LN by Allison A. Grant child there. She told the woman that ics, rebuild their lives, and establish a the current budget that they are working As a student in AFS 464: The Mother Hale could take care of the child healthy, stable environment in which their with is approximately $600,000 a year. Black Media and America Part Two, we until she pulled herself together. Later on children can grow. Hale House doesn't receive any funding were required to do a film project, based that night, the woman showed up at Mother Hale House strives to help to from the city, state, etc. A lot of the on a major societal problem. Faced with funding that Hale House receives is from so many things to choose from in such a spr~·"~"s~-~-1LB~sL~L~dsP~sl~~D~re/~·ql( d~B~II-~·L~BeQ~s~611P~~ · a celebrity support. For example, Spike problematic society, my group decided to Lee donated $50,000 so that a completely do our project on babies with AIDS. For padded outdoor play area could be built. our project we paid a visit to Hale House The padding is needed so that the chil- in Harlem, and conducted an interview Hale dren, especially House the HIV-infected ones, with some of the staff members. would not hurt themselves and add to Upon entering the three-story their already deteriorating state. Some brownstone, all that could be seen on other celebrity contributors are: Whitney every wall were pictures of some of the Houston, Jasmine Guy, Al B. Sure, and most precious faces I've ever seen. The many more. sounds that echoed from upstairs were The majority of the children that giggles of the children, one or two could make up Hale House are African Ameri- be heard crying, and a lot of shuffling tiny can, but there are also a substantial amount feet. We were then greeted by a stream of of White and Hispanic children present. kids being helped down the stairs by the They range in age from newborn to three workers. They all looked at us with the years of age. Extensions on the age limit most puzzled looks on their faces. We are sometimes made, when the parents of then heard a chorus of "What's your these children are not quite ready to re- name?" They were so adorable, I just felt trieve the children. Often in cases when like pinching their cheeks. Before I get the parents don't want the children, or carried away, let me tell you the history of aren't fit to raise them, they are reunited Hale House, and how it seeks to help these with other members of their family, or children and their families. placed in foster care. Hale House was established by One of the employees of Hale "Mother" Clara Hale, and her daughter House envisioned it as being around for- Dr. Lorraine E. Hale in March of 1972. It ever to help any parents and children that was a warm, pleasant day in Harlem, but are in need for a place to live, or someone this day would be like no other. It was the who cares. day that Mother Hale received the first During our brief visit at Hale drug-addicted child that she would care House, the other group members and I for and raise. We were told that Lorraine playedpatty cake with the children. Some Hale had been driving down 146th Street of you might be surprised that we actually in Harlem, when she noticed a woman touched them, but if you saw these little sitting on a crate, who was dozing off angels you wouldn't be able to resist them while holding a small bundle in her arms Hale's House. anybody who needs help, but their main either. They just looked like normal little that looked like a baby. Lorraine Hale Hale House's main purpose is to focus is the children; after all they are our kids in a day care, who didn't have a care then approached the woman to see if she reunite families. Since most of the moth- future. The parents of the children don't in the world. Ithink that everybody should was okay. She could tell that the woman ers of the babies are drug addicts, Hale have to pay Hale House for any of the do whatever possible to keep Hale House was on drugs, which she thought was House takes in their drug-addicted ba- services rendered. So, right about now going, and to help these children, even if probably heroin (the drug of choice in bies; sometimes these babies are also HIV you should be wondering where do they all you can contribute are a couple of Harlem for the previous four years). She positive. Housing the babies gives the get their funding from. Hale House is dollars, it will help. In addition, Hale then offered the woman her mother's ad- mothers time to enter rehabilitation clin- maintained through private donations, and House is always looking for volunteers. dress, and urged the woman to take the

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by Shawanna Quick very prominentpositions within the work- world is to buy, own and sell products and charge of industrial relations at Anglo As an African-American in the ing world. For example, Cheryl Boone services of our own. American Corp. is working from a con- large world of work and business what do Isaacs of Los Angeles holds the title of According to this years March sortium of Black business people to buy a we have to look forward to? Have the Senior Vice-President at Worldwide Pub- issue of Business Weekly "The Color of fifty million dollar stake in African Life, many struggles and hard work of those licity at Paramount Pictures. She was the Money is Starting to Change" Black en- which is aninsurance company that mainly before us paved a road of hope for us? first African-American woman to be trepreneurship and business ownership serves the Black community. Many While the odds are looking more favor- elected to the board of governors of the seems to be taking a turn for the better. At churches with a large population of Black able (thanks to those before us), it is Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sci- this point in time, the most common route members are playing a very large role in obvious that we still have a long road ences. Her responsibilities include devel- to Black ownership has been joint-ven- helping Neubes mobilize the Black sav- ahead of us. oping the publicity campaign for all Para- ture deals with corporations. For ex- ings pool, which will make this deal a The March issue of Essence mount Pictures. ample, Nike Inc. is contracting with a reality. magazine has pointed out that African- While this information is very Soweto based business group to produce Businesses ownership is one of Americans have made a small, but en- encouraging and enlightening the fact still footwear through 400 outlets in South the strongest ways to increase the eco- couraging amount of progress in white- remains that at this it is not very likely for Africa. A deal worth six million dollars nomic power of African-Americans in collar jobs, gaining a number of manage- too many African-American to receive which will create as many as 450 jobs. our society today. The circulation-of our rial, professional and technical positions. this type of advancement without work- There are also other types of own money in our own community is the There are a small percentage of African- ing twice or even three times as hard as Black businesses ventures taking place, first step to a revitalizing and successful American women who have also been everyone else. The real key to African- which are considered to be more straight future. able to beat the odds by managing to hold American success within the business forward deals. Donald Neubes who is in BLAK CittS 0NE'NA0ION U by Ngosi certain mind state {buy state) of consum- fulfill these codes we miss the codes that be seen in the halls of academia. People ers and never ceases the fattening of large determine our lives; codes that we'll never postulating and talking about where A s summertime nears and Great company owners pockets. While credit get to see because our headsare buried in they've studied and how many degrees Adventuresprepares for its an cards give many a chance to have the look the pages of a catalog. SOLD. they have. AND? What can you do with nual reporting and copsprepare of opulence, there is really a deficiency in How long are we going to live on all that you know? What do you know? for the upscale attack on our communi- all areas of human life. Women are walk- this illusion of having? Is that all that Oh! You can quote dead people? That ties, many of still sing the song of dead ing around with pants too tight for them to we're afforded by a college education: a should lift us out of out of our misery. heroes, the songs of six pence and the fit into; but loose enougthfor a man who phat job and some slamming clothes? And you've studied where the people who songs of mo' money. believes money is what makes him a man. SOLD. What about the discrepancies that plan your future have?! At least when It's unfortunate that year after Our children are paying homage to the lurk beneath the illusions? When do we your children are being killed they can year, many of us are still impressed with name tags they get in place of attention, get close enough to look at those things? say, "My Mum and Dad sat their asses on the high volume of commercial antic, me planks of wood as my killers!" reverberate our daily existence. We s won't that be a quote for future hours postulating about culture and ations to remember and reiterate. tics and the ways of the ignorant; faili I ask these questions in 1994, realize thatthe loudest talkers are usi Sbecause it often seems that it is the ignorant in a myriad of disguises: 1894. What is going on? Why are cultures, colleges. Since the costum onstantly quoting deadpeople? Why sit around talking, it's often unclear 1 e we quoting them on our way to the them that they've been swept up an< nall or as we silently pass our own away like a Southern virgin by a brothers and sisters? Everyone Times Square pimp by the windof wants to be seen. When you're their own mouths. seenyou'rejustaneasiermark[et]. You waiking around witn: verylyuuy Ltalki&n aoout te symbols of "culture" ,still allowing the are the consumers that are lynched every. no escape from the cyclical patterns of atrocities "slaves" had to suffer... we're imagery of it all to be that whichldictates time? We are. We need to check our- inmagery.Toomany people are caughtin a still standing on the auction you and your relationships with your own selves. In all of our splendor we can mirrored wheel. Nobody wants to see block...difference is we'replacing theprice brothers and sisters. When you're asked barely speak to one another on this cam-. what's, happening beyond the projected tags around our own wrists. to step over to the bursar, they don't care pus. Too many of the events are fashion images. The sad thing is that no one seems What we need are true thinkers. what you look like and you step where it shows or parties. There is a community torealizethat they arejustacting a screens Individuals who aren't afraid of being isthey ask you to step. Whenyou're asked that exists outside of this one, a commu- upon which someone else projects their wrong sometimes, who don't mind not by public safety to bring the noise under nity of people who can't even afford to imagery. being in the limelight all the time, who control, they don't double check to see "front" in the protective waters of a col- So much time talking about who got us don't mind having other leaders around what you're wearing; but you control the lege community. All of the energy that is down. Can wetalk about who's going to them frequently. Why do our leaders need noise. Why is it that only the imagery put into so many pageants can be used in bring us up? Brothers and sisters are a following? Where are the leaders that dictates our relationships with one an- other areas. putting syringes full of images up their want to teach the followers to be leaders? other? We are a people that all too often asses and nodding to the image of having When the "leader" is gone there won't be Advertising has grown to be have fallen victim to the fallacy of imag- the most of everything. What does this pandemonium, there will be a nation of much more than imagery. It has become ery. The chief concern for many is simply produce? Junkies that are high on bullshit. other leaders to fill the space and together a mental and social ritual that induces a the appropriate dress codes. In our to It isn't just out there, it can also make another nation of leaders. THE GREAT WHITE HOPE, One Response to the Latest U.S. Mandate

by Angus MacDonald tional Association of Black journalists. accomplished anything this year it was Then they pick a group that has This article will take a meander- He spoke for 26 minutes without once proving he could win the nomination been beaten up for centuries. They blame ing look at Bill Clinton, African Ameri- using the phrases African Americans or without giving too much to traditional all the world's ills on that group, and cans, the First and Second Laws of Ther- Black Americans, and without once not- Demo- cratic constituencies--inner city incite the general populace to beat up on modynamics and fascism, with a small ing that African Americans are blocked groups, mi-norities, and labor. Even in that group harder than ever. While the study-and-action suggestion at the end. from job opportunity, health care, and the final days, for example, he managed victims are being murdered, the general A lot of people cheered when equal education, not just by the economy, to avoid campaigning with one of the key public finds that all their liberties have Governor BillClinton won the Presidency butalso by racism. The article also said figures from that wing of his party, Jesse been stolen, and immediately find them- of the United States. diddn't. that three African American Congress- Jackson" selves in a war (did you notice that both My distrustof theArkansas gov- men who supported Clinton asked his I believe that Bill Clinton is re- Gore and Clinton hinted that they would enor began when hedenouncedap singer campaign staff for six million dollars to ducing the status of African Americans like ustotogoto warwitraq andYugosla- Sister Souljah at a Rainbw Coalition work in 12 Southern statesto increasethe in the U.S. to that of Jews in Hitler's via?). ; forum hosted by Rev. Jesse Jackson for African American votethere,andreceived Germany. I believe that the President has , allegedly making racist statements against nothing but "an icy putdown." This same accepted the mission of subverting de -How about the President's plans whites. As intended, he infuriated Rev. staff did not contact Rev. Jesse Jackson mocracy, and imposing afascist dictator- and promises? National health caie? It Jackson. Clinton said nothing despairfelt for seven weeks. The message I hear, shipin the United States. would be a drain on corporate profits. by African Americans resulting fromn directed toward African Americans, is I Fascism is the openterrorist dic- Save the environment? The conglomer- centuries of discimination andmistreat- ask nothing from you: I offer nothing to tatorship of the most right-wing elements ates profit by destroying it. Abortion ment. you. To me, you ARE nothing." As far of finance capital. rights? Big money makes more money My distrust deepened when I as I am concerned, token visits to African When a recession worsens rap- by keeping women barefoot and preg- read an article in the September 4 "Syra- AmericanchurcheS andan African Ameri- idly and people start getting hungry and nant. Jobs? They are being shipped to . . cuse Post Standard " by Boston Globe can neighborhood in Washington D.C. do fearful and angry about being ruled and. Mexico. columnist Derrick Jacksoni titled, "For Iotcancel out that message. robbed ýby conglomerates and I believe that the only promise Clinton, 'People' are White Suburban- Thefinalconfirmationcame.as I transnational corporations, corporate thatBill Clintonintends to keep is the one ites."' The article responded to Clinton's readthisexcerpt frm theNovember fourth power begins to panic lest their power speechin late August given to theNa. issue of "USA TODAY" : ".if Clinton should be taken away. II NTINU1ED. ON` PAGE_ ý194

.I ' II ' "'- I ' I -- · I *A *N U i~~sPa8nugx ~ oward ~3~~nB~~ab~wa~ and Its Beginnings erru~ n~~~ by Daniel Hartley can education. Howard Theological Seminary was es- During the period of Reconstruction, there was tablished from the first meeting of the trustees. At the an increasing need for education. The Emancipation second meeting in December of 1866, the name of the ~a~eug ~U'~@~Z Proclamation and the Civil War freed many Black people institution was to be changed to "The Howard Normal in the south. Many Black people were illiterate. Accord- and Theological Institute for the Education of Teachers ~~Pa~lln~~a~s~ ~i~ ing to a census taken in Washington D.C., in 1867, over and Preachers". 52 percent of the adults could not write. The develop- In early January of 1867, the Trustees decided ment of schools was to introduce values and knowledge. to change the name to Howard University after General ~~n~yp The curriculum of most universities in the south was Howard. A bill was introduced in Congress, which listed reflective of what was taught in New England schools. the intent orpurposeofHowardUniversity. TheCharter Students were taught Latin, Greek, mathematics, phi- of Howard University was put into effect on March 2, losophy, and natural sciences. Washington D.C. and 1867. Georgetown "probably had more schools for colored Howard is one of the most prestigious historical students than did any other two communities in the U.S., Black universities in the country, with over 11,000 in or in the world." attendance. This is exemplified by the great success of Howard University started out as a school for individual departments. There are more Black scholars teachers and preachers. This institute was created by the found among Howard's eighteen schools and colleges, first Congregational Society, a group that felt an obliga- than at any other university. Research centers and tion to freed Blackpeople. The first meeting of the Board institutes give support to the vast number of schools and of Trustees included Reverend Benjamin F. Morris and colleges. Bachelor's, Masters, and doctoral degrees are General Oliver Otis Howard. The idea of establishing a offered with over 200 areas of study to choose from. The seminary came from Morris. General Howard was a Howard School of Law is highly esteemed and success- Civil War hero, and a pious man as well. He participated fully publishes The Howard Law Journal. Howard's in changing the conditions of slaves and freed men while College of Medicine is prestigious as well, operating a serving as President of the Freedmen's Bureau. He 500 bed hospital. wanted what was needed desperately for African-Ameri- by Dwight Kenyatta Bartley In the time that you have spent here, you have gained the knowledge and strategies that, within each and every one of you, has contributed to your develop- ment as a student, a scholar and, without a doubt, an individual. However, let us not forget the beginnings. You came with an expected naivete and eagerness, Black Colleges characteristics of the majority of those who enter the gates of an institutions of higher learning throughout the world. How quickly did you learn. How quickly did Changed Into Prisons you become secularized and ready to find your own identity and the social, political, and cultural education by La Keesha Tyler office one day and thought "... hey, since this is the case, that is embedded in in the day by day interaction with "Thousands are being mobilizedby theNAACP we may as well turn their colleges into prisons. They're your collegiate community. You have now become an around the country for a march April 30th on Jackson, not going to college anyway so we would be accommo- education; a living, breathing mahogany book. With Miss., in a show of support for a group of African- dating their behavior. I'm sure we won't have a problem your new-found consciousness, you all now walk with American students at Mississippi Valley State Univer- pulling this one off." Can you conceive of a Howard your heads up high. sity." (TheNew York Amsterdam News. April 30,1994) State Prison or a Morehouse State Prison. If we don't Over the course of your tenure, these lessons of wake up and smell the conspiracy, we will be back in responsibility, representation, and perseverance have And just what is this mobilization all about? Is 1894 and all the blood, sweat, and tears, of our ancestors constructed your struggle. Now, you have arrived. You it a fight for equal funding in our Black universities? (not to mention the broken necks and welted backs) will have arrived to a place where many before you have Perhaps another march to improve the standards of have been in vain. sacrificed and died for you to come. education for African-Americans? If these are your Students of the predominantly African-Ameri- Now you will begin to see your destiny. How guesses, you're very cold. The purpose of this mobiliza- can college have pleaded with administration, state offi- many times have you wondered, "When will this won- tion is to fight efforts to, hold on to your seats, convert cials, and the university president to keep the facility derful academic dream/nightmare end? What will be its Mississippi Valley State University into a prison. Pic- open as a university. Theirpleas fell on deaf ears. In fact, value? Whetheryou have a job or not, you have the tools. ture that. Would you have ever imagined that in 1994, 17 of the students were arrested for"staging a sit-in at the It has been said by many that you are the bridge to the "...twenty-six years after the assassination of Dr. Martin president's office". This scenario sounds all too famil- next generation. Hopefully, what you have learned is Luther King Jr., we will have to fight for fair and equal iar; history is repeating itself as Blacks are once again that you must continue to symbolizehope and prosperity, treatment in education," declared NAACP's Dr. Ben- fighting for the right to receive an education. The confidence and dignity, so that those of us who are jamin Chavis Jr., who is leading the April 30th march. decision to close down the university was based on a following in your foot steps will be a part of that destiny As I sat in Dr. Cash's AFS 370 class (African "lack of equity in state funding to keep Acorn State too. American Family), I was slapped in the face with the University and Valley State University in business." So go forth and inspire. I hope you continue to news that my brothers and sisters in Mississippi were Chavis has issued a demand that "our colleges and achieve all your goals, and with much financial success, struggling for the freedom to pursue an education; some- universities must remain open and receive equal state experience every happiness as a product of your desires. thing we all hold dear. I know that I wasn't the only funding." Let it not be forgotten why you have bee through and person in disgust and shock. Could you imagine waking We can surely empathize with our brothers and where you came from. Apply what you have learned in up to go to classes one day only torealize that your school sisters at Mississippi Valley State University; we could everything that you do. Remember who you are, your is under the threat of becoming a prison. very easily put ourselves in their shoes. Racism rears its dreams, and aspirations. This is a mere stepping stone in One out of every four Black males are en- ugly head once again; you can best believe that you will life and the accolades to your destiny have just begun to trapped in the American Criminal Justice System. No never set Harvard State Prison or a Yale State Prison. bloom ! doubt, someone was sitting in their plush government r ------; ----II-~ II N i - -m ---- L-

Ieditorial - Il - ~ I -~ ~I, Greetings, brothas and sistas. luck this coming week on your finals. Do you reap your successes in life because Welcome to this semester's last issue of not let this semester's work end in vain. our community needs networking and BLACKWORLD. This past school year Utilize the lessons you have learned to cooperation inordertoupliftitself. Please, has been very trying forout newspaper in perform excellently on your finals. If you don't be lured by capitalism and self- that it has been criticized and labeled as are a victim of procrastination (as I often ambition, and forget the people who you racist, exclusive, and revolutionary. If am), seek out help and guidance from climbed on to get where you are. Prepare this is the case, then so be it!! Congratu- others before its too late. Never give up!! a place for your future to bloom. lations to the Executive Board and Writ- Even if you have two hundred pages to As for the returning students, I ing Staff of BLACKWORLD newspaper, read before your final exam, don't just wish you all a peaceful and productive for we' have successfully completed our say, "The hell with it! There's nothing I summer vacation. Use this time to im- task. "Why," you ask, "do I celebrate this can do. Oh well, I'll do better next semes- prove yourselves with employment, self campus' criticismsofBLACKWORLD?" ter." Cause you know you said the same beautification, spiritual upliftment, and Because ifgiving a voice to Stony Brook's thing and made the same promise last rest and relaxation. Make this summer a people of color is racist, if displaying the semester! Act now and break the cycle time for you reclaim yourselves. I know beauty of our culture is being exclusive, before yourGPA suffers even more. Take I for one lose a lot of myself throughout and if revealing the truth of our history on heed because these are the things that are the hustle and bustle of Stony Brook life. this Earth is revolutionary, then our job most important to the success of our Allow for your own growth and better- has been completed withsuccess and valor. people. We are the future and our actions ment, and bring all of this back with you In the past, BLACKWORLD was called determine our destiny, so do your best and this coming fall. This school needs ener- a gossip rag and a social calendar, but nothing less. getic students with fresh ideas and a never a newspaper. In the past, For all of you who are graduat- strong desire for change and improve- BLACKWORLD was not picked up be- ing at the end of this semester and will be ment. Remember, it will be the returning cause of the quality or content of its ar- enterifig the REAL world this fall, I bid students who have to fill in the positions ticles and creative writing pieces. How- you farewell and good luck. We will all made available by those leaving. Be pre- ever, all of this has changed. Now, our miss you, for you were here to greetus and pared to come back and do work! paper can be used as a handbook or a embrace us with a community when we Again, I wish everyone hope, guide for cultural survivalat Stony Brook first arrived. You are the students who peace, and continued growth and bless- and in the world. It informs us of the vital showed us the"how to's"and the "don'ts". ings from the Almighty!! information that we need to know in order We will look to you again for greetings to grow and be great. with open arms when we graduate and Let's continue in the tradition of follow in your footsteps. Remember your Hetep! ourancestorsandsupportourselves. Good brothas and sistas at Stony Brook when

THE BLACK FAMILY

by Professor Amiri Baraka Women in all these early family The purpose of monogamy is to fix the The Black Family, in its nuclear units were powerful, as the groups of line of inheritance, of wealth and power, or extended form, is the most ancient women controlledthe home and the newly through the male. (The Greek word for family unit as such in the world. And as developed agriculture and domestication housewife is neuter, it has no sex. Homo- such, it has reflected the entire history of of animals (developedby women). When sexuality becomes an observable social human social change on earth! the societies developed surplus, and this feature of ancient slave, post matriachial The most ancient family struc- surplus (the larger herds of cattle, and the societies.) ture was the communal family, the horde, bounty of the newly metal tipped spears) As world society goes through in which all males and females could and wealth became privately held, usu- its development past slavery to feudalism mate. The children obviously were part of ally by men, it was the beginning of the and past feudalism to capitalism, the fam- the collective, but could trace their par- end of the matriachial development of ily has changed. With each change of the entage only to the mother. Ancient com- society. It was also the beginning of modeof production(hw society produces munalism, so called Primitive Comimu- classes in society. food, clothing and shelter) the structureof nism, was the earliest form of social orga- It is the private ownership of wealth by the family changes as well. By the endof nization. Women heldapredominant and men) that is the catalyst for the social feudalist society, Africa was the source of naturally powerful status in that society revolution that ends communalism and a new world, enslaved population. The and in thatkind of family. They were the brings in the mode of production called rise of capitalisni rresponds to the de- only knwn parents and lineage naturally Slavry With slavery (Ancientslavery, cline and enslavement of the African flowed through them. As the social rela- world wide) the family structure under- peoples in Africa and world wide. The tionships changed, based on the economic goes a radical change, reflecting the radi- overthrow of women and Mother- right, and political changes in society, thefam- cal change of society itself! The over- the emergence of slavery as the dominant ily reflectedthese changes and changed as throw of the communal society brought mode of production, also accompanied well. an overthrow of Mother- right. The the overthrow of Africa and the "southern There are many other variations matriachial structure of the mainstream of cradle", (ie., the origin of humanity and of the family that precede the nuclear human development was overthrown and human civilization), and the rise and ulti- monogamous family. The Pairing family, women were, literally, enslaved. They mate world roleof the peoples north of the thePunuluan family, were changing mod- still are. Mediterranean. els, as the single hordes got larger and Monogamy, Angels said, in The The slave trade has existed since larger, eventually dividing, excluding the Origin of The Family, Private Property the Thea century. It is responsible for parents from collective sex, then later and The State, has only existed for the I ~ II I I·p..11- excluding brothers and sisters. women; prostitution rises with monogamy. II/CONTINUED ON PAGE 27 ill I II ~ a I -- I i II ~ I- a r · rs - 'I" I · I pt -· I- · -ly b ~ - .BLACKWORLDONENATION SISTA TA SISTA: ACK HO Completed Journey Farewells by Aliyyah Abdur'Rahman nipples. i could not own my mind, body by D.L. I came to you as the woman or soul. I turned revolutionary. And I Ain't no stoppin us now, we on me crazed instead. Ron and Ian increase selected by the Creator to be the womb come to you as that woman. da move--BlackHole has now engulfed da peace and maintain da mind frame, for through which humanity came. I came to I loved, lectured, fought along- all. Goodbye y'all, never tolook bac. It's its all good! Shari included. Starry nite you asan Afrakan woman bornofAfrakan side Malcolm, Stokely, Garvey and all the just like dat sometimes. Another phase watch out for blackholes which come in blood, life, divine force and sweet tradi- others. And still I watch my sons carried completed, another to begin. StonyCrook da nite to suck it all up. Can't forget Big tion. As a woman who recognizes and off to prisons as we were carried to this has taken all my loot, so now I sell my "L" , where you gonna be at woman of recall her ancestry, her history, as a woman country-- in madness, in masses. I came books bac for cash. In the belly of the black, culture? Say wuts up to your beau- who acknowledges and embodies those to you as that woman. And I came to you, beast is where I'm gonna linger and whirl tiful roommate for me. Jackie, aka Sade, powers that are the legacy of the indig- my sistas, because we are one in the same. forthe time being; gottagetajo-jo solcan keep da cute face but dismiss da comedy. enouswoman, I came to you. Asa woman My people, the purpose of my have the go-flow of currency hapn in my You're not funny (jus kiddin). Let me with an understanding of the creative coming, thus the purpose of this column, pockets. Give me a chance I know I can mention doz women who caught DL's forces and conse- was to deal with is- rock it, not until you remove doz lockets attention to make my dome piece turn quent curative pow- sues facing Afrakan from your dome. Ahhh! leave me da hell twice as nice -Nikki -D you know who ers contained in the women wherever we Afrakan womb, I crown this globe. came to you. We've dealt with I came to menticide, you as a woman who culturecide, deicide, was dragged from her linguicide, homicide, native Afraka, cling- sorrocide, fratricide, ing to the ground regicide, genocide. clutching the soil to We continue to deal. remember the sweet But we are still here!!! taste. I came to you Andthisis atestament as a woman chained of who we are and about the wrists, what is contained in ankles, the neck, as a these old Black spir- woman held down its, minds and genes. and rode by every "Sista ta Sista" asked slaver on the slave ship. I cried in the you to explore and develop your own indigenous tongue. I came to you as that consciousness and the idea it has formed woman. As a woman stolen from my about you, about us. We began to remake Afrakan self, my Afrakan man, my ourselves in the image of what the Creator Afrakan babies, my Afrakan soil, my has determined the Afrakan woman is and Afrakan heritagel, my Afrakan pride, my must be. Afrakan god(s), my Afrakan language, This is the last article of "Sista ta my Afraka, I came to you. I could not Sista," butwe struggleon until, alas, Black alone! Life's a bit(ch) chancy which you are. Deidra (ethnic 310). JoAnn, oh worship in the old way or speak in the old liberation is ours! makes me kinda antsy about makin the man wut a specimen! (ethnic 310). Arthi language. I could not vote. I could not wrong moves, but dats how it goes. You lay off da liquid. Aneu (Roosevelt) stay think, speak for, defend or determine my- In love and In Struggle have your hi's and your lo's, establish exotic please! Julian, Laura, and Donna, self. I could not keep Massa's hands off HETEP!!! friendsandfoes andjusthopedadescisions wut a madonna! Thanks for never taking my sacred places or his children off my you make help you rise mo, mo, andmo to me to the market. Sabine will probably be the tip, tip top. Its time to maintain but my da most enticing office manager Black brain is buggin. Its all a game. FAME is World will ever see. Angela (ANP120) is MPB BOARD ELECTION dat wut I want? Aim high, survive, stay grandular. Delia I have something for alive. I can't die. I'm too too young. A you. There are many, many more, but RESULTS bumiswhat I choosenottobe. We'llsoon names were never gotten. Dats alright see wut da crossroads have in store for dough coz I'm allover. Peace Out to the DL. women of Tosc - Stacey and Stacey, THE 8 BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE At dis time I'd like to recognize Audrey, Crystal, and SB or SP what ever ELECTED FOR MPB ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 dozwhochoze to becipheredinmy circle. da hell it is. Kissesandhugs go out to you ARE: Stony Brook would not have been wut its all. Rusty keep da hip hip hoppin never SOPHIA POOLE been if it wasn't for the Benetton Suite tobe stoppin. Milky Cereal, Imean Smooth locatedin Douglass -Eddie,Vinny,Reggie, C, we will see on da steets of BrookLine. MARY BOSSE Tony and Carla, Kurt included. Keep in Lord house, aka Tone never leave dat THOMAS TRINIDAD touch wit a kool brother named Don. My house music alone. Big Ro-Man, Garry, X- woman, Stacey, who was always in- Al and crew do wut you do best at all da LENON GRANT cognito, never to be seen on dis campus, levels. I'm dare wit you. Big Congrads JODI SIMPSON stays behind a closed door; maybe dats goes to my man Dr.Vim who just com- JOSETTE SMITH why she's going to that phat school of law pleted his MCATS good luck, Woman in da fall. I have now da true blue who's included. Jacob what hapned to our all JUAN HERNANDEZ of da drama era's- D.N.A., now lost but terrain bike venture. Vim, Henry and all ARNALDO not 2-B -forgotten. My beautiful cousin, other body lyricists sorry you couldn't Tamara, a tid bit touched in da head, never to leave me alone but tried to make I[CONTINUED ON PAGE 19 "' l BLACKWORLD ONENATION-- -~IIr Iser Sbr IPLP ·~BI .· · 'I

In the defense of Multicultural Education and the AFS Program at Stony Brook Exodus by Jocelyn Polony Today, a large part of the world is in By Wilfred St. Felix believe in the American nightmare, you The educational system is fail- poverty with many whites living the luxu- Recently, I was accused of being believe that social life is, essentially, a ing the nation's Afro American, Latino, rious life. Democracy and capitalism, a believer in the "American dream". Or- game. This game, oftentimes ends in a Native American, and Asian population two ideals that often work against minori- dinarily, I would not have taken offense to winner-take-all situation, where those who at an alarming rate compared to the ties, are advertised as two of the greatest such an accusation. Given the different have accumulated the social, political and wealthy, and middle class Anglo-Ameri- thing on earth. meanings attached to the notion "Ameri- economic resources do so at the expense can population. The educational system First of all, let's try to define can dream", I did not feel compelled to of the losing group. is ,ommitting an atrocious act to many Multicultural education. James A. Banks engage in a verbal assault , or, as others While this is predominantly the young, underprivileged, minority, chil- (professor of education at University of refer to it, a verbal drive-by. Anyway, as situation in the United States, we tend to dren. A Eurocentric based curriculum is Washington in Seattle) defines it in one of the conversation progressed, I began to place too much emphasis on the "Ameri- the main factor that is keeping America his books, Multicultural Education issues get the impression that the "American can nightmare". There is no disputing from improving its educational system. and perspectives , as " a reform move- dream" that I supposedly subscribed to, that the American nightmare exists. But, The present curriculum produces people ment designed to change the educational was viewed in a negative light. As far as spending every waking moment in antici- like our beloved expert on Multicultural environment so that students from diverse Icould tell, the "politically correct" dream pation of a conspiracy, only promotes a Education, Richard Cole. Cole,editor-in- racial and ethnic groups, both gender for me, as an African-American male in self-defeating situation. If you are con- chief of the campus paper The Statesman groups, exceptional students, and students these United States, was nota dream at all. stantly expecting to be held back, you will and has no fucking idea about what he is from each social-class group will experi- Instead, I found that my only option was eventually hold yourself back. And, if talking about, manages to "talk out of his ence equal educational opportunities in to see this dream as an "American night- there is a conspiracy, the conspirator is ass" and scam his way into the periodical schools, colleges, and universities." mare". doing a Helluva job!!! which he uses to propagate his racist ide- Academia is not quite near ex- Ultimately, the distinction be- This being the end of the semes- ologies by writing bullshit articlesthat are ecuting this definition in the educational tween the "American dream" and the ter, I find it only appropriate that I give a sexist, homophobic and offensive to ra- system. The whole Eurocentric curricu- "American nightmare" lies in the couple of shout-outs. It's time to "repre- cial harmony. Cole and others would lum must be thrown away; we must start believer'sperception. Accordingly,those sent"! "Shout-outs", "big-ups", "one have you believe that Multicultural edu- anew. We are not giving America's chil- who believe in the American dream sup- loves", in no particular order, to "The cation is not working because it teaches dren a diversified education. As a result, posedly believe that economic, social and Spreadmen", "Coppertop", The Wagner racism. He constantly rants, raves and society is in chaos - crime is alarmingly political success, for the most part, are Crew (Ed, Gorgeous, O'Shea, Hailey, attacks Multicultural education and the high and more youth are being incarcer- dependent on individual incentive. In Rolando, Joe),"The Troublemaker","The Africana Studies program and the few ated, namely African American andLatino otherwords, all persons of allraces, creeds, Ill-Puerto Rican", My suite mates (you professors that the department is com- males. This is due to the fact that racism colors, religions, are able to achieve both know who you are!), D.L., "The Ill-Cau- prised of. still exists and the larger part of society is tangible and intangible success if enough casian", "Blunted ones", Baby Demetri Conservative racistscholars and not sufficiently educated. Instead, stu- initiative is taken. As a result, if an (your uncle loves ya!), R.S.P. (you as- school administrators refused to let the dents are being schooled to regurgitate individual finds himself or herself failing sorted "Herbs"), LuLu and Shaun, truth come out; they refuse to present the whatever the professors want to hear; they in their pursuit of economic, social or "BLACKWORLD Crew", "SPA Crew", true historical views of the world. Some are taught to conform to society norms. political "wealth", the burden ofresponsi- Omar (I miss you, yo!), Valentine of the historicalquestions and issues that Proponents of Multicultural education bility lies with that individual alone. It is (you*?!!#@ bastard!), Jack and Ludwig are oftentimes answered and [falsely] ad- want the rest of the world to assimilate of general consensus that the individual (my partners in crime, Grime, and drop- dressed are: Whothe firstbeingson earth into their Eurocentric culture and reject did not display enough drive, determina- ping dimes, quarters and nickels!), the were, the fact that thisnation was built on their own culture and heritage. tion, and motivation. In essence, the indi- A.I.M./EOP Posse - all across the board! the free labor of many minorities, and the Another negative aspect of the vidual causes his or her own failure, with Spyros, Alex, Do321 Crew,Randy, Bran- fact that many cultures are exploited for educational system is the fact that we tend no influence from any outside forces. don, Marcus, Roman, Orlando, Joanne monetary reasons (an example being the to educate our children to think critically Contrary to this opinion is the notion of (you done did it!), Deysi, Vinnie, Pat, and colonization of Africa). These professors and analyze improperly. When facing a the American nightmare. the patron who ordered the Saul T. Nuts! refute Multicultural education and ethnic question, a well-educated person would The American nightmare is one Taa Dow!!! studies like AFS and LAC, and say that have the opportunity to research the facts, in which the individual has limited con- Multicultural education is a failure. analyze the question and think critically trol over his or her own destiny. If you Shaine (The Spreadking!) Multicultural education is believed to ex- before taking a position and answering clude Europeans cultures and is therefore the question. Instead, teachers and pro- - L · ... a threat to this society; this is the true fessors want their students to study only reason for their opposition to a complete for standardized tests, like the SAT, multicultural curriculum with the inclu- MCAT, LSAT and State Regents exams. sion of every culture, race, ethnicity, reli- They are forced to take tests that do not gion, language and social class. prove how well the students learn and, as We must be reminded that at one a result, do not predict the students actual time in this country, it was illegal to teach performance in a educational institution. a Black man to read and write. The very It has been speculated and proven that first academic institution in the United these tests are biased and exist mainly to States was Harvard Universitywhich was discriminate against certain groups and established in 1636. Harvard was initially prevent them from being sufficiently edu- only for the children of elite white prop- cated. erty owners (since slaves were treated as Stony Brook University has not property, this would include slave own- even started to change to a multicultural ers). The school emulated the European curriculum. The History department and school structure. Students were taught in Latin to produce future white leaders. CONTINUED ON PAGE 19

I I _ I · · ·. · I i Ir · I I · i-lr~l 'r · ~ · ·-- I I op ininions ons ______I_~__ __I_ s ______C_ __ __ IC~I______~I WHO ARE THE REAL JEWS ? THE TRUTH by Ha-Ban Shal Ha Ah-La-Ha-Yam melanin lacking brother Esau (the father land curse shall thou be in the field... part in our enslavement. This is also de- oralong time we have gone around of all Caucasians) to serve Him. This can - Wherever youfind a ghetto now, you will scribed by King David, king of Israel, in practicing false beliefs and joining be found in the book of Romans 9:7-13. encounter the Israelites. the book of Psalms 83:4-8. David tells of numerous religious cults and sects. The God of the Bible recognizes 2. verse 30: thou shall betroth a wife, and every nation that has plotted against the Some African Americans have been call- only one nation of people, that is Israel another man shall lie with her... real children of Israel. Those nations are ing themselves and have been called ev- and this can be read in the book of Amos - During the 400 years of slavery, there the Edomites (Caucasians),theHagarenes erything from nigger to modern-day Ne- 3:1-2 which reads, "Hear this word that was the ever so common case of the slave and Gebal (modern day Africans), the gro. the Lord hath spoken against thee, 0 master raping our women thereby de- Moabites (modern day Chinese), the Prior to the second Punic War children of Israel, against the whole fam- stroying our male/female relationships. Amalekites (the impostor Jews), and the there wasn't a place called Africa. It was ily which I have brought up from the land 3. verse 32: thy sons and thy daughters Ishmaelites(the modern day Muslims and named so by the Roman general Leo ofEgypt saying,' You only haveI known of shall be given unto a no the r Arabs). Scipio Africanus. Everyone in that region all thefamilies of the earth...'" The Lord people, and thine eyes shall look and fail 8. verse 68: "da bomb": And the Lord conveniently became descendants of a states that the Bible is only given for the with longingfor them... there shallbe no shall bring thee into Egypt again with Roman and now they call themselves by Israelites to read in Psalms 147:19-20 might in thine hands. ships by the way whereof I spake unto his surname. Since when does our birth- which reads, "He sheweth His word unto -During our slavery, our children were thee, thou shall see it (Jerusalem)no more place determine our nationality? Don't be Jacob, His statues and judgments unto strippedfrom us as they were being born again: and there (Africa) ye shall be sold fooled, verily I say unto you, your nation- Israel. He hath notdealtsowith any other and given unto the hands of strangersto unto your enemies (the Edomites) for ality is determined by your ancestors. For nation: and as far as His judgments they raisein order to benefit the corporationof bondsmen and bond women, and no man example, if your great grand father was an have not known." slavery. This destroyed ourfolklore and shall buy you. Edomite (a term used to describe Cauca- The Bible belongs only to the our nationaltradition. -This obviously refers to the institutionof sians in the Bible), you are an Edomite. children Israel, but who are they today? 4. verse 37: thou shallbe an astonishment slavery which was basicallyfreeand cruel Likewise, if you are a descendant of Ham, Who are the real Jews that the Bible ,a proverb, and a byword among all labor. father of the dark races (Africans) exclud- speaks about? In Acts 5:30, who are the nations... In the bookof Exodus 20:2 which ing the Negroes, than you are a Hamite people that God really sent His Son down -World wide,Black skin is often viewed as reads, " I am the Lord thy God which have (African). TheancestryofNegroes,North as a sacrifice for the forgiveness of sins? negative. In fact, darker skinned people brought you out of the land of Egypt, out American Indians, South American Indi- The Israelites are not from Af- in many cultures are looked at as inferi- of the house of bondage" , Egypt is an ans, West Indians, and Mexican Indians is rica, but they are the slaves that were sold ors. ancient Greek word which means bond- slightly different. Let's dispel the myths into slavery there and "entreated evil for 5. verse 48: thou shall serve thine enemies age or slavery. When put into context, the once and for all! four hundred years" here in the modern which the Lord shall send against Lord said he would bring us into slavery It is quite evident (if you are day Babylon. The Israelites are from thee in hunger,andin thirst, andin naked- with ships. No other nation on this planet looking) that the true names and cultures Jerusalem. They migrated into Africa af- ness, and in want of all things... has been brought into slavery on ships as that existed prior to the Euro-invasion of ter fleeing Greek persecution in 70 A.D. -Here in America, we as a people have we have. The book of Acts 7:6 tells you 1192 were those same names and cultures Historian Flavius Josephius explains that virtually nothing of our own as far as that the Lords children, who are the Isra- that the Holy Bible, the True Book of when the Greeks invaded Jerusalem it businesses. We must go to ouroppressors elites Exodus 4:22, would be in a strange Books, describes. The names of countries was destroyed and over one million Black for everything, even the right to change land in slavery for 400 years. Ecclesiates and nations of people are that of the origi- Jews fled into Africa. Since then, the real our names. 1:9 states that, " The thing which hath nal founding forefathers. Jews have never seen Jerusalem as awhole, verse 5 cont. ... and he shall put a yolk been, it is that which shall be; and that Africa was originally called the meaning there are no Jews in Jerusalem. of iron around thy neck. which is done is that which shall be done: land of Canaan, after the cursed son of After losing the war waged against them -This speaksfor itself; duringslavery, we there is no new thing under the sun." The Ham, son of Noah. Hamis the father of the in Africa by King Duhamie, who was were chained like animals. Israelites that were in slavery for 400 dark races who brought a curse upon his confederate with the Arabs/Muslims, the 6. verse 49: The Lordshall bring a nation years during the days of Moses are the son for witnessing his father Noah's na- Israelites were sold on the coasts of Africa againstthee fromfar,from the end of the same Jews that went into slavery here in kedness (Gen. 9:22-29). The son of Noah to the Edomites. They were then brought earth,as swift as the eagleflieth; a nation the modem day Sodom and Gomorrah, who was ordained to rule and hold the to America and were held captive here. whose tongue thoushallnotunderstand. the modem day Babylon, the modem day blessings from God was called Shem. Why did this happen? -The Eagle represents the Edomites, who Egypt. We are the lost tribes of the Chil- Shem's descendants are known as In the book of Deuteronomy, in are all the Caucasians. This is proven in dren Of Israel. So what now? Shemites; however, society would have the Bible, the entire history of the destruc- the book of Gen. 25:21-30, where it de- This world as we know it is going to end you believe that they arecalled Semites or tion of Jerusalem and the desolation of the scribesEsau,fatherof the Edomites (Gen. in less than 6 years. This fact can be found Semetic, which is a lie. The Negroes that Judeans, Jew for short, was prophesied by 36:43), and in the book of Obadiah 1:4 in the book of Hosea 6:1-2 which states," were brought into slavery ,from the coasts Moses. The people were penalized for which reads, " The vision of Obadiah thus Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for of Africa, and the Indians (excluding the disobeying the laws. There were more saith theLordconcerningEdom.... Thpugh He hath torn and he will heal us; He hath East Indians coming from India) are the than 500 commandments as opposed to thou exalt thyself as the Eagle." smitten, and he will bind us up. After two real Jews! The blood line from Shem is as the 10 that churches preach. At any rate, 7. verse 64: And the Lord shall scatter days will he revive us: ....." the 2 Peter 3:8 follows: Shem is the forefather of they were told if they did not follow the thee among allpeoplefromone end of the tells you that one day with the Lord is a Abraham, Abraham begatIsaac, and Isaac laws a lifetime of curses would befall earth even unto the other; and there shall thousand years to us, hence the two years Jacob, who is called Israel, and Israel them. Some of the curses from thou serve gods, which neither thou nor would denote the year 2000. However, begat the twelve tribes of Israel. These are Deuteronomy 28:16-68 are as follows and thyfathers have nown, even of wood and Christ tells us in the book of Semitic 24:22 the men that God chose to be his special we will attempt to make some logical stone. that, " And except those days should be servants above all nations on the face of connections to whicheverrace of people it -Our dispersalwas a greatone. We were shortened, there should no flesh be saved: the earth (Deut.7:6and 14:2). Godchose fits: shipped all over the world into every but for the elect's sake those days shall be Isaac, not Ishmael; he chose Jacob, not his 1. verse 16: Cursed shall thou be in the nation. Every nation on this planet took shortened." jJ'

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('m on aMission by Ainsley A. Reynolds right since they may not have been here as goes to Stacey McCloud and Co. for try- campus events will improve, which will I am on a mission to address long as I have. It is up to those who are still ing their best to bring Tokyo Joe to the make for a more enjoyable college expe- some of the problems concerning Stony here to make a change for the better. way it was back in the days. rience. Take it from me, I know. Brook's Black and Latino campus com- Speaking on apositive note, there In conclusion, my brothers and P.S. congrats to all graduating brothers & munity and to advise a solution. During have been some changes for the better. sisters, in order to have a more fruitful and sisters (especially those who came in with my. time at Stony Brook (Fall ,89 - Fall Some of the clubs and organizations have enjoyable college experience, you must me in '89, Stacy & Curtis "Playwright" ,93), there have been numerous changes, excelled under new leadership (a few no- do one simple thing; COMMUNICATE!!! Easley). some positive and some negative. tables are AASO, Destiny Club, Black Communicate on an individual, group, Let me begin with the negative. and LASO semi-formal committees, and club, and organizational basis. Whenever Good Luck to those brothers & sisters The number and quality of campus events Black Women's Weekend Committee). you are on campus, say hello and intro- who still are at the Brook. Don't let (parties, concerts, etc.) and the leadership These organizations have been constantly duce yourselves instead of the mean and anything stop you from obtaining your of certain clubs and organizations have on point. Also I would likq to mention dirty looks we sometimes give each other degree. gone to hell!!! There are some people that there have been more education and (something I personally have been ac- *Brothers & Sisters, boycott the gradua- within our community who have used the inspirational events (speakers Khalid and cused of many times). In short, the more tion, it's traditional bullshit. Instead, at- vital resources (monies, etc.) of your clubs Steve Cokely, the gospel concerts, poetry communication amongst ourselves (Black tend the Destiny Award Dinner. After all, and organizations for their own personal readings, and the various forums speak- & Latino), the harder it will be for people it is held especially for you. gains. So as not to repeat last year's ing about concerns of our community). A not concerned with our well-being to gain controversy in BLACKWORLD, I will special shout goes out to the current entry into our organizations and cause Till There is Peace, Justice, and Freedom refrain from naming those individuals BLACKWORLD staff for breathing the problems. Through more open communi- because they know who they are. Some much needed life back into the paper that cation, the amount and quality of your The Big Ains-Man is OUT people will disagree, but they have that speaks for our community. A shout also Welcome to the Harry Chapin Apartment by Maya Toure should be on the list of priorities. come to inspect the apartment to make My seventh and final complaint Hi, I am a resident of Chapin and Secondly, the residents are not sure it is clean. The Building Coordina- is that when you request something at living here has been such a frustrating given instruction on Emergency shelter. tors are not fair in their inspection of Chapin, those in authority behave as if it experience. The residents here do not That is how unorganized the people in students. They are often intimidated by is coming from their own pockets. An have a voice that can be respected and authority are. I know this to be a fact their own superiors. There are not many example would be getting your carpet heard because of the lack of organization, because I am a resident living here, and I Black people on staff. There is only one cleaned. They act like they are doing you communication,andbonding. Thepeople have never been given instructions about Black Building Coordinator. When my a favor, despite the fact that these rights that live over here are mainly couples with it. When I asked about it, the person at the B.C. comes to my apartment, even if she come with your paid rent. The residents and without children, single mothers with Chapin Office responded that he "didn't is not inspecting, her little eyes are darting have no privacy because everyone in the children, Health Science students, and know." all over the place to find something wrong Chapin Office has access to your room. graduate students. A third point I'd like to make is to report back to her boss. The Building We need locks on both bedroom doors First of all, I would like to tell the insufficient care given to upkeeping Coordinators live in these apartments rent and front doors. you about the blizzard that occurred dur- the area in which I live. During the snow free. Their work duties include inspect- I know that after reading this ing the Fall semester. The electricity went season my doorway was always blocked ing the apartments monthly and taking people will suggest that I move off cam- out and the whole complex was without with snow. Last winter there were two complaints about repairs. I have already pus. My response to that is to change the electricity, heat and lights for about three incidence in which I almost injured my- addressed the monthly inspections. As system at Chapin first. It must accommo- to four hours. My complaint is that we self. If I had, I would be a millionaire far as the repairs go, they are usually date the students' needs and respect their should not have to experience this incon- today. efficient when it comes to reporting them, rights. If it were not for the students, venience at all!!! Public Safety did not My fourth complaint is that there but it takes forever to have them made. Chapin apartments and Stony Brook Uni- experience this loss of electricity, nor did is minimum heat in the apartment, and my My sixth complaint is with the versity would not exist. I am sick and the Hospital. Public Safety has a back-up baby is always catching a cold and getting hiring practices of the office. A friend of tired of being given that "like it or lump it" generator, but we atChapin do not. Public ear infections. When I complain, some- mine applied for the position of Building attitude by people in authority. If you Safety is heavily funded. The Hospital one comes and takes her temperature and, Coordinator and was not given an inter- cannot be diplomatic, considerate, and gets millions of dollars for research. Stu- lies, saying that it is okay. The only time view until she complained. My friend is respectful of students, you should not be dents pay rent and are entitled to an emer- the heat is turned up is when someone a Black woman. The position was given to in your position!!! gency generator. Our welfare should be calls the Heat Complaint Hot line. a White woman whose husband is study- oftheutmostimportance to those in charge In the fifth place, the people who ing to be a doctor. It seems to me that the POWER TO THE PEOPLE of issuing generators to different areas in made up most of the Chapin Housing only Blacks hired are tokens. this school. Dormitories and apartments rules must be on LSD. Each month they

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"We fight and we talk, and we will talk while we are fighting."

From April 1977 through period will begin. This would be the Caribbean Perspective in an at- ;eptember 1978, SWAPO, on the period of electionering which SWAPO tempt to shed light on the rapid un- )ther hand, with the assistance of the will have to restructure its political folding of events in the southern vestern five, (the countries that I machinery to fight elections, and core of Africa, had an exclusive in- lave already mentioned) engaged in generally it would be a period during terview with Theo Ben Gurlab, )rotracted and time consuming which the UN civilian component will Chief Representative of SWAPO legotiations here in New York, in then be fully deployed for the purpose Observer Office to the U.N., the rfrica and elsewhere in Europe. of ensuring that the elections are free following are excerpts taken from Essentially, the negotiations were and fair. that interview: (Ed. Note: Reprint- supposed to involve the following: The western countries, formulated ed with permission for BLACK- It was recognized that there was a WORLD readers.) their proposals, (after having satisfied shooting war presently in Namibia. themselves through consultation with And that war is being fought by two SWAPO, with South Africa, with the C.P. Could you tell us what is the principal parties; SWAPO, represen- African Front-Line Countries and with current status of the 'Settlement ting the Namibian people, and the il- members of the Security of South Africa different Plan' put forward by the five legal colonial regime Council). It was a private exercise of And western countries? retaining colonialism in Namibia. these western members of the before elections are held in Namibia, Security Council, thus it was not until logical it would only be necessarily September 29, 1978 that the UN to and end. A. Yes, before I actually deal with for this war to be brought Security Council, itself, endorsed that process called for a the proposals for "settlement" of the Therefore, the western proposals now called "UN agreement between Namibian question, originally for- cease-fire Plan" on the basis of which elections and South Africa. When a mulated by the five SWAPO will be conducted in Namibia. western powers, is reached as a political (the U.S. of America, Britain, France, cease-fire South Africa's Intentions between these two parties, West Germany and Canada) position Shortly after the Security Council I want to it would start a process which cast them in the context that existed then action in Resolution 435 in will involVe a UN peace-keeping force in 1977 when they were first September 1979, South Africa came initiated. consisting of military components of You had the U.S. with the election of up with a series of objections and so- about 7,500 troops. Seven battalions Carter's administration in Sam Nujoma called problems. In retrospect we in all to be drawn from different UN the South Africans have never Washington. That was taken to be a President of SWAPO of Namibia civilian know member countries. And the committed themselves seriously to new situation in'the western world. over components that will actually agree to free and fair elections in With Pres. Carter emphasizing see the running of elections human ribhts, the need for the United Namibia, because that would certain- 0" - A A-. - I - - - -1 - - t- . _ A*.- - a. .- ^..• U .V.I I1,.. I. IU1.AV .lV. [ I 4IX o .cut a-.... themselves. States to take leadership-particularly etrOffi on nine Iresoutionl on me Securi- ly lead to a SWAPO Victory. What are in those areas in the Third World ty Council adopted in January 1976 It will also involve a numberoof fac- have they been doing, and what what is call- where, according to their concep- which resolution, among other things tors that were originally envisaged in they now doing, to adopt On the one tions, human rights were being called for the holding of elections in Resolution 385, the one adopted in ed a two-track strategy? participating denied to the majority of the people. Namibia and that UN supervision be January 1976. That would be before hand they report to be and fair elec- Specifically, on the question of in control. But the resolution also has the elections are held that South with the UN to hold free is essentially Namibia, the supposition was that some salient elements which were Africa should release Namibian tions in Namibia, which gimmick; but ac- something had to be done within the actually pre-conditioned before the political leaders. A process must be their public relations hand, they have context of the UN, which has assum- holding of such elections in Namibia started that would lead finally to aboli- tually, on the other in a process on the ed direct responsibility over the ques- under UN supervision and control. It tion of all the apartheid laws and been engaged Namibia by working tion of Namibia. Within the contextof called for total withdrawal of South legislations throughout the country. ground in the UN then, at that time, there were Africa's illegal administration, for of institutions that will en- towards an Internal Settlement, or the Creation of In- specific political and diplomatic repealing of all th3 repressive laws that the existing fascist police in Unilateral Declaration sure the UN's legalities: and legislation, the release of Nami- Namibia are not used against the dependence (UDI) outside With regards 1.- The UN has been, and still is bian patriots and political leaders that Namibian people and that the UN wil I supervision and control. one appearing to the direct legal responsible authority are incarcerated either in South ensure that this does not happen. to these two tracks, over Namibia; Africa or in Namibia. In addition it be cooperating with the UN, the other has been 2.- South Africa's presence in called for the creation of conditions And that-Namibians residing out - going alone. South Africa Namibia had been and is regarded by that would enable Namibians residing side would, under UN supervisiorn emphasizing the latter, thus, South the entire international community as outside presently to return home return into the country. This would in- Africa has started the process of being illegal; which would lead to the establish- volve a seven month period from thee creating one fait accompli one 3.- the legitimacy of the saga of ment of necessary tranquility, climate day of cease-fire up to three months . after another on the. 'ground in the Namibia people under the leader- of peace, that would enable the All the elements that I have mention- Namibia starting with unilateral ap- ship of SWAPO had been recognized; development of confidence within the ed should be satisfied. That is a pointment of so-called "ad- 4.- legitimacy of SWAPO as the Namibian people. ceasefire followed by the presence cif ministrative generals" in 1977. sole and authentic representative of It is after the realization of these UN and full deployment of UPN continued in the next issue! the Namibian people has been equal- preconditions that elections were authorized personnel-both militar ly recognized, and that the situation in supposed to have been held in and civilian components an< and supervi- of South African forcesss Namibia the UN has endorsed Namibia under international withdrawal S supported arm struggle as a sion and control. whatever their number, which i legitimate means to the Namibian Anumber of things transpired, presently estimated to be more thai TALENTS 10 people to fight against illegal occupa- generally, between January 1976 and (75,000) seventy five thousand£ tion of Namibia which the UN itself, by the following year around March After these months South Afric;I S "WORK.L is enjoined to withdraw its en remains committed to fight against. when the western group led by the I.1 United States of America through the tire military infrastructure down to on( personage of Rev. Ambassador An- fifteen hundred troops - s o JOIN THE STAFF Western Initiative ly (1,500) ( drew Young started to sell the idea of called "residual forces" that will bie b' Western initiative therefore was "western initiative" to SWAPO, to the restricted, based and monitored rSOF predipated oQ these. realities within African front-line countries-and to-the the; UN at two places both in the nor( The.centrar element of "the Organization'- of- A-frican Unity, thern.part of Namibia. After that threii thea UNN, h + V - _Do members generaily. -- month --. 3.period, another four montf western initiatives" was basing their ~-~-~ncl·-·-·------·----·------· a II"~m~lan 94~p~n~p·--I Blac kworld

VOL. VIII, NO. I A SUNY STUDENT PUBLICATION.- UNIVERSITY AT STONY BROOK, NEW YORK OCTOBER 15, 1979

Gil Nobel Addresses AFS Studentsm m v

these reasons, Nobel says he feels a and openly. There is a cultural bias "responsibility" to remain active in that exists in the media today ... it the Civil Rights Movement, a perverts and clouds the view of the movement that Nobel says "began black experience so people cannot with students." see well what is happening." In Students in the Movement essence Nobel says that even the According to Nobel, it was news is bias, and though you may students that wanted to change the see black anchors and reporters attitudes in America. It began with these people are not choosing what civil rights for blacks, but as more goes on in the news, "They are people joined the struggle it moved merely playing roles that have been into other areas, the Women's pre-determined by producers and Movement, The Chicano managers that know little about the Movement, the Hispanic Movement, black experience. Nobel's criticisms U.S. foreign policy, and of course of the media come at a time when the Vietnamese War. Nobel went on many other ethnic and racial groups to explain how college students have begun to question the validity have changed; "Today students of television's portrayal of life in a America. Gil Nobel have joined the 'me' generation," situation he blames on the media's black investors that renamed the portrayal of super-heroes and By C. J. Mitchell station WBLS-FM; a station rated super-jocks. He says that students "Students today In a stimulating speech before this year by the broadcast industry are sleepers and have no true NBC's Gil more than 200 students, as the top general market station in political perspective any more. "It Nobel spoke about the image of the New York area, a title that is was the students in the 1960's that hare joined tI1e blacks in the media, the new breed given to stations with the highest worked for civil rights, that worked of student, and the values of a audience "participation." for a better penal system and WNBC-TV 9 changing society. Nobel, Nobel began his career in "the worked for equality in educational 'mi ' e rat io*e i "Like It Is," and talk-show host for big time," at WNBC-TV 11 years benefits." weekend anchor of the evening ago during the Civil Rights The Influence of the Media news, was first of a possible line-up Gil Nobel says his enemy is Movement, when blacks were Nobel also talked about the racism and invites everyone of, guest speakers to appear in AFS protesting against to join roting and influence Efthe media on society. him in his battle to combat it, for 210: The Civil Rights Movement. American pclicy b Acc, rd ig .o Nobel, there needs to Nobel began his journalism in the world a:cording to Gil Gil In Nobel's view, blacks like be a healthier balance between Nobel, "you mitL be strong .. if station career reporting for radio himself were suddenly given jobs, people who control the media, and you don't complain, it merely WLIB. In those days WLIB was a not because they were liked, but the people who watch the media, corroborates but black what is being done; small white owned, because there were blacks willing to ". . . so that all opinion and station in Harlem. WLIB the world will only judge you by oriented sit-in, riot, protest and even die so perspective can be expressed freely how you judge yourself." was eventually sold to a group of that others could be hired. For - I I ~-_II II·I-i-II -- LI I I- - II Developments in AFS

A new library IAA new tocation1

More than 1,000 books were re- Following a week of protest by cently donated to the Africana students and faculty the Office of Studies Program Library by Dr. and Budgets has finally announced to Mrs. Burghardt Turner. The library, the Africana Studies Program soon to open on the second floor of (AFS), that the AFS budget is near the Social and Behavioral Sciences completion, and will soon be re- building, will be used as a type of leased. The AFS Program had pre- "learning center" for black stu- viously been without an operating dents. budget. Dr. Turner, a retired professor The AFS Program is also moving from Stony Brook's history depart- to a new location where there will ment, says he felt there existed be more space for faculty offices, "... a need for 'Afro' students to TA offices, classrooms, and a new have a sense of belonging, and to AFS Library. have a place where black faculty, Both of these new developments graduate students and undergrad- involving the AFS program, came uates could meet, relax, and feel after last week's rally when stu- comfortable." Dr. Turner also said dents, faculty and administrators that he hopes the books will give demanded that the Africana Studies the AFS department a "Sense of Program be given an adequate bud- recognition ... it deserves." get, space for classrooms and of- ON THE INSIDE... Most of the books donated by fices, along with a computer that the Turners, were once part of the had been promised to the program * The Africana Studies program Sprvill, talks about the past, and Richard B. Moore colection, con- by a previous administration. open a new library, that the future. See interview on page rally was sponsored by will soon sidered to be one of the largest and The serve as a "Learning Center." 2. most impressive will collections of black BFSA, SAINTS, AIM, BSU, LASO, See story on page 3. o Blackworld Sports, page 8. volumes in this country. and several other minority oriented * Sociology faculty member, * Voices is finally here, page 7. Richard B. Moore (1893-1978) organizations and clubs. A spokes- Paget Henry, writes about the af- * Amiri Baraka, activist poet and was a "social reformer" in Harlem man for one of the ,groups said the' termath o the coup ii Grenadn. paywiright, j6ins faculty of the to ,upply AFS for ^mnorethan 60. years, and was University's refisal on page 6. Africana Stiadief' Pogm.m: 'Story could reduce Story known throughout the country and with the proper tools, e The President of BSU, Carlton on page 3. continued on page 8 AFS to a "phoney program."

eMPTy PHRAses The Games They Play iAe tissue decelves Fortunately it isnot it is Aime serious.... isit? tlAwer tMan te rea.ify .- Mtin farl of our paper sitting by the empty hearth eives nmared we attempt a union witA d.eserawls of we attempt a union ourwddeftde fstratioins sisters smiling liquid eyes goifg trougA t4Hmotionts reflecting brothers indark silences of a gtiening madness ... listening at ideflkfa we create a union act wAen iAe tissue of remembrances, of hopes and present pain, streched beyond the threshold THEN the show egins give, receive, give, receive VIcdnt Odamettan Our songs of unity.

(1979) Sisters laughing shyly, brothers smiling shyly brothers inexpectation, sisters inlabour take up your cloth, take itup mulatto is my name the drums are beating, take itup I am just anothet desttuction beat the drums, beat the earth for the black community. with your feet, take itup I cause conausion, hatted, the heart for our drums and sometimes envy. take itup, take itup for we are trying I often woonder myseld where do I belon. for we are trying to create i am pale in the winter; to create and yellow In the summer. a Union. yet my soul is mote ;African than these Long Live Africa, Long Live All boutreois, middle class, uppidy Atey

'RAY-GUN' RAMPAGE

Ronald Reagan won by a land- fessed his loyalty to the big business inter- capitalism is indeed a threat to their devel- a president being assassinated every 20 slide victory, becoming the 40th Presi- est of this country. He has talked of opment. years? dent of the United States of America on lowering the minimum wage which would RonaldReagan, endorsed by that ...and there is more. Such as, November 4, 1980. provide enough slave- labor wages to fun loving Klan, the unholy Klu Klux, Ronald Reagan's three names are spelled Beset by skyrocketing inflation, boost the profits of the corporate sector of told Blacks (before his victory) "not to with six letters, 666, the mark of the beast loss of face internationally, due to the the nation. In light of this he plans to label" him because of any past racial come judgement day. This of course has "Iran Crisis: American Held Hostages", reduce government regulation into the& slurs, anti-social legislation passed by him nothing to do with the fact that the movies Americans in search ofa"redeemer" swept private lives of American citizens, and while Governor of California, and other Omen I and Omen II was shown the week conservative Republican Ronald Reagan corporations. such irresponsible misdeeds. He is no before elections. Omen I being shown the into the nation's highest elected office last Bruised by Vietnam, Watergate, "caricature" conservative, he is for real. night after the presidential debate. Last week. Iran, not being able to got to the Olympics Then there are the rumors and but not least is the longest running rumor Needless to say many people in Moscow, Americans who voted for nasty jokes such as "if Jamaica, Grenada, of the 1984 doom; unfortunately George were extremely disappointed by the vic- Reagan, including such notable "Negro" and Cuba thought they were in trouble Orwell could not be reached. tory of who they considered by far the leaders like Rev. Abernathy, might be before..." Klu Klux Klan feeling that now On the real side (oh!), Blacks in greater of two or three evils. However, willing to follow this former Hollywood they have a license to leave their cages America, or the world over, have no friend since there have been no charges by the cowboy star around the world to make (terrorist camps), and run wild, recruiting in "a high society", therefore be ever so incumbent President James "Jimmy" America the economic and military might on college campuses or in the White House vigilantduring these years to come. Surely Carter, of poll rigging or any other elec- that it once was. The consequences for the for that matter. that Great African spirit within might be tion frauds, then the obvious decision of Third World of amighty military macabre Then there is the nagging notion spurred to more awesome heights in the the American majority stands until 1984. following the greedy tune of monopoly that "vice"- President George Bush was struggle for TRUE LIBERATION of Reagan, who willbe inaugurated business in their enthusiastic desire to former director of the CIA and what about mind, body, and soul against more ag- into office in January, has already pro- make the world safe for the mockery of that respectable historical superstition of gressive odds.

ol lop" OF '0" 00,r ol F -.4ýforol t 00 00, OFf'o F0 o .o", I-ýo 'ý/'Oo00, o0 .0 Residence Life NEW COMMITTEE TO REVIEW MINORITY CONCERNS by Josephine Darby Banks and a few other members. I asked fore, they don't get the support to get professional and student staff training The office of Residence Life has Banks about the purpose of this commit- selected. We feel the possibilities now are workshops and finally, hired more minor- been the center of a lot of attention this tee. He replied, "There was a need to much fairer but still, a lot of minorities are ity students for staff positions in the resi- semester. There have been scandals in- address the minority student problems on not concerned or aware that while this dence halls. volving RHD's and of course the "tri- campus so we formed a committee as a position may not provide much, it does This year the committee plans to pling" problem. Some of the buildings part of a task force within the department look good on your resume when you need workclosely with AIM, Africana Studies, are falling apart and others are infested (residence life), to specifically address it." Banks went on to say that they need and the office of disabled with insects and the foreign - Stage XII fits both catego- those needs. It was intended to be made input from other groups on campus. "One students. The members of ries. the committee up of people in the department who were of our main priorities for this year is to see also hope to initiate alternative program- In the midst of the already "con- interested in working on these kinds of that minority groups participate." ming in residence life, increase the bond fused" state of affairs in Residence Life, priorities and also with other minority Other members of the commit- between the various minority student an office that has been called the most groups on campus." tee are Virginia Acevedo, the secretary; groups, focus on problems faced by dis- inefficient on the campus, a committee Residence Life has come under Carolyn Buck, RHD of Gershwin Col- abled students, form a support groups, emerges to help eliminate some of these attack by other minority groups that feel lege; and Ellen Shannon, RHD of focus on issues of sexism, focus on prob- problems. The committee is the "Minor- there are not enough minority student Gershwin College. They went on to talk lems faced by disabled students, form a ityConcerns Committee" and is primarily staff members in the dorms. Banks ex- of their accomplishments last year and support group for minority student staff interested in issues that affect the general plained that, "In the past, most minorities their goals and objectives for '79-'80. concerns and set up an E.E.O. committee welfare of resident minority students on have not felt a part of the campus commu- They say that so far they've set up orien- to educate, facilitate andprotect campus. the rights nity, (working with the legislature on the tation sessions for minority students in- of students in regards to applying for The committee is a branch of buildings) and let's face it, a lot of people terested in applying for RA/ MA posi- student staff positions. The committee residence life and is chaired by Roth quad have been chosen in the past by a popular- tions, encouraged the Residence Life de- wants all groups to get involved, "Help lirector, Hamilton Banks. The commit- ity vote, andmost minorities are notknown partment to focus on issues of concern to them help us... We can't help the students tee met last Wednesday in Bill's Cafe in around campus because they aren't usu- the minority resident population, set up if they don't help us help them." Mount College, where I interviewed Mr. ally involvedin building activities. There-

~Zi~orrrp-~sr ~----s~s~---a~--- rp--m~ar a - i -- / - ~P~IILPP~B~sDI~·BII~O~e~~ ~,,~___~, ----· S1P-r~--~%*P~p~ ~P~F-7 r lbl~ ~P ' BLACKWORLDONENATION *--- r OF" "O'o'00, 1 .4V,*, I elo NO 00 oroll J,00 I 0A, 'oVwz;,o ... - Koý -40 0' F"&olI# 10#. -0 'o'o I~'///////////////~'////////////~ ~~-~ 7T1TIW A T1AT7t I BERA IONL J1N r Lai LIBERATION NOW! by Reginald Ibe achieved a life ambition the day I fight for South African forces in Namibia. Ac- wages to the Africans. European invest- The Angolan Revolution marked the liberation of southern Africa." Mil- cording to a South African government ments in South Africa have been steadily a turning point in the entire history and lions of embittered youths across the Af- release, the prospects of a major military declining since the Angolan revolution, future turn of events in Southern Africa. It rican continent voice a readiness to make confrontation in Southern Africa are very but U.S. investments are steadily taking not only proved that South Africa was not the supreme sacrifice anytime to restore high. Most Africans believe that the their place. the military power it has claimed to be, but the dignity of man in Southern Africa. question of majority rule in South Africa The United states has the poten- also that nothing short of massive radical Whereas Zimbabwe and will be settled militarily as a joint African tial to avert the impending bloodshed in changes in South African politics will Namibia were the focus of the most recent concern. Whereas African leaders do not southern Africa. Continued U.S. patron- return peace and stability to that region of U.S. diplomatic initiatives, the more po- advance a timetable for this, the trend of age of apartheid South Africa will not the world. tent arena of shameful racial violence, events in Southern Africa gives credibil- only irreparably damage U.S.-African Since the Angolan crisis, Afri- South Africa, was the target of the most ity to such beliefs. Long term or short relations, but also drive African nations to can politics have taken on an increased recent United Nations deliberations. The term, the inevitability of war in Southern communist war supplies. If President- nationalist vigor. Defiant Black youths Western powers succeeded in blocking Africa is a fact we all have to live with. elect Jimmy Carter is a leader for change, have been massacred by the thousands in moves to place sanctions against South Africa is not about to be parti- U.S.-African policy is an area for radical the Black ghettos of South Africa. The Africa, but strong U.N. condemnations of tioned into Western and Communist sat- changes. In the long run, U.S. support for liberation war in Zimbabwe has forced South Africa's racial policies were pro- ellites. Whereas South Africa courts the majority rule will not only score an ideo- the reality of majority rule on the white duced. West with its fairy tales of defending the logical victory for the free world, but minority leadership. A threat of escalated Namibian nationalist forces, the free world and fighting communism, its safeguard U.S. supporta for majority rule warfare inNamibia with possible Angolan South West African People's Organiza- fascist police state without any regard in South Africa as well. Active U.S. intervention is a fact today. tion (SWAPO), are helping Angola de- whatsoever for human rights and dignity. support for majority rule in South Africa Several African nations have stroy the remnants of the Savimbi guerril- With an economy entirely dependent on was partof the Democratic Party platform called for a joint military effort in South- las who are fleeing to Namibia. In return, Black African slave labor, South Africa on which Carter ran for election. To do ern Africa. Nigeria's military leader, Gen- it is hoped that Angola would help the would feature prominently among the otherwise wouldrepeat the story of Angola eral Olusegun Obasanjo, recently declared, SWAPO guerrillas in their was against world's poor nations, if she paid descent in Pretoria someday. "I had always felt that I would have

SYMPOSIUM: The Task Of Unit by M. Vilsaint C. Hewitt S. Hoon ment),Professor Vaughan, (AfricanaStud- sity), Coordinator at OldWestbury, deliv- Third World groups. On one hand existed "I don't hustle and you can't ies Department), Emile Adams, (Asst. ered an inspiring and enlightening oratory a total humanitarian outlook and on the reggae,4" stated Ken Danns, (President of Directorof Student Affairs), Herdi Micou, directed at the lack of representation of other hand, the primary emphasis was on the Caribbean Club), at the height of the (Counseling Department), Randy Brown Black students at Stony Brook. His repre- self-preservation. Randy Brown,(B.S.U.), 'Symposium on Black Identity.' He was and Mwata Ben Nubin, (Black Students Sentation made one aware of apathy also stressed the idea of the 'divide and expressing the need for Black solidarity United), and Ken Danns, (Caribbean amongst students that prevents us from conquer' tactics utilized by the Western amongst all people of African descent. Club). The approach was sociological, questioning the fact that the needs of world. This isone of theprocesses that we We must learn to understandone another's historical, political and geared toward a Blacks at Stony Brook and elsewhere are are trying to reverse in order to achieve differences and unite on our commonali- grass roots audience. The symposium not being fulfilled. Mr. Gillian urged and Black unity. ties. This was the focal point of the was long overdue, concluded Professor invited everyone to attend workshops at Donald Gillan from S.A.S.U., symposium sponsored by the Caribbean Turner. This was also the general consen- Old Westbury in order to acquaint us with commended the Caribbean Club in their Club. sus amongst those who attended. Our some of the types of actions that are essen- efforts to congregate with their fellow Caribbean Day, Nov. 18, of uniqueness, common ancestry, colonial tial in order to unite for a common cause. Blacks. Yet, this is the only the begin- Black Week commenced with a gathering experiences and western ideals were all When the discussion was opened ning. In order to ensure far reaching of faculty, students and representatives of discussed in order to arrive at the under- up to the attentative and responsive audi- effects we must continue with this me- Third World organizations. The list of standing of the different facets of Black ence, Rody Dihigo and Barrington Brown dium of communication coupled with guest speakers included: Edward King identity as seen through the eyes of the expressed mixed feelings about the atti- positive action to actually consider our- and Reginald Ibe, (African Student symposium participants. tude that should be taken to overcome the selves, 'Black Students United,' only then Union), Paget Henry, (Sociology Depart- Donald Gillian, Acting S.A.S.U., particular obstacles that prevent the unifi- can we form acohesiveness amongstblack ment),Professor Turner, (History Depart- (Student Association of the State Univer- cation ofBlackpeople andotheroppressed students

-· I· e I - ~m I ~ - -,- --- _ C· I I 1 9 1 ---- - I -- - · e-~LBIB ~ ~~- · ~ Orr" I00r;oollvzFo -40orý 0 0OOP .,Oo Fz,V,, - 00----- PONTIAC BBR ORTHERS: 0,00,.0 f ý40 -,0egr f .40of 10 K_ 10, ;4ý 00 OFOF'40 M.-WHO ARE THEY? 0 OF or The frame-up of the Pontiac Brothers is part of the Pontiac Brothers' lawyers, explained the a campaign by the state to label all forms of reversal: "... admitting the truth ... was not a Black rebellion as "criminal," while diverting feasible political position. What he (Governor attention from capitalism's criminal treatment Thompson) was admitting, to say that the of Black people. rebellion was caused by conditions in the prison, was that three white men in the State of Sixteen black men, the Pontiac Illinois were killed due to his malfeasance..." Brothers, are now awaiting trial and facing the To assure that his campaign to blame -U - - ... m .. death penalty for the alleged killing of three "gangs" for the Pontiac rebellion got over, white prison guards in the Pontiac Prison re- Thompson took Pontiac Prison over from the bellion of July 22, 1978. Department of Corrections and placed it di- already been denied though the trial hasn't The trial for the first 10of the Pontiac rectly under the Illinois Department of Law even started. Brothers will begin as soon as jury selection Enforcement (IDLE), which was directly ac- Contrary to the wishes of the Pontiac has been completed. After two months, only countable to the governor. IDLE was govern Brothers' lawyers, who wanted each defendant four jurors have been selected. the responsibility for both running Pontiac and tried separately, Miller has gone along with The Pontiac Brothers case is the conducting an investigation to prepare the the prosecution and will try the prisoners in largest death penalty case since the slave re- case against inmates involved in the uprising. two groups, 10 and 6. This allows the state to bellions. The case has wide significance for During the investigation, which present its most consistent witnesses first, the Black Liberation Movement. It signals an lasted eight months, the prison was placed on making it more difficult for the defense to increase in the vicious repression by the state "deadlock." Week after week, the inmates point our flaws and gaps in the state's case. not only against Black prisoners but against were kept locked in their cells 24 hours a day. any Black rebellion. The Pontiac Brothers are They were fed on paper plates and deprived of Ideological campaign being tried on statutes which call for the death family visits, phone calls, showers, clean penalty for any persons who conspire or par- clothes, fresh bedding, medical care, toilet The frame-up of the Pontiac Broth- ticipate in amob action that results in the death articles, soap, cigarettes, exercise, access to ers is part of an ideological campaign by the of city or state officials. Thus, when rebellions the law library, schooling, work or time for state and media to label all forms of Black like Miami orChattanooga occur, the state can worship. rebellion as "criminal". Pre-trial publicity by fabricate cases against community activists IDLE agents used the deadlock to Chicago's news media has tried hard to give and other Black Liberation Movement fight- subject inmates to lengthy interrogations and credence to the state's contention that the ers, railroading them to the electric chair. harassment. The deadlock was used to pres- rebellion was gang inspired, by trying to link sure prisoners to turn against each other. the Pontiac Brothers to two Chicago street Illinois prisons: Forty percent of present or former gangs, the BlackGangster Disciple Nation and Cruel and unusual punishment inmates were induced to act as state witnesses. theEL-RUKIN (formerly the BlackstoneRang- In return, they were given parole, transfer to ers). The state hopes to take advantage of the Pontiac Prison, like most other prisons in Illi- minimum security facilities or clemency. The Black community's concern about drugs and nois, is located in a rural area, 100 miles from authorities also paid out $50,000 in new jobs, other criminal activity in order to get a sanc- Chicago. Built in 1871 for 600 men, it now houses, travel money and, in some cases, new tion for the mass execution of the Pontiac houses some 1,250 men . On the day of the identities for those who cooperated. Brothers. rebellion, 2,000 men were held in the prison, Subsequently administrative charges By trying to divert the focus of at- two to a cell, a space smaller than a VW beetle. were brought against 67 inmates. Each was tention, the state wants to cover up the capital- Eighty-eight percent of the prison sentenced to a year in segregation and lost one ist system's own criminal treatment of Black population is Black, with the vast majority of year good time. All of these sentences were people. Today, Black men aged 17-24 have a the inmates coming from Chicago. The vast' handed down with the state producing one 40% unemployment rate. It is this class and majority of the guards come from the sur- witness. national oppression which results in "crimes", rounding community, which is 98% white, On March 5, 1979, a grand jury like robbery, or forces the youth to drugs. The meaning the guards have no experience with returned indictments against 31 inmates. Sev- famous Black prison leader George Jackson urban Blacks and other oppressed nationali- enteen black prisoners were charged with 15 explained the basis of crime as "motivated by ties. Overcrowding, racist guards, as well as counts of murder. This means that each of the simple economic oppression, or the psycho- inadequate food, medical care, recreational 16 prisoners supposedly killed each guard five social effects of an economic system that was facilities and job training, along with a tem- different ways. In accordance with the state's decadent 100 years ago." perature of 100 degrees in the cellblock at 10 "gang" theory, three inmates were charged As a result, one out of every four a.m. all formed the basis for the rebellion. with conspiracy. One prisoner has since made Black men in their 20's ends up in prison or on At the height of the rebellion, 1,100 a deal with the prosecutor to testify against the probation. In Illinois, 58% of the prison popu- -.- ^ * inmates were involved. The commissary, other 16 and had been severed form the case. lation is Black, even though Blacks make up where inmates buy cigarettes, personal items If convicted of any one count of murder, the 16 only 11% of the state population. Similarly, and other goods at ever increasing prices, was Pontiac Brothers may die in the electric chair. while Blacks account for 12% of the U.S. burned to the ground. The laundry, which for The indictments against the Pontiac population, they comprise47%ofthe country's six months prior to the rebellion had been Brothers is clearly a frame-up with evidence prisoners. cleaning only guards' clothes while prisoners gained through bribery, torture and coercion. had to clean theirs in the toilet, was also burned One of the state's witnesses, Ben Robinson, Support the Pontiac Brothers! to the ground. admitted publicly that he lied to get out to Conditions in the Illinois prisons prison. Robinson also accused the state of The frame-up of the Pontiac Broth- had been so bad that six month prior to the pressuring him. "I gave the information be- ers and the fabrication of the "gang" con- rebellion, the Justice Department had charged cause I was threatened," said Robinson. "The spiracy is taking place amid the current atmo- in a suit that a sentence to a state prison was state said if I didn't testify, they'd make a case sphere ofright-wing racist terror against Blacks "cruel and unusual" punishment. The state against me." and otheroppressednationalities. ThePontiac had also been cited for the violation of the civil Brothers have won broad support in the Black rights of prisoners and for discrimination Racist trialjudge Liberation Movement, and in the coming against minority inmates. months support will continue to grow as the Not only are the Pontiac Brothers true story of the Pontiac rebellion and Black The frame-up fighting a racist frame-upby the state, they are oppression spreads across the country. Only also faced with a racist trial judge, Benjamin through this broad education and support can Although Illinois Governor Thompson ini- K. Miller, a political crony of Governor Th- the Pontiac Brothers be freed and a racist trial tially explained the cause of the rebellion as a ompson. Miller has ruled in favor of the be turned into an indictment of the police, the spontaneous outburst due to overcrowding prosecution, enabling it to stack the jury with courts, and thepenal system maintainedby the and under staffing, he later blamed it on a "death-qualified" jurors who support capital ruling class. "conspiracy by Black gangs to take over the punishment. Over 400 defense motions have Free the Pontiac Brothers! prison system." Chokew Lumumba, one of ---`-- r~i~pfii~-~ BLACKWORLD ONE NATION ' I rI -l~ I .1

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that he never made publicly: to victimize dioxide, nitrous oxide, and other by-prod- various other departments are still teach- that status still plays a major role in deter- African American and use them asa means ucts. It obviously cannot be reused. The ing that "Columbus discovered America" mining how well kids are educated, of making the USA a police state. corporate giants who want "growth" --- to type education that instills the idea that Jonathan Kozol, in his book Savage In- Here I would like to introduce use the quickly vanishing available en- Europe is where everything originated. equalities, "...depicted what has been another factor which has been ignored by ergy--- use matter even faster, squander- Until all people are included in history, known for years by the victims of the practically everyone in American poli- ing the energy which is the only basis for we will never learn the truth. There needs educational system. It describes how tics: the First and Second Law of Thermo- life. At the same time they are worsening to be an implementation of other civiliza- America is committing an atrocity against dynamics. The First Law stated that mat- the greenhouse effect, threatening to make tions, races, cultures languages in the cur- its children. America only educates the ter/energy cannot be created or destroyed deserts out of farmland, melt the polar riculum. The Africana Studies program rich. The educational institution rejects --- it can only be transformed. The Sec- icecaps and flood all our coastal cities. should be seen as just the start of things to the poor. Kids are not given equal tools ond Law of Thermodynamics says that Along with this they would resort to war, come as far as multi culturalism goes. It with which to compete in this society." matter/energy can be transformed in only the most wasteful and useless human ac- is not yet a department but merely a pro- Educational institutions are rob- one direction --- from available to un- tivity. gram that offers limited courses on Afri- bing us of our money's worth. Universi- available, from structured to formless and So how do we prepare to counter can and African American History, poli- ties like Stony Brook have become a cor- chaotic. these threats to the survival of life on tics, and family. In fact, the program is poration with the main goal being to make In about two hundred years the earth? First, we must realize that the always the first one to face budget cuts. a profit rather than to stay with its purpose industrialized nations have transformed liberation struggle of all diasporic Afri- There is not even a full time secretary to - to educate everyone equally. This uni- fossil fuels which have been stored up cans is a struggle we must fight in unity. handle departmental affairs. University versity wants to be transformed into a over three billion years, into ashes, carbon administrators are not yet attempting to "Division One school". This would mean turn the program into full departmental that most of its funding would be gener- status like Political Science, History or ated from exploiting the talent of athletes. Chemistry etc. departments. These athletes would never receive their Despite the few AFS courses fair share of the profits and the University offered, they remain more popular and would be on its way to changing from a ng than those bullshitcourses that state to a private institution. s. AFS 335, 337, 325, 239, 240 The New York State Education ed lecture halls. There are more Commissioner, Thomas Sobol, does not students than Black students or want to really change the curriculum be- er racial group in these courses. cause he has no intention of trashing Swho take these courses are des- "traditional" history. The traditional his- to educate themselves and to tory that Dr. Sobol is talking about is the their knowledge. Losers like racist, sexist, Eurocentric curriculum that to, when he took the course, spent is being taughtin theclass room right now the time disrupting the class and from kindergarten to college. selfish pig thereby preventing his The Africana Studies program tudents from paying attention to and other programs must be defended and ire, would have you believe that improved. Students must force this Uni- Durses "teach reactive racism". versity to turn. the African Studies Pro- tudents will testify that these gram into a department with various de- expanded their knowledge; they grees ranging from Bachelor of Arts de- come open minded, not narrow grees to Doctorate degrees. Furthermore, ignorant, fools like Mr. Richard the educational system as a whole must change completely. It is not doing its task The educational institution re- of equally educating everyone regardless change the current curriculum of economic background, race, religion or rives students, minorities as well ethnicity. African Americans will have s, of an equal education. The so no alternatives but to educate its children indmark case Brown vs. Board of as W.E. B. Du Bois told us to do, to open on (1954) was only a dream that our own schools and educate our dying a has attempted to turn into real- young Black males. An example would 1994 the school system still re- be the Ujamma school which also incor- egregated with whites receiving porates minority teachers in helping boost ation of higher quality than mi- our children's self esteem. The Ujamma SDesegregation never took place school is attempting to save black youth rican Americans are still being and educate them, since the larger part of :ated. The educational ideologies this society has failed to do so. These cational institutions were founded schools are very necessary if the current in the same and only the rich and educational system is not reformed. get educated properly. Proving

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by Ricardo Gray by Curtis Luster. That pretty much had made sure that the audience heard and felt During Black Womyn's Week- everyone boppin' upanddownanddiggin' their message. Even the conductor had end, there was a Gospel Choir concert the words and creativity of Curtis. Hey, the crowd going with his comical acts on given by Stony Brook's Gospel Choir on ,he definitely got his point across in a way stage. He reminded me of Bernie Mack - Saturday, April 30th. Even though thd- that every young person could relate to. - but any way they were an excellent weekend was filled with crazy fun, it One of the main reasons why there was choir. seemed like the concert was the best kept such a long delay was because a few Finally Stony Brook came back secret around campus. As I went in to choirs didn't show up to the concert on on to close the concert and sent everyone cover the affair, I knew to expect a good time. In fact there was a group all the way home with the feeling of having praised show from past experience. I was a mem- from Virginia, so I guess we could d the Lord in a joyous way. It's not many ber of the choir last semester. Even though excuse tardiness for the day. The group's times that the the Gospel Choir gets to the concert was supposed to start at six, name was Simply Praise and plain and come together with great choirs to put on the crowd was still ready to goan hour and simple they rocked the house. Something this kind of concert. I would like to fifteen minutes later. Besides 6pm equals I noticed though was that the show was an personally thank, on behalf of the audi- to 7pm in CPT (Colored People Time). incline. Each new choir rose to new ence, Jonathan Walters, Sean Boilers and The concert began with Devo- heights with each song. There were other Susan Arauz (Concert Chairs), the Gos- tion delivered by Curtis Luster; that got performances by Arise, Stony Brook's pel Choir and the musicians for coming the audience ready to praise to the Most own FORTRESS, Curtis Brown and Ag- out and organizing the concert. Black High. AfterDevotion, GospelChoirPresi- gregation, a solo by Lakiesha Whaley, Womyn's Weekend was a success, but to dent, Mr. Jonathan Walters apologized Appointed and Anointed. All of whom tell you the truth, I think it was the Gospel for the great delay and officially started poured in nice selections of songs. The Concert and all the praising done there the concert. Stony Brook Gospel Choir main choir I remember besides Stony that brought the sun out from behind the sang their first selection of songs and Brook's would have to be the Selwyn clouds on Sunday. So big thanks for the basically opened everyone up. If anyone Rawls and the Eternal Light Community the praising, he must have heard y'all. was sleeping on our choir, they definitely Singers. This choir was so good that when Almost forgot to say thank you woke upbecause the voices were strong. they started, every one was instantly to Bishop Crone who was M.C., his fam- If that wasn't enough to get you up for the moved. The whole choir was on pointand ily and all the guest choirs. night, there was a gospel rap performed

A Night of RHYTHM &BLUES at the End Of The Bridge

by Ricardo Gray choir, or maybejust natural talent. Which were that good." On April 26, 1994, the E.O.B ever the case, her rendition of Prince// As the critic of the night I felt the Restaurant had a second music affair for Me'lissa Morgan's "Do Me Baby" won performances were good but the food was R&B lovers. The first one was an evening the crowd over. Lakiehsa Whaley and a little overprice, but then admission was of Jazz, which more than impressed the Carla Johnson each had beautiful perfor- free and they had to get paid somehow. I crowd,so the band, singers and sponsors mances, both singing songs by their fa- would like to thank all the people who of the affair decided to give the night vorite artists (Mariah Carey being Carla's organized this night of R&B because Af- another try. Instead of Jazz this night and Toni Braxton, Lakeisha's). Neither rican-Americans do not frequent E.O.B. focused on Rhythm and Blues. The night were strangers to the stage with Lakiesha Providing a venue for talented musicians started with the musical talents of the having recently appeared in the Alpha Lip and vocalists and allowing them to pay house band: Junod Etienne (piano/key- Sync and Carla being a soloist in the tribute to musical greats is encouraging board), Darrin Jenkins (bass), Darcell Stony Brook Gospel Choir. Both deserve brothas and sistas to set aside time to chill Crone (drums), Danny Young (lead gui- a big shout out for their performances and at E.O.B.. I even encourage other groups tar) and the vocal talents of Susan Arauz, effort. to organize night like these. You know, Lakiesha Whaley,CarlaJohnson and Gary Finally we had a special guest something like Latin or Caribbean night Comer. No, that's not a typo, even Gary performer from off-campus named Carl just to name some themes. Come on Comer of theStony Brook basketball team Martin. He came to the first EOB Jazz people, just use your heads, but don't revealed his vocal talent. He performed Nite and liked it, so he wanted to show his come with any crap because the Stony his own rendition of Heatwave's "Always skillz when he heard about the R&B Nite. Brook crowd has been known to dis weak and Forever". The audience sang along Singing "His Eye Is On the Sparrow" as sh--, well you know. and the ladies inparticularenjoyed Gary's performed in the movie "Sister Act 2" and In all seriousness though, it's performance! INTRO's version of"Ribbon In the Sky"; about time the people at E.O.B woke up When I think about the personi- he showed just that--- SKILLZ. All the and realized that it was time to give a fication of soul and style, I think about performers and different feel to the End Of the Bridge. A Ms. Susan Arauz. Every time I hear her the musicians turned out another great feel of soul, a feel of rhythm, you know - sing it makes me wonder how she got to be night of performances to made the crowd - a feel of BLACKNESS. so good. Hours of practice, singing in the leave saying,"Damn I didn't know they ------p._-I-I_ II I ·I· . II 1 -- I- - :I I I :I Is~L~·~ppl~ :1 1III I~LII~~ IIJI~L·ILIII I II _I--:-- 3£NE-ATIOA

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by La Keesha Tyler were the colorful commentators of the reminded that while we are comfortably riety of clothes were worn by indigenous The Third Annual Miss Africa event and in their first appearance they living here in America, our African broth- workers. A scene in the workplace served Pageant took April 29th in the Union explained to the audience the history of ers and sisters were in the middle of vot- as the background for this business scene Auditorium where five dark and lovely the ASU pageant which began in 1992. ing for the first time in 300 years. as executives made deals while display- sistas came to strut their stuff as they They also introduced the first guest, Su- "They've stolen everything from ing their outfits. The business wear scene announced to the world the pride they san Arauz who recited a thought-provok- us but we still have the rhythm of our was followed by a performance of "Wind have in their rich African heritage. The ing poem. The African Drum group culture, so help me with the rhythm," beneath my wings" sung by Cynthia pageant gave the audience a taste of the EBONY FIRE were then next to accom- remarked Yilla of SierraLeone, who cites Salvodon. African flavor feeding us delicious mor- pany the introduction of the contestants Alice Walker as her inspiration, as she Next on the agenda was a pre- sels of music, dance, fashions, and uplift- with their soulful beats. The contestants moved into her dance. Miss Ethiopia, sentation of casual wear by all the contes- ing speeches. Africa was on the stage performed a cultural dance which de- Girma, explained to the audience the im- tants. Ten lucky audience members re- dancing ever so beautiful; giving the audi- lighted the audience. portance of the New Year celebration ceived prizes in a raffle drawing follow- ence a dose of her charm and grace. It is after the dance that we met which is famous for its exquisite festivi- ing the casual wear scene. "We are a The show began with the cus- the esteemed judges; the fate of the con- ties as she began her dance. Uzochukwu colorful and beautiful people and you're tomary singing of the Black National testants were in the hands of Gustavo of Nigeria expressed to the audience the about to see some of this as we move into Anthem. The president of ASU (African Admu-John, Lucia Rusty, Wayne Blair, oneness felt by many all over Africa; our evening wear scene," said the MC as Student Union), Sherry Ann Marshall then and James Noble. We were then intro- "...our tongues and tribes may differbut in members of ASU modeled evening wear. explained to the audience the history of duced to the attractive and accomplished brotherhood, we are strong." Uzochukwu Member of the African drum- ASU "ASU was established to promote contestants; Chizoba Uzochukwu of Ni- did a skit in which she requested that ming group Ebony Fire, Robert Bass, the African culture and instill pride in geria, Enynam Kwasi-Wuli of Ghana, everyone "Help us build a strong nation explained to the audience some back- those of African descent". She went on to Meron Girma representing Ethiopia, where noman is oppressed". Miss Ghana, ground on the tradition of drumming. say how Africa is not positively viewed Rokhaya Cisse representing Senegal, and Wuli, enthralled the audience with a won- Three dances that accompany the drum- by many, which stems from negative Mirama Yilla representing Sierra Leone. derful dance in which she was accompa- ming are the Samba, the Jon Don, and the media coverage of the continent. She also Each contestant was adorned in the fash- nied by a partner. For the finale, Cisse of Chakilambe. When slaves were brought gave thanks to those, especially Professor ions of their particular country. The audi- Senegal received thunderous applause to Brazil, the national dance for Brazil Vaughan, for making it possible for many ence marveled at the beautiful African from the audience as she did a traditional was the Samba. The dance Jon Don was speakers from Africa to lecture at Stony attire. and sensual cultural dance. developed from the mannerin which slaves Brook. We then were entertained by an Members of ASUpresentedbusi- Dwana Farrell, Kwamba Ethiopian dancer. Before the presenta- ness wear as the MC explained to the CONTINUED ON PAGE 27 Nkembe, and Lamine Michel Savanne tions of the contestant's talent, we were audience that in neo-colonial times, a va- I D W~my~i W~~kc~idL

by Carey Gray group of models choreographed their own sive tuxes and smooth suits, to women in woman. They both received thunderous They were strutting their stuff moves; some very creative moves and beautiful cocktail dresses. It had guys applause for their descriptive poetry. Thursday when the fashion show for the poses were executed. Next came the skin trying to steal a date, guys with no dates, Adaijio Theater made another 19th edition of Black Womyn Weekend scene -- a.k.a beach wear-- where beach guys carrying their dates in their arms. It contribution to this years show. The play took center stage. The fashion show, garb and flesh were on the menu. Al- had romance and style and was a very written and directed by Donnell which traditionally kicks off the festivi- though this scene did not get as raunchy as appealing scene. The finale wasa scene in Cumberbatch centered around black rela- ties, proved to be a worthy opening event it could have a few people were brave the future where thePresidentoftheUnited tionships and focused on HIV in the Black for a full weekend of activities. The well enough to enter the stage in full gear and States is -- a Black Woman. This community. In the play a married man rehearsed models who practiced numer- leave in barely nothing, to the delight of scene was as well choreographed as the suddenly finds out he is HIV positive and ous nights each week for inonths were the crowd. scenes that had preceded it. It featured a does not know where he contracted it. still jittery and anxious. They knew that The final three scenes of the show black woman president, hip secret service This creates a lot of confusion and opens they had to face a legendary Stony Brook were the hardest and most difficult to put agents and a very well dressed audience. the door up for frank discussion about which would accept nothing less than together. It started with the center piece of The fashion show was not just relationships within the play. The other perfection. Expect to hear it from a Brook the show. This scene was called the fashion and modeling. There were acts in non-fashion act was UMOJA, an African audience if you are not flawless. To their Queens Court. It came directly in the between the scenes that centered around dance troupe, who captivated the audi- credit the models handled each scene with middle of the show and was the longest the relationship between the black woman ence with energized and explosive dance poise just like they had practiced. and most involved scene in the show. The and herblack man. Two poets: Lauristine routines. The show, which was hosted by idea behind it was a performance for Gomes and Errol Cockfield Jr. delivered In the end it was a very good the smooth and charismatic Thierry Nefertiti by her subjects in ancient Egypt. poems dedicated to the relationship be- show that despite its extreme length kept Cazeau, started off nicely with the open- In this scene the models wore lavish cos- tween the black man and woman. Gomes a majority of the crowd until the end. The ing scene. In the scene, models wore tumes that excited the crowd. The scene read two poems, "Together" which was shows head coordinators and choreogra- complete black and accessorized with consisted of pinpoint moves and poses about the unity of black men and woman phers were Tamara Peters and Stacey white masks and gloves. The lighting where the poses perfection was key. The and "Chronology of A Let Down" which Mcloud who should be commended for a gave the scene a black light type of feel. scene came off magnificently. The ensu- was about the anguish of disappointment very good job. The whole Black' Week- When the modeling part of the scene was ing scene was the Night club/Night wear in many black relationships. Cockfield, a end committee should also be praised. over, each member of the show was intro- scene. This scene had the clothes being graduating senior, delivered a poem en- The models of the show should be ap- duced. The second scene was called the modeled in a night club complete with a titled "Insatiable" which documented the plauded for their efforts in creating a great Mannequin scene where casual clothes singer on top of the piano. In this scene sexual relationship between man and show. was the gear worn. In this scene each there was everything from guys in expen- I now poem. for us.

don't let them die out all these old/ blk/ people don't let them cop out with their memories of slavery / survival. it is our heritage. u know. part / african. part / negro. r part / slave sit down with em brothas & sistuhs. talk to em. listen to their tales of victories / woes / sorrows. listen to their blk/ myths. record them talken their ago talk for our tomorrows. h ask them about the songs of births. the herbs that cured their aches. the crazy / niggers blowen some crackers's cool. the laughter comen out of tears. a let them tell us of their juju years so ours will be that much stronger.

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Again and Again, just lightning in the Brain Driving my Insane, Things'll never Change Too slow isthe flow, No one really Knows Dreadlocks, Jerry curls, Afros.

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8.1. Chronology of a Letdown At 10 she got her period At age13 she wasn't a virgin no more At 16 she fell in love and was all ready to get married Love, Love -- pretty sounding word a new york cement flower created in island loins caflyocritase'tczafyoataatreif&nyoutiat being fooled with by fools with no intention of even mentioning love or drooling. "I Love You" to the point of nauseation the pain, the loss, she had felt it all 15 times and not married yet to one man. "Man is he sweatin' you!" At 19 a lot older, a bit wiser a friend comes in many forms a friend comes when you need him a friend comes so you can go a friend comes hard as a lover and he could tell you that "It's over" as easy as when "I Love You" jumped through his lips But not him cause damn -- summer's coming and you look good with a tan your man Point of Reference your soulmate or the 2nd rate substitute of both What is your malfunction? You choose, you lose, got blues As you sit crouched and can any outsider really be blamed? and waiting Life's lessons, I read the other day the choices become will come in many forms until coming smaller they're taught SLOWER/q u i c k e r experience can't be bought pouring around your but Damn, it can be learned from head they so why if you are not dumb close in...... are you alone? Not moving when you should I have a bone to pick with you -have whenever you come thru leaves we can discuss it you subjected to this or I can just sit and really replay our movie in my mind limited edition.... you were so kind There should be no position to find And the way you left you inwhen it would have been they don't see you easy to come back after having tried But you're BLACK through failure. and I don't fuck with oppressors that look like me Thanx, but I'll reserve my hate for Whitey It's sad to say.- Lauristine Gomes that acrobatic cockroaches that watched the suckling of breast indark,rank halls of a ghetto heaven. know that it ain't about positions not during the real shit..... Oh yeah...mavbe a drill, or a struggle....or a epic or revolution but not rhapsodies the real shit...... Ngsoi _ __ REMEMBER, REBUILD AND ARISE! REMEMBER, REBUILD AND ARISE! REMEMBER, REBUILD AND ARISE! REMEMBER, REBUILD AND ARISE! AFR.BBHBICS I ZNBY STUDENT UNIONllPOITTSUTE 28 STW-BROK Y1:1794 (516) 632 345fl6:

AASO did not have a regular meeting this week because rapper and lecturer Chuck D was speaking for our Black History Extravaganza. Thank you to the peopl e who came out and supported the event. There are a few things that Brothas and SistaLS on campus should know about. The UJAMMA student foundation has started it's Sis / Bro program once again. The Sis/Bro program is an attempt to give our students the support and welcoming that they deserve. Be a big brother or big sister to an incoming student. Be a role model, a friend and a resource person. Applications ar e available in the Uniti Cultural Center and in the Polity Suite (Union room 258).

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...... - ."'LAC-O.W....TO I".. TURMOIL IN RWANDA (Compiledfrom Newsday Reports) by Errol Cockfield planned to meet with them in northern have often paid to make their own deaths plied with requests that the Rwandan air- According to Newsday reports, Tanzania. They claim to have captured a quick. Victims have also been those asso- port be turned over to neutral UN control. an estimated 100,000 people have been large portion of Kigali and northern ciated with the Rwandan Political Front This has also caused the UN troops to be killed and 2 million driven from their Rwanda. RPF secretary-general, and members of several opposing politi- withdrawn. Human rights observers say homes in Rwanda's ethnic civil war. Theogene Rudasingwa, the chief rebel cal parties. Over 4,000 foreigners were that massacres are still continuing in south- Human rights observers are calling the spokesman, said that he doubts the gov- evacuated from Kigali, in response to the ern towns. They believe that the UN's slaughters "catastrophic." ernment will comply with the cease-fire. mass killings in various parts of Rwanda. decision to pull out will undoubtedly cause The fighting increased with the It was called, he said, to stop the massa- The United Nations Security more deaths than have already occurred. death of Rwandan President, Juvenal cres, which have received widespread at- Council, after numerous efforts to prompt The Hutu and Tutsi have been Habyarimana, in a suspicious airplane tention from the international commu- negotiations between the two sides, voted enemies since the Tutsi arrived in the crash on April 6. Burundi President, nity. unilaterally or remove 2,500 troops from region 500 years ago. The Tutsi's famil- Cyprien Ntaryarmira, was also killed. The Consistent fighting has displaced Rwanda, leaving a small group of military iarity with warfare and their ownership of two leaders were returning from a peace thousand of Rwandans who are now at- personnel and civilians numbering 270. cattle catalyzed their dominance of the summit in Tanzania when the "ethnic tempting to flee to neighboring countries. This move will reduce the amount of food majority Hutu. In a 1963 rebel attack, group" took the opportunity to increase Rwandan government forces shelled a and medicine that was previously being 10,000 Tutsis were killed. Similar vio- attacks on government forces. The gov- stadium in Kigali which was filled with sent into Rwanda with convoys of ar- lence erupted in 1973 when many Hutu ernment forces are of the majority Hutu 8,500 refugees. Twenty-five were killed mored vehicles. These vehicles have also were murdered. A war began in 1990 ethnic group, also known as Watusi in and 52 wounded. The stadium was sup- served to evacuate-people fearing for their when Tutsi led rebels attacked the Swahili. The rebels call themselves the posed to have been a UN safe house. lives. UN officials said more food will be Rwandan army from positions in Uganda. Rwandan army. The Tutsi make up 14% Roving gangs wielding machetes sent in only if the violence decreases The Tutsi say they are fighting to of Rwanda's population, and the Hutu have chopped thousands ofpeople to death significantly. end corruption by establishing a democ- make up an overwhelming 85%. and looted the capital of Kigali. Corpses The remaining UN group, under racy in Rwanda. Rwandan government After mounted pressure from the numbering in the thousands have been left the leadership of General Romeo Dallaire, officials say that the Tutsi would like to United Nations and United States, the to rot on the streets of the city. Most of the will act as mediators between the rebels return Rwanda to the time when there was rebels announced a unilateral cease-fire dead are Tutsis who were butchered by and government officials. UN officials Tutsi minority rule. We pray for a resolve on April 23, but they refuse to negotiate the Hutu gang members and Hutu govern- claim government forces had not com- and an end to the killing. with government officials who had ment forces. Reports said that victims

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world trade, the triangular (Africa-New and self determination of the Black fam- legally end until 1954 (Brown vs Boardof and gender while the Black man is op- World-England) trade, theindustrial revo- ily. Education) and you know the reality of pressed by race and class. Economic lution and the primitive accumulation of Chattel slavery and the slave that! I characterize the rising and falling exploitation and national, racial, and so- wealth responsible for U.S. and European trade are the single most destructive as- motion of Black struggle as The Sisyphus cial oppression all affect African Ameri- world domination! The estimation of sault on the Black family in the history of Syndrome after the Greek myth of the cans. Africans that died in the middle passage the world! Any working class family is man who was punished by the Gods by To strengthen and stabilize the and slavery is 50,000,000 (Du Bois), weakened and dispersed by the negative having to continuously roll arock up a hill Black family it is necessary to strengthen 300,000(Toure). As modem slaves, Black pressures of capitalism. In the 19th cen- only to have it rolled back down on him at and stabilize the whole of the Black Na- People were chattel slaves, owned as prop- tury Marx and Angels showed how child the end. As soon as we struggle, as in the tion! The lstfocus mustbe political! The erty, by their masters. As property, Black labor and long work hours for parents, three periods mentioned, the forces of gaining, maintaining, and use of power. people had no humanity, they were part of which leaves them less time to spend with reaction and white supremacy forcibly Without power, all progress would not the means of production- tools and ma- their children, all contributed to the weak- roll the rock back down on us, though come from self determination. Political chines. Self consciousness was danger- ness of the English working class fami- hopefully not as far down as before. organization is key in order to avoid de- ous and history the dim analogy of reli- lies. Consider that this class assault is Langston Hughes called the phenomenon pendence on others. The term BlackPower gious parable. Education was outlawed, added to by slavery and national oppres- "White Backlash". was an important concept put forward in along with the Drum (witness the inherent sion that follows it and still continues to The nature or status of the Black the 60's. But it became coopted by Black politics of our art!). The U.S. constitution this day. (In the U.S. we have been slaves family reflects almost directly the rise and petty bourgeois politicians, including the ruled us as being 3/5ths of a human being. 244 years and "free" only 127 years!) fall of our national "fortunes" here in the Black Congressional Caucus, to mean The Dred Scott decision in1859 said we It was the struggles of the Afri- U.S. When the African-American people electoral politics under the wing of the had no rights the U.S. had to recognize! can American slaves and anti slavery are in periods of vigorous and progressive Dems or Reps. The decline and enslaving of peoples that ended slavery and this should advance, through the focused intensifica- Second, the Black family must Africans and the colonization of Africa have marked a great positive step for the tion of our struggle, our lives are im- be brought together as the conscious re- (and indeed of the third World) has made Black family toward stability and self proved, even amidst the shouts and chants production of the whole disposition of the historic profound and tragic changes in determination. But Reconstruction was and marches and gunshots, and confron- various class and ideological forces in the the black family. The African family, always partial and insincerely attempted. tations of the period. Compare the Black Black nation. This united front, joining even in its feudal development, and its (There are "loopholes" and still unprac- family, in its most recent period of self together all segments and sectors of the placement of women as less powerful and ticed aspects of the 13th, 14th and Thea consciousness, unity and political focus people, in the practical unity of our own subservient to men still maintained many amendments, andRalston-Purinaand they (the 60's) with the condition of the Black self determination, is the strong political essentials of itsmatriachial character. And got our 40 acres and a mule!) By 1876 family today. (For instance, the 1960's "kinship" necessary to reunite and theBlackQueens, i.e. theShebas,Nzingas, Reconstruction had been destroyed (with Black income was higher than since. See strengthen our big national family. Aminas, Cleopatras, etc., attest to the the Hayes-Tilden compromise, repeal of The Social and Economic Status of the Weknowalsothattheevenlarger prominent place of African women civil rights bills, the installation of the Black Population, 1790-1798, U.S. Dept. Black family of the Pan African people throughout history. Under western sla- racist fascist "Black Codes", the with- of Commerce) When the upsurge comes must be brought together in the same very, the Black family was legally de- drawal of the Union armies, and the rise of to an end and the negative aspect of the manner. Both the OAU (Organization of stroyed. Children produced by slaves the KKK). By the end of the century, Sisyphus Syndrome dominates, the for- African Unity) and OAAU (Organization were property of the slave master to be segregation -U.S. Apartheid- was the law tunes, the structure, the political and eco- of African-American Unity) must come dealt with by them as they desired. Fami- of the land (1896 Plessy vs Ferguson) nomic conditions and the social stability togetherin order to see one African Ameri- lies were routinely separated. Marriage ratified by Booker T. Washington. of the Black family are under assault! can Nation as well as one Africa and one between slaves was illegal (and to the Throughout our history in the The condition of the Black fam- Pan African family. slave masters, even slapstick"coon" com- U.S. the African-American people have ily today is directly owed to the same state The largest family of all is the edy). This sacred union, for Blacks, be- struggled for freedom, equality, self de- assault (corporate and class betrayal) that peoples of the world. And to all but those came a subversive activity, only practiced termination and democracy! As a result sent the Black liberation movement into uninformed by history it should be known "underground", (like the railroad that led of our struggle there are three distinct eras decline. No one should have to be told that, as quiet as it's kept, the largest Black to freedom), "Jumping the Broom" was of African-American history. Periods in that of the Black family, Black youth are family of all is the world population (Ev- the term adopted to slave marriages. A which our continuous struggle reached under direct attack. Black youths are ery human being on the planet is of Afri- ceremony held in the forest surrounding high peaks of upsurge were: the 19th pushed out of schools, unemployed, ste- can descent!). Even though quite afew of the plantation became the means through century Anti- Slavery movement, the early reotyped as public enemies and locked the chi'ren are backward and some even which, even as slaves, Black people de- 20th century Harlem Renaissance, the 50' s up, assaulted and killed by each other, dangerous. But eventually, this is the fied slave society, by declaring the con- -60's Civil Rights and Black Liberation racist civilians, and the police. The Black largest challenge of family reorganiza- and sacredness with will Movements. American Apartheid did not by race, class tion and reunification there is! tinuing sanctity _ · woman is triply oppressed · CONTINUED FROM PAGE 21 BLACK IS BEAUTIPUL

marched with chains around their necks. freshman who enjoys mechanical draw- scribed for the audience the importance of cocoa, gold and diamonds. Finally, the Chakilambe is a dance com- ing and writing poetry in her spare time. the celebrations in Ethiopia; specifically We finally reach the much an- memorating a fertility deity in which the She believes involvement in social and the September 28th celebration. This ticipated announcement of the new Miss soil is periodically fertilized. Ebony Fire educational activities is important as well celebration is in commemoration of the ASU. Mariama Goba, Miss Sierra Leone charmed the audience with their mesmer- as having knowledge of your roots. Miss founding of the Holy cross: "People gather and Miss Africa 1993-1994 bid farewell. izing beats. Additional members of the Senegal is an ASU member majoring in from all around. The highlight of the Goba has accomplished a lot in her reign New York- based group include Director chemistry. She runs track in her spare evening is when the preacher lights a including attaining the position of presi- SisterCorinne,LloydWoodardand Abdul time and will represent Stony Brook in a bonfire in which everyone gathers around dent of ASU for the upcoming academic Malik. 10,000 meter race. Miss Ghana was born and dances". Miss Nigeria spoke of the year. The second runner up was Miss We now have the opportunity to in Accra and enjoys reading reading and historical event of the civil war where the Ethiopia. Miss Nigeria was first runner get a more personal look at the contestants writing in her spare time. She feels that it east fought against the west. She also up. "The new Miss ASU for 1994-1995 as they present evening wear. Miss Sierra is essential to acquire knowledge of dif- spoke on the agricultural wealth of the is.....(drumroll) Miss Senegal," announced Leone is a 20-year-old nursing major who ferent cultures. country. Miss Senegal explained to the the MC. plans to receive a Ph.D in Nursing and We now get to see the intellec- audience the historical site in Senegal "I hope to promote the African eventually educate those in her homeland tual side of the contestants as the judges where slaves were held. She described culture on campus as reigning Miss ASU," on the field. Miss Ethiopia is a 19-year- ask the interview questions. Miss Sierra the feeling she had upon visiting the site said Miriama Yilla excitedly. old freshman majoring in Sociology. She Leone communicated to the audience the as "intense". Miss Ghana spoke of the "All the contestants here worked enjoys swimming and dancing in her spare reasons Europeans colonized Sierra five major tribes in her country and their very hard and we are very thankful the time. Her motto in life is to strive for Leone: "The aim was to establish a soci- importance in the development of the audience came out to support ASU," said excellence and have confidence in your- ety in Africa that would be much like the country's abundant natural resources of Frederick Boah Vice-president of ASU. self; mind and spirit. Miss Nigeria is a Western civilization". Miss Ethiopia de- gm8· I- ----I· P16SI~ 114~-~ IBBP·CIIIDBr ~i~ A ~e~ -- I 1---:- ~ - - , · sr ------RI