CIRCULATION 15,000 10,000 Free September 4, 2020 Pilots and Crew of Navy E-2C Hawkeye Parachute to Safety; Plane Crashes in Bloxom Soybean Field U.S. Navy E2 aircraft. Navy photo. By Carol Vaughn borne Command & Control Squadron A Navy aircraft crashed Monday af- (VAW) 120 Fleet Replacement Squad- ternoon in a soybean field off Mason ron on board Naval Station Norfolk, Road in Bloxom, triggering a massive according to a statement from Naval emergency response. Air Force Atlantic Public Affairs in The crash was reported around 4:05 Norfolk, Va. Wreckage of a U.S. Navy E-2C Hawkeye aircraft in a field off Mason Road p.m. At the time of the crash, the aircraft in Bloxom, after the aircraft crashed Monday, Aug. 31. Photo courtesy of The plane was a Navy E-2C Hawk- was conducting a training flight, ac- Stephen Gardner. eye aircraft, the kind that practices cording to the statement, which went The cause of the crash is under in- members, who parachuted safely from touch-and-go operations at NASA Wal- on to say that initial reports indicated vestigation, according to the statement. (Continued on Page 2) lops Flight Facility. no structures or people on the ground Four people, two pilots and two crew The aircraft was assigned to Air- were damaged or injured. ESCC Hosts ‘Conversations on Race’ Large Grant to Keep Small By Stefanie Jackson his “white brothers and sisters to in- Eastern Shore Community College crease your level of understanding so Cape Charles Businesses Afloat staff and local citizens started what that you can increase your level of com- By Stefanie Jackson and Jim Ritch boost to tide them through the winter. they hope will be an ongoing dialogue passion and lead ultimately to change.” Just two weeks ago, Cape Charles “I hope that we can have checks to on race when they participated in an The first question he answered was was discussing at its town council people in November, because that’s when online video conference titled “Conver- why some Black people are responding meeting an $845,000 grant from the they’ll need them,” said Tammy Holloway, sations On Race” Monday night. to racial and social injustice with riot- Virginia Department of Housing and president of Cape Charles Main Street But to understand the conversation, ing instead of protesting. Community Development (VDHCD) to and co-author of the grant application. one must first understand the YouTube Acho quoted Martin Luther King help its business community recover A meeting next week with state offi- video that participants were asked to Jr., who once said, “Rioting is the lan- from the economic devastation caused cials will shed more light on the sched- view, “Uncomfortable Conversations guage of the unheard.” by the COVID-19 pandemic. ule for applications and awards. With a Black Man,” by Emmanuel Since the 1960s, according to Acho, Last week, the town received ap- Public comments read at the Aug. 20 Acho, a former NFL linebacker. peaceful protests have been ineffective proval of the funds, giving small busi- Cape Charles town council meeting Acho used YouTube as a “safe space” at raising awareness of the oppression nesses in and near Cape Charles a to receive and answer questions from (Continued on Page 9) (Continued on Page 4) 2 • EASTERN SHORE POST • SEPTEMBER 4, 2020 HERE FOR YOU LINWOOD T. JOYNER II, M.D. Welcoming new patients Accomack County Sheriff Todd Wessells, far right, confers with first re- RIVERSIDE EASTERN SHORE sponders near a soybean field on Mason Road in Bloxom where a Navy FAMILY MEDICINE aircraft crashed Monday, Aug. 31. Photo by Carol Vaughn. 10085 William F. Bernart Circle Nassawadox, Virginia cording to scanner reports. ~ Plane Crash ~ They were undergoing medical eval- (Continued From Front Page) uation, Cmdr. Jennifer Cragg told US- Dr. Joyner enjoys the aircraft had been located by first NI News Monday. the opportunity to care responders by around 4:19, p.m. ac- The Hawkeye, assigned to the for his patients across “Greyhawks” of Airborne Command & Control Squadron (VAW) 120 Fleet generations as a family RESH medicine physician. F Replacement Squadron, left Chambers SEAFOOD Field at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., on Monday for the training mission be- Take care of your Cape Center fore the crash, according to a report by health and schedule your 26507 Lankford Hwy. Cape Charles the U.S. Naval Institute News. appointment today. Firefighters from Bloxom and Wal- Open 7 days a week lops fire departments had the fire at 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. the crash site mostly extinguished by 757-442-6600 email: [email protected] around 4:30 p.m. Mason Road resident Robyn Dat- riversideonline.com/joyner 757-331-1541 Week of Sept. 5 - Sept. 11, 2020 tner was among those who saw the crash happen. 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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020 • EASTERN SHORE POST • 3 4 • EASTERN SHORE POST • SEPTEMBER 4, 2020 “Black lives matter” instead of “all he bought a new pair of running shoes “White” has been defined as Black’s ~ Race ~ lives matter”: after Ahmaud Arbery, a Georgia Black “polar opposite,” or “good, pure, holy, “Right now, Black people are dying at man, was fatally shot in February peaceful, nonviolent, hyposexual.” (Continued From Front Page) the hands of White people, and I can’t when three White men chased him “We know all of those are lies,” Car- of Black people, which has led to recent change that. Only you, my White friends, down while he was jogging. ter said. rioting, Acho said. you all can change that,” he said. “I don’t need sympathy. One-hun- He recommended the book “Stamped He noted that he does not condone During the virtual conference hosted dred percent of me seeks to be under- From the Beginning: The Definitive rioting but “sometimes pain and hurt, by ESCC, Pastor Irvin Jackson, of the stood. … listen and consider that my History of Racist Ideas in America,” by it doesn’t know how to express itself.” Living Word Church of Deliverance in reality … and a White person’s reality Ibram X. Kendi, which discusses the Acho continued by sharing his defi- Parksley, asked participants to describe are two very different things,” Johnson evolution of racist language in America. nition of “White privilege” – having a their reactions to the YouTube video. said. She wants empathy. Carter also recommended that all head start in life due to hundreds of “I loved it,” said Tina Taylor, ESCC’s Jackson wanted to know what other teachers, from kindergarten through years of systemic racism. workforce innovation and opportuni- questions Black people and White peo- college, show their students the PBS “It’s not saying your life hasn’t been ty coordinator. She appreciated that ple had for each other. program “Race: The Power of an Illu- hard, but … your skin color hasn’t con- White people want to know and under- Taylor asked, “What have we done sion,” which discusses scientific find- tributed to the difficulty in your life,” stand the Black experience, and vid- … to offend you so, when we were the ings suggesting there are no genes he said. eos like “Uncomfortable Conversations race that was enslaved?” linked to the physical characteristics Acho then addressed why some be- With a Black Man” make it possible for Arthur Carter, a retired doctor who humans use to define race. lieve it’s acceptable for Black people but them to get the answers they seek. identifies as African American, consid- He also had a request. As a believer not White people to use the “N-word.” She also is unfamiliar with the daily ered her question. In his answer, he that race is a social construct, Carter “Black people took something that life of White people, particularly par- referred to the story of Jack Johnson, spoke in terms of ethnicity, not race. was meant and originally used as evil, ents. Taylor said she didn’t know what who became the first African American “What I would want, and do want, is and we turned it into a term of endear- kind of advice White parents have to heavyweight boxing champion of the for European Americans – those who ment,” but when White people use the give their sons to stay safe and live, but world in 1908. are willing – to become allies in the term, it “reminds us of the pain of our “Black mothers have to say a whole lot “His crime … ‘unforgivable Black- quest for righteousness, social justice, ancestors,” he said. more” than “look both ways before you ness,’” Carter said. and equality. Not to walk in front … Acho also addressed why Black peo- cross the street.” From the beginnings of American not to walk behind … but side-by-side” ple appear to focus more on White- Lisa Johnson, vice chair of ESCC’s history, the term “Black” has been de- with African Americans, he said.