.m. at Abyssinia Missionary Baptist Church, often done by the first one arriving religious instruction. Some masters baptized that, “according to the population. LeJau described his 10325 Interstate Center Drive. Proceeds from the event benefit the breaking boughs from the trees and required slaves to work even on laws of the British nation, and the refined and rational method of AnnieRuth Foundation. To volunteer or details on tickets call 200-7202 or bending them in the direction of the Sunday. Even with the day off, canons of the church,” he must be teaching African Americans: “We email [email protected]. selected spot. many slaves needed to tend to their freed. Colonial legislatures sought begin and end our particular assem- “After arriving and greeting one own gardens, which supplemented to clear up this matter, and by 1706 bly with the collect…I teach them Mt. Lebanon Missionary Baptist another, men and women sat in their income and diet (others opted at least six had passed acts denying the Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and groups together. Then there was to socialize, to dance, or get drunk). that baptism altered the condition the Commandments. I explain Youth Weekend Extravaganza “preaching…by the brethren, then One of the largest obstacles was of a slave “as to his bondage or some portion of the catechism…” Mount Lebanon missionary Baptist church located at 9319 Ridge praying and singing all around until sheer prejudice. Many masters freedom.” It wasn’t just economics With culture, prejudice, and Boulevard, Freddie Sumner, Pastor will be celebrating its Annual Youth cel- they generally feel quite happy.” believed Africans were too but a twinge of Christian con- injustice joining forces, few slaves ebration beginning, Friday May 16th at 6 p.m. in the multi-purpose facili- The speaker arises “and talks “brutish” to comprehend the science that prompted the legisla- were converted. As one missionary ty. The events will begin with a banquet and the grand finale of the evening, very slowly, until feeling the spirit, gospel; others doubted Africans tion. As Virginia’s law put it, it was reported in 1779 about conditions youth on parade, fashion show, special awards presentation and lots of fun he grows excited, and in a short had souls. Anglican missionary to passed so that masters, “free from in South Carolina: “The Negroes of and food. On Saturday, May 17th is the Youth Outing. Sunday, May 18th is time there fall to the ground 20 or South Carolina Francis LeJau this doubt, may more carefully that country, a few only excepted, church school at 9 a.m. Morning worship service is at 10:45 a.m. Mt. 30 men and women under its influ- reported in 1709, “Many masters endeavor the propagation of the are to this day as great strangers to Lebanon will conclude their youth weekend celebration with an ence. can’t be persuaded that Negroes Christianity.” Christianity and as much under the Extravaganza at 4 p.m. with invited youth guest participating from various “The slave forgets all his suffer- and Indians are otherwise than But clergy were in short supply influence of pagan darkness, idola- churches to celebrate this exciting weekend of activities. The colors for the ings,” Randolph summed up, Beasts, and use them like such.” even for whites in the eighteenth- try, and superstition as they were at occasion are red/black/white. For more information and details call the “except to remind others of the Such thinking was combated by century South. In 1701 Virginia, for their first arrival from Africa.” church office at 527-1762. trails during the past week, men like Puritan Cotton Mather, example, only half of the forty- It would, it seemed, take a mira- exclaiming, ‘Thank God, I shall not who, in his tract The Negro some parishes containing 40,000 cle to turn things around. And a New Fountain Chapel AME live here always!” Christianized, pleaded with owners people were supplied with clergy. miracle is just what America had It is a remarkable event not mere- to treat their “servants” as men, not And regarding white settlers in already begun to experience. Church Annual Leona Daniels’ Day The members of New Fountain Chapel AME Church, Wendell Webster, Deacons and Deaconess Pastor, cordially invites the community to celebrate their Annual Leona Shiloh Outreach Center Open house Daniels’ Day, Sunday, May 18, at 9 a.m. church school with Reverend Paul And Trustees Anniversary The Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church is having an open house, Ruffin, reviewer of the lesson. Come to the 10:30 a.m. morning worship Zion Hope Missionary Baptist Church Deacons and Deaconess and Saturday, May 24th, 10 to 11:30 a.m. The theme is: “Developing with the dynamic speaker Brother Chad Edwards of St. Petersburg, Florida. Trustees Anniversary is scheduled for Sunday May 18th at 3 p.m. Guest Entrepreneur Skills As a Path to the Future”. Connect with community lead- The evening service is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. with the powerful preaching messenger is Reverend Clarence Jenkins of First African Missionary ers and entrepreneurs. Enjoy a tour, refreshments and networking. For more of the Reverend Mark Griffin, Pastor of Wayman Ministry of Jacksonville, Baptist Church of Green Cove Springs. Come and receive the blessings of information email Pastor of Outreach Reginald L. Bryant at rbryant@smbc- Florida. To God be the glory for the things he has done for us here on the the Lord. For more information call the church office at 764-9353. Zion jax.om or call 652-0581. eastside of Jacksonville. For more information call the church office at 354- Hope Missionary Baptist Church, Pastor Clifford Johnson Jr., is located at 3021. New Fountain Chapel AME Church is located at 737 Jessie Street. 2803 Edgewood Avenue West. Christ Tabernacle Missionary The Taste of St. Paul Revival Time at Southside COGIC Baptist Health Expo Missionary Baptist Church Bishop Edward Robinson, Sr. of Southside Church of God in Christ and Christ Tabernacle Missionary Baptist church with Reverend Darrell Come enjoy the “Taste” of St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, Saturday, congregation is having a Revival, May 21-22 at 7:30 p.m., 2179 Emerson Lewis Gilyard, Pastor, 2335 North Davis St. is having the church’s 1st June 7th at 3 p.m. Visit vendor booths, dancers, singers, a children’s art auc- Street. Guest Evangelist is international gospel artist from West Palm Annual Heath Expo, Saturday, May 31st from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. The cost tion, bouncey house, kid’s games, a spades tournament and more! For more Beach, Prophet Dwight Follins. You don't want to miss this Anointed Man is free. For more details contact Roslyn Kimbrough at 662-4567 or email information call the church office at 768-7112 or visit www.spmbcjax.org. of God! For more information call the church office at 398-1625 or visit [email protected] St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church is located at 3738 Winton Drive. www.southsidecogic.com. Faith Walk Warriors Tent Meeting JLOC Call to the Community Mt. Sinai Missionary Holiness Faith Walk Ministry Warriors, 4862 Soutel Dr. invites the community to The Jacksonville Local Organizing Committee of the Millions More come see signs and wonders by the power of God, June 18th to June 22nd, Movement Inc. (JLOC, MMM Inc.), a non-profit local organization is solic- Church Holy Convocation starting at 7 p.m., Saturday, June 23rd at 3 p.m. and Sunday June 24th at iting donation of your excess clothes, shoes, jackets and school supplies. Mt. 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Natural Remedy for Hot Flashes Adult Bullying is Not As Rare As You Think Hot flashes can be one of the most uncomfortable symptoms of You may not hear a lot about narcissism that requires putting oth- menopause, and so far western medicine has provided no cure. adult bullying, but it is a problem. ers down. But there’s hope for sufferers; a new study in the journal Acupuncture Read this article to learn more Impulsive Adult Bully: Adult in Medicine found that traditional Chinese acupuncture, which treats about more about different types of bullies in this category are more patients by inserting and manipulating needles in the body, could adult bullies and get some ideas on spontaneous and plan their bullying reduce the severity of hot flashes as well as ease the psychological how to deal with an adult bully. out less. Even if consequences are symptoms of menopause. Adult bullying is a serious problem likely, this adult bully has a hard Researchers divided 53 postmenopausal women into two groups, with and may require legal action. time restraining his or her behavior. 27 receiving traditional acupuncture and the rest given fake acupunc- One would think that as people In some cases, this type of bullying ture with blunt needles that didn’t penetrate the skin. mature and progress through life, may be unintentional, resulting in After twice-weekly treatments that they would stop behaviors of periods of stress, or when the bully for 10 weeks, the women receiv- their youth. Unfortunately, this is is actually upset or concerned about ing actual acupuncture reported not always the case. Sadly, adults something unconnected with the significantly reduced hot flashes can be bullies, just as children and victim. and mood swings compared with teenagers can be bullies. While The Physical Bullying: While the control group. A study of 260 adults are more likely to use verbal adult bullying rarely turns to physi- postmenopausal women by the bullying as opposes to physical bul- cal confrontation, there are, National Research Centre in lying, the fact of the matter is that nonetheless bullies that use physi- Alternative and Complementary adult bullying exists. The goal of an cality. In some cases, the adult bully Medicine in Tromso, Norway, It is important to note, though, beyond working within the confines adult bully is to gain power over may not actually physically harm had similar findings. that there is little you can do about of laws and company regulations another person, and make himself the victim, but may use the threat of After a series of treatments, women experiencing menopausal symp- an adult bully, other than ignore and that are set up. The good news is the dominant adult. They try to harm, or physical domination toms generally start to feel much more relaxed — the anxiety is also try to avoid, after reporting the that, if you can document the bully- humiliate victims, and “show them through looming. Additionally, a associated with hot flashes. abuse to a supervisor. This is ing, there are legal and civil reme- who is boss.” physical bully may damage or steal By the second or third treatment, patients say they’re not hot flashing because adult bullies are often in a dies for harassment, abuse and There are several different types a victim’s property, rather than during the day anymore, maybe a couple at night, and then that starts to set pattern. They are not interested other forms of bullying. But you of adult bullies, and it helps to physically confront the victim. decline as well. in working things out and they are have to be able to document the know how they operate: Verbal Adult Bully: Words can Menopause is the latest use of the 2,000 year-old Chinese tradition — not interested in compromise. case. Narcissistic Adult Bully: This be quite damaging. Adult bullies it’s already being used to reduce symptoms related to arthritis, back, Rather, adult bullies are more inter- Adult bullies were often either type of adult bully is self-centered who use this type of tactic may start neck, knee and shoulder pain, and anxiety. ested in power and domination. bullies as children. Understanding and does not share empathy with rumors about the victim, or use sar- Researchers suggest the reason why acupuncture may work for They want to feel as though they this about them may help you cope others. Additionally, there is little castic or demeaning language to women suffering from hot flashes is that the treatment is able to boost are important and preferred, and with the behavior. But there is little anxiety about consequences. He or dominate or humiliate another per- the production of endorphins and that could help stabilize body tem- they accomplish this by bringing you can do about it beyond doing she seems to feel good about him or son. This subtle type of bullying perature. others down. There is very little you your best to ignore the bully, report herself, but in reality has a brittle also has the advantage – to the bully can do to change and adult bully, his or her to the proper authorities. – of being difficult to document. However, the emotional and psy- Almost everyone who has prediabetes Take the chological impacts of verbal bully- ing can be felt quite keenly and can Watch Out for Prediabetes goes on to develop type 2 diabetes results in reduced job performance The battle of the bulge is a life- chronic disease risks, such as high- prediabetes, according to the You can slash your risk of diabetes Gallon and even depression. long challenge for many women. er cholesterol and higher blood American Diabetes Association. in half if you: Secondary Adult Bully: This is This is largely because our bodies pressure. These increase the risk of [http://www.diabetes.org/are-you- Eat a low-carb low-fat diet. someone who does not initiate the of Water are designed to store fat more easi- developing other diseases, includ- at-risk/prediabetes/] Without pre- Choose fresh fruits and vegetables, bullying, but joins in so that he or ly than men’s bodies to protect a ing diabetes, which is at epidemic ventive measures, prediabetes can whole-grain breads and cereals, she does not actually become a vic- potential fetus during the childbear- levels in the black community. We become full-blown type 2 diabetes skim milk and yogurt, and lean tim down the road. Secondary bul- Challenge! ing years. We have more enzymes are almost two times as likely to in three to 10 years. But this doesn’t meats. Limit soda, sweets, snack lies may feel bad about what they for storing fat and fewer enzymes develop the disease. have to happen. foods, fruit juices and alcohol. Need an easy, inexpensive and are doing, but are more concerned for burning fat. Prediabetes: the Diabetes can be prevented—even Do moderate-to-intense exercise dare I say FUN way to drink more about protecting themselves. This struggle with weight gain Diabetes Precursor if there’s a family history. 35 minutes a day, five days a week. water? Challenge yourself to drink Workplace bullying can make life gets more challenging as we age. When blood glucose levels are Know Your Numbers Walk briskly, swim, dance, lift one gallon of water DAILY! quite miserable and difficult. Estrogen declines, cortisol (the higher than normal, but not yet high To protect yourself from develop- weights or do other activities that Maybe you’ve seen “The Water Supervisors should be made aware stress hormone) increases and our enough to be diabetes, you are said ing type 2 diabetes or prediabetes, keep you moving. Challenge” floating around on of adult bullies, since they can dis- metabolism slows, enabling more to have prediabetes. Though it’s not you’ll need to get a blood test. Don’t obsess about your weight. social media. Some people do it for rupt productivity, create a hostile weight gain. And after age 40, we full-blown type 2 diabetes, it still Blood sugar tests are as important Refrain from hopping on the scale 30 days, others commit to only a work environment, open the com- start to lose muscle mass. Body fat endangers your health. With predia- as mammograms and bone density every day. Just weigh yourself reg- week. One day at a time might be pany to a lawsuit and reduce usually replaces that muscle. betes, your risk of heart attack is 1.5 screenings. ularly once a week and track your challenge enough for you. morale. Whatever you decide, commit to Being overweight comes with times higher than normal. (It’s two Preventive Measures progress on a calendar. your daily gallon. Yes, it may seem to four times higher with diabetes.) To prevent prediabetes, keep your Set easily attainable goals. Say, “I like a lot of water to consume, but And long-term cardiovascular dam- weight in check. You don’t need to will walk for 15 minutes every day” there are a lot of benefits, too. AARP Offering Free age could be happening already. go all dramatic and drop half your instead of “I will lose 30 pounds.” Drinking more water: People who develop type 2 dia- body weight; losing just 10 to 15 Celebrate with a non-food treat · Helps your body absorb essen- Caregiver Services betes almost always start out with pounds can make a big difference. when you reach your goals. tial minerals and vitamins. They discuss – or even blow off said Amy Goyer, author of · Releases toxins from the body. steam about – “keeping your sani- AARP’s free ebook, Juggling · Maintain healthy hair, skin ad ty dealing with 86-year-old Work and Caregiving organs. Mother” or whether a woman “has (aarp.org/caregivingbook). · Flushed your system. any business” thinking about a trip People who don’t register van · Regulates body temperature. with her son and hiring daily help visit the site and read-but not com- Tips for Success for her partially paralyzed hus- ment on-others’ posts at the ARP · Carry your gallon jug with you band. Caregiving Resource Center, EVERYWHERE! AARP’s online coffee klatch is aarp.org/caregiving. It also has · Get other people to do the chal- open around the clock for people tips and tools, including a way to lenge with you for accountability. with questions or frustrations find in-home care services, assist- If you think you can can spot a · Set a drinking schedule and about caring for a loved one. ed living or hospice facilities, and mark the times on your bottle. Others in similar situations offer adult day care. And AARP experts Keep in mind, too much of a good advice, solace and sometimes can answer questions online on person with HIV, consider this: thing can sometimes be bad. Be humor. The AARP caregiving almost any aspect of tending to a kind to you kidneys and sip your community is largely anonymous. loved one, such as paying for in- Did you even spot the error in the water throughout the day instead of People register but are assigned a home help or making the transition guzzling in one sitting to avoid random user name for privacy, “so from living at home to living in a hyponatremia, also sometimes people are freer to discuss very nursing facility. first six words of this headline? called water intoxication. personal and emotional issues,” ANYBODY CAN HAVE HIV. USE PROTECTION.

Right now, AIDS is the leading cause of death among African-Americans aged 25 to 44. If you’re having unprotected sex, you’re at risk. Be smart: Use protection, and get tested. For a testing site near you, text your zip code to 477493. Page 8 - Ms. Perry’s Free Press May 15-21, 2014

FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 13 - 19, 2014 Black college, Steelers legend succumbs LUT WILLIAMS Stallworth, L.C. Greenwood, STEELERS GIANTS: BCSP Editor Donnie Shell and Ernie Holmes. Bill Nunn, bottom right, A true black college legend Blount and Stallworth are in the poses with Steelers' ™ and the man current Pittsburgh 3UR)RRWEDOO+DOORI)DPH owner Dan Rooney (l.) and current head Steelers' owner Art Rooney II re- Despite retiring in 1987, Nunn coach Mike gards as one of only "four legends" continued to be a valued member Tomlin (c.) at Steel- in the history of the storied NFL of the Steelers' scouting department ers Training Facility in franchise passed last week. holding the position of senior assis- Pittsburgh. Nunn BCSP Photo by Willie Tucker Bill Nunn succumbed last WDQW LQ WKH SOD\HU SHUVRQQHO RIÀFH appeared with A LEGEND PASSES: Bill Tuesday two weeks after suffering right up until his death. Steelers owners, Nunn, a pioneer in black a stroke at the Steelers' South Side "You cannot write the history coaches and staff college sports, journalism Pittsburgh training facility while of the Pittsburgh Steelers without at the 2009 Sheri- GONE and in the NFL, passed last helping the Steelers prepare for last Bill Nunn," Blount, a cornerback dan Black College week. He was among the All-American "Skull BUT NOT ZHHNHQG V1)/'UDIW+HZDV from Southern who played 14 sea- ¿UVWWRRSHQGRRUVWRWKH1)/ Session" at Steelers FORGOTTEN for black college players.  1XQQ SDUOD\HG DQ H[WHQVLYH sons for the Steelers told the Pitts- Headquarters. knowledge of black college pros- burgh Post-Gazette. TENNESSEE STATE DUO IN NFL DRAFT, pects into a scouting position with In 2010, Nunn became part 19 FAs; SPRING SPORTS WINDING DOWN Pittsburgh in 1967 and later took a of the inaugural class of the Black special person who did everything and was a lifelong friend of, Chuck full-time job in the Steelers front &ROOHJH )RRWEDOO +DOO RI )DPH in his career, from playing sports to &RRSHUWKHÀUVW$IULFDQ$PHULFDQ RIÀFH LQ  +H ZDV WKH ÀUVW along with such NFL stars as Dea- EHLQJDQH[FHOOHQWMRXUQDOLVWDOORI drafted in the NBA. 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CLEVELAND Texas Southern wins tlers will face No. 5 seed Florida (45-11) on May Chua in the Women's Individual Invitational. Isaiah Crowell, RB, Alabama State SWAC softball title 16. Stetson (38-12) and Central Florida (41-16) Both MEAC champ Bethune-Cookman and DECATUR, Ala. - Texas Southern scored are the other teams in the regional. SWAC champ Alabama State will be competing GREEN BAY IRXUUXQVLQWKHVL[WKLQQLQJWRFDSWXUHLWVÀUVW in NCAA Div. I regionals that will be held May Joe Thomas, OLB, SC State SWAC softball tournament championship, 6-3, Bethune-Cookman, Lincoln (Mo.) 15-17. over defending champion Mississippi Valley ASU is seeded 14th in the regional being INDIANAPOLIS prevail at PGA Minority Golf State at Wilson Morgan Park on Sunday. PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. – For the second played at the Auburn University Club while Qua Cox, DB, Jackson State B-CU is competing in the Raleigh, N. C. region- Greg Moore, WR, Lane TSU (32-18) was led by Thomasina Garza consecutive year, both the men's and women's who recorded three home runs, a double, and teams from Bethune-Cookman claimed titles in al hosted by N.C. State at the Lonnie Poole Golf Club. KANSAS CITY nine RBI. She hit .538 in four games while scor- DWKULOOLQJÀQDOURXQG6XQGD\DWWKHWK3*$ David Van Dyke, DB, Tenn. State LQJÀYHUXQV Minority Collegiate Golf Championship. Deron Furr, S, Fort Valley State After earning the SWAC's automatic bid to This marks the fourth time that the men and MEAC Baseball Tournament set Bobby Wenzig, P, Alabama State the NCAA Div. I tournament, the Lady Tigers women from Bethune-Cookman have won both NORFOLK, Va. – The Mid-Eastern Ath- will face No. 6 seed Louisiana Lafayette (44-8- titles in the same year. letic Conference (MEAC) will host its 2014 MINNESOTA  RQ0D\LQ/DID\HWWH/D7H[DV   The Bethune-Cookman women's team, Baseball Championship from Wednesday, May A. C. Leonard, TE, Tenn. State and Miss. State (38-19) are also in the regional. which was tied with Chicago State heading into 14 through Sunday, May 18 at the Marty L. Mill- er Field on the campus of Norfolk State Univer- NEW YORK JETS WKH ÀQDO URXQG XVHG D RYHUSDU  WRWDO WR sity. Jermaine Jones, WR, St. Augustine's Florida A&M wins ZLQWKHGLYLVLRQE\VL[VWURNHV The Delaware State+RUQHWV 1RUWKHUQ'L- MEAC softball tournament In the Division I Men's competition, B-CU OAKLAND ZLWKVWRRG D ÀQDOURXQG FKDUJH E\ Florida vision) and the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats )  25021'%($&+)OD²Florida A&M Carlos Fields, ILB, WSSU A&M, which entered the round in fourth place, (Southern Division) will enter tournament play clinched the 2014 MEAC softball championship Rob Smith, DT, Jackson State to win the division by eight strokes. as the number one seeds. with a 4-2 win over Bethune-Cookman. This is The Wildcats were led by senior Rafael Abad, WKHÀUVW0($&WLWOHIRUWKH/DG\5DWWOHUVVLQFH PHILADELPHIA who closed with a 1-under-par 71 for a 218 total. SWAC Baseball Tournament set 2009 and 10th overall. Karim Barton, OG, Morgan State Dominick Vennari of Florida A&M won The SWAC Baseball Tournament will be In beating the Wildcats, the Lady Rattlers medalist honors in the Men's Division I compe- help on May 14-18 at the New Orleans MLB Ur- TAMPA BAY (24-27) won their eighth game in their last 10 tition, closing with a 69 for a 215 total. ban Youth Academy. Keith Lewis, CB, Va.-Lynchburg tries. Kenya Pereira (9-8) pitched 26 1/3 in- In the Division II competition, Lincoln Alabama State (East) and Arkansas-Pine nings, allowing three runs, two earned, on 18 (Mo.) University WRRN KRPH LWV VL[WK RYHUDOO Bluff (West) are the top seeds. WASHINGTON hits, with 17 strikeouts to earn Most Outstanding title by a single stroke.  7KHFKDPSLRQVKLSJDPHRQWKHÀQDOGD\LV Justin Blake, FS, Hampton Performer. Tiana Jones of South Carolina State slated for broadcast on ESPNU. Lee Doss, WR, Southern FAMU advances to the NCAA Div. I soft- Eddie Poole, WR, Bethune-Cookman chipped in for birdie on the 54th hole to win by a ball Tallahassee regional where the Lady Rat- stroke over teammate and 36-hole leader Cheryl

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Carol Alexander, Janice Sampson, Amos Ealy and Michael Blaylock Dr. Landon Williams and Attorney Noel Lawrence Jean Aikens, Governor Lawton Chiles and Chester Aikens, D.D.S

Edward Waters College President, Dr. Jimmie Jenkins, Raines High School Coach Welton Coffee and Coach James Day Willard Payne and Urban League President Richard Danford

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Jacksonville Fire Chief Ray Alfred

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Reverend Elton Perry and John Edwards at the Vince Ober, M.D., Otis Story and Wade Rolle, Esq. Northeast Florida Community Health Fair

Arnest McCarty and C.B. McIntosh, M.D. presenting Tommy Chandler celebrating Charles Sutton’s retirement. Jack & Jill with a $500 donation. Community Activists Rahman Johnson and Shadidi Amma

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DHS trip to Historic and sharing information on the Emmett Reed Center from 10 a.m. mation call 353-1636 to request an Preston H. Haskell, PE., Nina committee of the Millions More resources and repositories. until 4 p.m. The Model African audition time. Waters, Eleanor Ashby, Parvez Movement Inc as they work to end St. Augustine Exhibit Meetings are the third Saturday of Union Summit is a middle school Ahmed, Ph.D., Ronald Elinof, DDS the violence through a good, quali- Travel with the Durkeeville each month at Webb-Wesconnett competition designed to increase Ritz Chambers and William Cody, MD. For tickets ty education and not more incarcer- Historical Society to Historic St. Library, 6887 103rd Street. Visit awareness of the role, structure and and more information call 620- ations. If you have any questions or Augustine Florida, Saturday, May www.jaxgen.org. performance of the African Union, Spring Finale 1529 or visit www.onejax.org. just want to volunteer or learn more 17th to view the “Journey: 450 highlight key economic, social and The Ritz Chamber Players Spring about the Millions More years of the African American 34th Annual political-security issues facing the Finale concert is Wednesday, May Huggy Lowdown and Movement, visit www.jacksonville- Experience.” Bus departs at 8 a.m. African continent. All participants 21st at the Hicks Auditorium at the locmmm.org or call 354-1775. returns to Jax at 5:30 p.m. For more Jacksonville Jazz Fest must pre-register. For more infor- Main Library, 303 North Laura Chris Paul in Concert information email durkeevillehisto- In the heart of downtown mation call 888.271.1170 ext. 7 or Street. The concert is free and open All the way from the Tom Joyner American Beach [email protected] or call 598-9567. Jacksonville the Jacksonville Jazz visit www.miciahdeleston.com. to the public. For more information Morning show welcome comedians festival is set for May 22 to May call 630-2665 or visit Huggy Lowdown and Chris Paul to Jazz Festival Jax Urban League 25th. For more details and jazz line- Women, Words www.ritzchamberplayers.org. the Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Make plans for Memorial weekend 5k Walk/Run up call 630-7282 or visit Rd., May 22 – 25. For more infor- to attend the American Beach Jazz www.makeascenedowntown.com. and Wisdom Jacksonville Urban mation call 292-4242 or visit Festival and enjoy the smooth Put on your running shoes for the The Women’s Center of League 7th Annual www.comedyzone.com. sounds of Akia Uwanda & Friends, Jacksonville Urban League’s Young Trip to Historic Jacksonville presents the 2014 Saturday, May 31st. For more Professionals Springfield 5k Speaker Series, “Women, Words Empowerment Summit Annual Miracle information visit www.therealaki- Walk/Run, Saturday, May 17th, at St. Augustine Exhibit and Wisdom.” The series continues The Jacksonville Urban League on Ashley Street auwanda.net or call 405-4008. 7:30 a.m. To register go to Travel with the Durkeeville on Tuesday, May 20th with will host its 7th Annual E-3 Summit www.1stplacesports.com/spring- Historical Society to Historic St. Chevara Orrin. Lectures will be on Wednesday, May 21st, 9 a.m. to The Clara White Missions 20th D.L. Hughley in Concert field.html or call Linnie Finley at Augustine Florida, Saturday, May held at the Riverside House, 2165 1 p.m. The summit will feature edu- Annual “Miracle on Ashley Street” 366-3461. 17th to view the “Journey: 450 Celebrity Servers luncheon is DL Hughley known for hosting Park Street at 6:30 p.m. For more cation and youth services, employ- many different shows and consid- years of the African American info call 722-3000. ment, training, economic and com- scheduled for Friday, May 23rd, 11 Experience.” Bus departs at 8 a.m. a.m. to 1 p.m., 613 Ashley St. The ered one of the “Kings of Comedy” North Florida munity empowerment, health and will headline at the Comedy Zone, and returns to Jax at 5:30 p.m. For Chamber Players Soirée wellness workshops and sympo- Clara White Mission celebrity Hair Expo more information call 598-9567. servers luncheon raises funds to 3130 Hartley Rd., June 5th and The North Florida Simply Natural Steve and Diane Halverson is host- siums, and a small business owner’s 7th. For more information call luncheon. The summit will also fea- benefit job training and meal pro- Hair and Beauty Wellness expo is 3rd Annual Jax ing a Chamber Music Soiree with grams for homeless veterans and 292-4242 or visit www.comedy- scheduled for Sunday, May 18th, 11 the critically acclaimed Ritz ture colleges, universities, commu- zone.com. nity resources, and local employers. low Income. Enjoy entertainment a.m. to 7 p.m. View the stylist and Truckies Food Truck Chamber Players, Tuesday, May by Akia Uwanda and host barber competition, free work- 20th, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The For more information call 356- Elder Source Gala Championship 8336. The summit location is 903 Meteorologist Richard Nunn. For shops, hair demonstrations, enter- location is 825 Mapleton Terrace. more details or to purchase tickets Elder Source presents their “A The 3rd Annual Jax Truckies Food Enjoy music, art and cocktails. To West Union Street. tainment and a fashion show! 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Page 11 - Mrs. Perry’s Free Press May 15-21, 2014 Rowe Seeks Custody Of Her Kids BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Hippest Trip in America: Soul Train and the Evolution of Culture & Style’ With Jackson, Wants Blanket Too by Nelson George appeared locally in Chicago. networks, but they turned it down. has become too old to She feels Blanket – the 12-year- They should have called you The show was “’overnight hot’” He decided to syndicate Soul Train serve as guardian. old who is not her biological kid – Super Fly. but Cornelius knew there was more and moved the show to Los “Katherine’s not is actually the most vulnerable and Yep, that’s what you were, danc- Angeles. connected with the most in danger. As for Paris ... ing in front of your TV every Though the music was always the kids or involved in Rowe fears she's not made the Saturday, spinning on the carpet focus of Soul Train, Cornelius their lives” Rowe told kind of improvement which is nec- and waving your arms around until knew that the dancers (in particular, a friend, according to essary after her suicide attempt you got yelled at for “going [to] those in the Soul Train line) were the website. and wants control so she can take break something.” But you were the what brought viewers back. Rowe is also con- steps to ensure her safety. TJ flyest of fly. The only thing you In Los Angeles, scouts kept their cerned Michaels Jackson is a co-guardian ... we're were going to bust was a move, just eyes open for promising teens who brothers are hanging told Rowe likes him but is worried like on Soul Train. And in “The could dance, often mining around the Calabasas that he's been on tour and away Hippest Trip in America” by Nelson prospects from three main area house a lot and have from the kids for long stretches. George, you’ll read about the icon- clubs. Dancers performed for free Jackson siblings are shown above with their been terrible influ- Rowe will file legal docs asking ic TV program that you never, ever but the real appeal of being a Soul legal custodian Katherine Jackson (2nd left). ence. She’s complained the judge to appoint her guardian missed. Train dancer was fame and the Los Angeles – Debbie Rowe is Prince has developed a filthy so she can move the children to her Everyone knew that Don opportunity for a career in show about to launch a legal battle for mouth and is rebellious because no ranch in Palmdale CA, where she Cornelius had “ambition”: he was a biz. It seemed as though every reg- guardianship of the two kids with one is trying to keep him in line. has a business raising and breeding car salesman, policeman, and insur- ular viewer wanted to be a Soul Michael Jackson – and Blanket, if Rowe is especially upset with horses. ance agent before his “foghorn Train regular, too. possible. Jermaine, who will appear on Fact is ... Rowe has not asked the voice” led him to radio in 1966. He But as much as Cornelius con- Sources familiar with the situa- “Celebrity Wife Swap.” Rowe Estate for money and our sources made the transition to TV two years trolled his show (and, to a certain tion tell TMZ Rowe is deeply con- says he’s “just plain creepy and say she's not interested in a pay- later, and he soon realized there was extent, his dancers), he couldn’t cerned about the environment in extremely inappropriate,” and day. She wants the kids because a need for a “black” TV show. He control what happened, culturally. the Jackson home. She likes wants him as far away from the she loves them and fears for their presented the idea, then he found to this idea. With another sponsor Early-90s fashions confounded Katherine Jackson but believes she lids as possible. well-being. major corporate sponsorship, and on-board for a nationwide launch, him, music videos concerned him, on October 2, 1971, Soul Train Cornelius pitched the show to the and gangsta rap made him uncom- fortable. And so, though the show would continue for another 13 Jamie Foxx Are Educated EWFs Phillip Bailey years, Cornelius announced in 1993 that he’d step down as Soul Train Looking To host – a move that arguably meant People Endangered? Releases New Memoir “the show was over.” From its first pages and through- Reconcile Continued from page 1 his band Earth, Wind and Fire. He out, the word “joy” crops up often laws that commit this policy determination to the voters.” says that he used to play around in “The Hippest Trip in America,” With Parents The two dissenting opinions came from Justices Sonya Sotomayor and with lyrics with his bandmates, and and for good reason: it was every- Ruth Bader Ginsburg. they’d laugh at what they came up where in the show and even more in Jamie Foxx is reportedly attempt- “The Constitution does not protect racial minorities from political with. Now that’s what he hears on this book. ing to reconcile with his biological defeat,” Justice Sotomayor wrote. “But neither does it give the majority the radio. I took great joy, in fact, in seeing parents who abandoned him more free rein to erect selective barriers against racial minorities. “The lyrics nowadays are just like, how author Nelson George sent me than four decades ago. Prior to the Michigan ban, Sotomayor noted, minority enrollment at the whoa, alright. I cannot believe what to the Internet. His descriptions of Foxx, born Eric Marlon Bishop, University if Michigan stood at 12.15 percent. After the ban, by 2012, I hear on the radio those days. I what happened through the years on was left in the care of his mother’s minority enrollment had dropped roughly 25 percent to 9.54 percent of the don’t know if we (EWF) were so Soul Train made me want to see, foster parents when he was seven student population. deep, our lyrics were just sane and too, and there are plenty of clips months old and struggled to under- Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Stephen Breyer, Antonin sensible.” online. I also liked the interviews stand why his parents did not make Scalia and Chief Justice John Roberts joined Justice Kennedy in voting in His new book, Shining Star: with former dancers and the cultur- contact with him as he grew up. the majority, while Justice Elena Kagan excused herself from the case, pre- Braving the Elements of Earth al frame-of-reference included The Oscar winner is now trying to sumably because she had worked on the issue while serving as solicitor Wind and Fire talks about what it here, and the history of the show – build bridges with his parents and general prior to joining the Supreme Court. was like behind the scenes of one of along with little-known tidbits – has even moved his mother, Louise, This should serve as extremely troubling news for African Americans the most storied bands in music his- made this a great (and surprisingly into his home in an effort to forge a who have aspirations to attend publicly-funded state institutions that have tory. fast-paced) read filled with remi- relationship with her. a history of having an under-representation of African American students. “All of those elements have niscing, “love, peace, and soul.” “We’re trying to learn (about) In a report titled, “California: A Case Study in the Loss of Affirmative worked for us and they’ve also Get out your bell bottom pants each other,” he tells Britain’s The Action.” Dr. Patricia Gandara, who is with the Civil Rights Project and a Phillip Bailey is not here for fought against us,” Bailey told the and your best dancin’ shoes, have a Sunday Times Magazine. “The one Research Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education and today’s songwriting. And why ‘Tom Joyner Morning Show.’ good Internet connection, and get thing I think is great is she’s in the Information Sciences at UCLA, states the Regents of the University of should he be? This is the man who “There’s life that has to go on ready. For you, “The Hippest Trip same house, because you realize California passed a resolution in 1995 eliminating affirmative action in wrote songs like “Shining Star,” between doing tours and making in America” is a book you’ll want certain things that you missed when university admissions. In1996, California voters approved Proposition “September” and “Fantasy” with records. to bust out and find. you were growing up, like ‘Oh, I do 209, a ballot measure that abolished affirmative action in employment and that because of that,’ or, ‘Oh, I do university admissions. this because of that.” “To understand what the likely outcomes of a loss of affirmative action Attempts to reconcile with his nationally would be, one only needs to look at the state of California,” Dr. father, who has since converted to Gandara states. “In the University system as a whole, there was 22% Islam haven’t gone as well, but decline in enrollments of African American students between 1995 and Foxx remains hopeful. 1998. The greatest impact however was felt at the flagship institution of “Fingers crossed, it will become a the University of California…between 1997 and 1998, when the policy real thing,” he says. “But the door is went into effect, freshmen enrollments of African Americans declined by open. That’s one thing I’ve learned: 52% at UC Berkeley. Similarly, at UCLA, Black enrollments dropped by always keep the door and your heart 32% in the same period.” open I don’t hold a lot of grudges, This Supreme Court decision is not only a blow to African American stu- but it’s tough, you know? Because dents and other minorities seeking to close the diversity gap ins schools there are questions, like, ‘What across the United States, but is the latest major decision in a legal and happened’? Where were you? Were political battle over whether publicly-funded state colleges can actually you stricken with something? use race and gender as a factor in choosing what students to admit and on Could you not make it?’ Growing other matters. up, I would always go, man… I’m a Although the Supreme Court case only dealt with the college admissions good dude. I wasn’t the kid getting [portion, one of the other critical aspects of the Michigan referendum is in trouble. I was a quarterback on that it also prohibits the state from considering race and gender in public the high school football team. And hiring and concerning public contracting decisions. There has and will he only lived 28 miles away. So I continue to be a long-running debate as to whether affirmative action pro- always said to myself, you know, grams are antiquated and out-of-touch with modern-day society, but as you I’m gonna grade him a little harder look as the lack of diversity in these institutions, one can see how this is for that, because he could have an argument that more likely will not be going anywhere soon, until the tried.” goal of obtaining diversity is met.

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