SOUTH CHICAGO
ARAALERT

July 10,1998 #1

SOUTH CHICAGO ARA ALERT
(ANTI-RACIST ACTION)

uly 10,1998

A new chapter of ARA was begun May 16th.
Chicagoland is notorious for its segregated, racist
history. The south side and suburbs have always been
plagued by an ignorant, abusive and at times violent
atmosphere. Determined folks have decided we
have had enough and have decided to organize
against this disgrace and expose this menace with
direct action, armed with the studied fruth.

We will look into and report on racist situations
from around the Chicagoland area, with a particular
emphasis on the southside of Chicago and the south
suburbs. We're going to battle ignorance and hate
with brotherhood, sisterhood and insightfulness.

Racism goes way beyond the bonehead
mentality of the nazis and klansters. Although these
creeps must be exposed, it is the suit and tie gang
who manipulate their strings, that must ultimately be
stopped. The history of this country is one of slavery,
horrible sexism, racism, genocide and sexual
repression. Although rarely acknowledged, we are
products of our history and this begins to explain why
our society is so degraded by white racism.

Let's go beyond the simple explanations and

papered-over “solufions." WE MUST FIGHT RACISM!
Soulh Chicago ARA p. 0. box 721, Homewood, IL 60430
ara_s_side@hotmail.com
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TABLE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION
Introduction to-Anti-Racist Action

South Chicago-ARA Gety to-Work
Racism & Housing in South Suburbs
The Racist World We Live Ins
Abolitionism, Thenw and Now

Black Soldiery inthe Civil War
Eighty-fowr Underground Connectiony
Animaly Deserve to-Remain Ununolesteds
Studenty Menaced Around the Worlds

10. WomenAre Not For or From Any Mawv

11. Citigens For A Sane Future

12. ARA MembersHave A Say

FOR A BETTER WORLD*
WHAT IS ARA?

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We are Anti-Racist Action (AA). We have chapters all over
the United States and Canada. We're growing fast.

A iz a necuork of reguler pecple. together ©o solve s
coblen: We incend todo the hard work necessary to decreass
Pacism. sexisn. anti-gay bigotry. anti-semitism. and the
Unfaliness which is often suffered by the disabled, the youngest,
the'oldest and the poorest of cur pecple.

We confront hatemongers like the KKK and other white
supremacists. Every time they come out we want to be Chare. We
Son' < 3cand by and uacch these terrorists recruit

We educate. The ARA News now reaches thousands of readers
in 44" scaces and nine Countries. ARA activiscs have spoken At
hundrads of colleges. high schools and community groups

We celebrate. Our Rock Against Racism and Punk Against

Racisn shows. bencfits and festivals gather progressive people
Cogether to have fun

We're vorking on new projects. A radlo show. Cable access
Celevision productions

SOIN US. 1€ there's no ARA in your town, talk
Co some friends and start one. MHe'll help

Mo dues. Mo comnitment. Just a chance to change the world
bo it for the victims. Do it for the children. Do 1t Now --
betore ic-s too late.

Anti-Racist Action (ARA)
P.0. Box 82097

Columbus, Ohio 43202
44249074

In recent years the tide of intolerance and injustice In our socicty has grown.
The gap between the rich and the rest of us Is bigger than ever. False ‘leaders”
scapegoat ratial minorities, women's rights activists. gay peaple, environmentallats,
end the foreiga-born to hide thelr own part in the problem: Now there are more
prisons and governmental restrjctions on our freedom but no fess fear of crime. We
bave tess funding for education, but more corpofate welfare and military spending,
We can not and will not let this go on. Come and be a part of the solution.

ANTLRACIST ACTION (ARA)
0. Box 82097 s
Columbus, Ohio 43202
G0 4245074

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Dear Frisnd AT FHIS z:m\-fi'elze_Au*
On October 16, 17 and 18, 1998, Colusbus vill host the

Fifth Annual International Anti-Racist Action Network Conference
and Party. You should make plans now to attend.

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The ARA Conference has grown into the largest, most
important and most fun gathering of activists in Morth America.
The weekend will be filled with exciting speakers, interesting and
informative workshops, great music and cultural events, and
opportunities to make new friends.

We will have more specifics about the program and abou!
registration, hous hild care, etc. in about August. In the
meantime, mark these dates on your calendar and look forvard to one
of the mest inspiring and memorable veekends of your life.

THE FOUR PRINCIPLES OF THE ANTHRACIST ACTION NETWORK (ARA-NET)

1) We go where they go. Whenever fascisls are organizing or aclive
in public wa're there. We don'l believe In ignoring them or slaying away
from them. Never let the nazis have the slreels.

2) Don't rely on the cops or the courls to do our work. This
doesn't mean we don'l ever go lo courl. Bul we must rely on ourselves lo
prolect and 1o slop the fascisls.

3) Non-sectarlan defense of other anti-fascists. In ARANET, we
have lols of groups and individuals. We don't agree aboul everylhing,
we have a right 1o differ openly. Bul in this movement an aliack on one
s an allack on us all. We stand behind each other.

4) ARA-NET Intends 1o do the hard work necessary to build a
broad, strong movement against raclsm, sexism, anti-
Semitism, homophobia, discrimination against the disabled,
the oldest, the youngest, ard the weakesl of our peopl

We Intend to win,

-adopled Oclober 1995-
SOUTH SIDE ARA (Anti-Racist Action) .

Do you hate racism? Are you sickened by the
Klan and Nazis? Do you reject sexism, homophobia -
bigolry of any kind? Then come and join the surging
anli-racist action (ARA) nelwork. A new chapter is
forming on the south side of Chicago. An organizing
meeling will be held af the Blue Island Public Library
on Saturday, May 16, at 2 p.m. Itis located at 2433
York, in Blue Island. Call (708)-388-1078 for
directions. You can write to South Side ARA P.O. Box
721, Homewood, Il. 40430 for more details. We have
an e-mail address, also. It is ara_s_side@hotmail.com

We plan on producing newsletters, delving into this
pervasive problem in depth. Learn how racism
functions and how to fight it. Join other socially
conscious folks struggling for human decency in the
area. Fight fascist ignorance and racist filfh!

There are other ARA groups in Chicagoland. Write
ARA Chicago c/o Aufonomous Zone, 1573 N.
Milwaukee, 420, 60622. Their ph. # Is 773-252-6019.
Rogers Park has an ARA chapler and one is forming
in Cicero. Each group is completely autonomous.
The center can be reached af A.R.A. P.O.Box 82097,
Columbus, Ohio, 43202. 614-424-9074. ara@coil.com
Their free monthly newspaper is excellent.

TRUTH, FREEDOM & BROTHERHOOD

South Chicago ARA

A new ARA (Antfi-Racist Action) was started on
May 16th, with an organizing meeting held at the Blue
Island library. The meeling consisted of a diverse
group of six people who are determined fo challenge
the bonehead racist atmosphere in this area. Ideas
were discussed as to how we can best go about
challenging the growing degeneration into overt
racist behavior and nazi “thinking” that is all around
us. This brief newslelter is the beginning.

A student at Brother Rice brought a sense of
urgency, which began our work. As we all know,
Brother Rice is plagued by a parficularly bad
atmosphere, racially. It is the school where the
uniquely degraded “Buckwheat” incident and brawl
occurred as their school basketball team hosted
Thorntan, a few months back. The “counselling” did
little to deter a core of racist bullies from continuing
their anti-human behavior. This sordid story will be
further looked into. Students must organize to fight
for racial justice, open respect and human dignity.

A courageous and articulate lady told of the bad
goings-on where she works (St. Xavier College.)
Belligerent racist students are harassing hispanic
students there. These people must be challenged
and stopped to create a human environment that is
not degraded by such racist filth. An enormous
amount of education and direct action must be

begun o challenge and overcome this most basic
social scourge.

Eceal

Pl LG LLAINUE 3

On June 20ih. the second South Chicago ARA meeting was held
al Ihe Blue Island Library. Six new members joined in on fhe
discussions, representing a wide range of communifies. People from
Chicago. Alsip and Willow Springs joined earlier members from Blue
sland, Oak Lawn and Monee.

We folked about our plans which include having a literature fable
and altemaive stage al the Blue Islond Festival in the Park, fo be
held July 11th and 12th. We also falked about participating in the
ARA four fo be held at the United Center on July 16th. Plans for a
benefit concert fo be held in Homewood at Off the Alley in early
August were discussed. We also falked about working on this
newsletier. Our next meefing was defermined fo be scheduled for
August Ist at Ihe Blue Islond Library from 3 p.m. until 4:45 p.m.

Information packets were handed out, ideas fosses around,
recent evenls such os he march and rally fo advocate for public
housing. and to profest cily govemment heavy-handedness as fo
the Cabrini demolitions and forced relocations, in which ARA
members parficipated, were recounted. The important ongoing
Black Radical Congress was discussed. Also the ARA convention fo
be held in Columbus in October was brought up. Some of us will go
there and parficipale, and even conduct a workshop.

New members discussed the problems racists are causing in their
communifes. It is the same ignorant broken record. Racist bulies
are preying on young people of color and fhose who associate with
them. ' These nazi wannabes Ihreaten and aftack people who they
can manage fo isolate and outnumber. They plague all
communiies in which they subsist, and recnit alienated individuals
‘wilh promises of acceptance, only o feach them infolerance and
thuggery. which i Iheir only offering. There is nofhing positive these
creeps ever offer. They're human cockroaches, who degrade our
fowns and menace our sireels.

After this meeting, several of us went on a clean-up. Nozi
scrawlings and garbage had been strewn about a party spof of
huge concrete chunks, located off a path in the woods by the Cal-
Sag Chonnel. in Blue Isiand. This is a polluted industrial site, where
the Chicago Gas Lamp Monlle Company used fo operate from. Itis
focated on ther north side of the Channel, west of Ann st. at
approximately 132nd sireet. Brainless nazi and hate-filed graffitti
was painted over. All lhe garbage was cleaned up. We decided o
put positive, life-affiming messages in their place. We wrote things
like "ARA." “EQUALITY." and symbols such as the peace symbol, the
symbol represenling women (ond fife) and an "E" with a circle
around it, symbolizing respect for the environment. The amosphere
has been fofall lransformed from an offensive, hreatening,
ignorant and wosled area to an enlightened. positive spot offering
hope and respect for human ffe. Dignity or vilenessz?2 You choose.

Bacian and Housing 1n Chicago’s Seuth Suburds 9

In 1988, federal court Judge ruled in favor of "affirastive marketing” in
involving the south Chicago suburbe of Natteson, Fark Forest, Richion fark
and Untvarsity bark. "Affirastive sarketing” 1s the largeting of White bosebuyers
to & commnity afrald of becosing resegegrated by blacks. Supposedly, black buyer
ould 1n "0o vay® be hindered in thelr search for hovslng by these canpalgns
Fatteson, the sost vocal campaigner even clalas o "celebrate” thelr “diversity.’
Seedless to say, they are not actively recrulting Chicasos, Arabs, Orlentals,
Black Africans, Suropeans or Blacks. They need shites to celebate “diversity.

“The freedon o choose 1s elesental 1n & desocracy.”l True. Houever, this
16 50t & desocracy, and never has bean. The paraseters of “cholce” have besn
Alctated by the monted interests - the corporations inte
conpantes (banks.) The housing “ladustey” 1e a0 exceptl

“The Faix Housing Act, section 2504 (¢) prohibits ractally discriatmating
advertising. Section %0 (a) prohidits dlscriainatory actions and effects that
1181t housing svatlability to alnorities and others. Our concern 1s whether the
Affixaative macketing progras, although not intended Lo discriatnat
has the effect of denylng inforastion stout svallsble propecties to wiaority
bose buyars.” 1. The HAKCP 1s concerned that Katleson's “affizaative asrketing”
ay be stapping on the toss of ths falr hovslng lavs. It has no quarrel 1 the
canpatgn suppleneats, rather than supplants norsal sarket activities. Now, vho
vould vant 4o interfers with “lavful” wusiness?

Gatting to the oint 1s Katteson Tesident and cosmunity leader Hency Susn'e
focused statesant and question. “I'a offended because what they are aaying s Af
ou get oo sany of a6 in the community, that’s bad. Wy i3 1t that vhen ve sove
in, people start strateglaing and saking changes?” 2. To shich Ralph Coglianese
Mattason Village Adaintstrator and veiter of letters iaviting advertisers o vie

ted, and the nortpage

in fact

for the b of cooking up thelr sdvertising canpaign, responds by saying, "It
hard Lo conprahend that (people thisk) sonshon
out.” 1014, Lot's help this poor, lost seul out.

o teying to keep atnorities

Sherlymn Reld, director of comuntty relations in Oak Park, says, “Segregated
a4 rasegregated comunities are plamed. So 1f you sant Lo live 1o an integrated
comsunity, that has to be plasned too.” ). So much for desocracy. This hints at
the xeality of the situation. Comsunities are pre-delersined. By shos? Vhy?
What’s the ngine driving these outeones?

You have freedon for the sonted interests Lo pursve the greater accumslation

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OF veslth and power. AL the "lava® media, ste. are stacked In thelr favors The
raJority of white paople follow the dictates set down for then, Mactsm is drummed
I0to then fron Infuncy. They are taught o be servile, fumctionsries in sntrepre-
neurtal enterprises. They are atosteed fron thelx surroundings, cospartaatalised
In thelr Jobs, and thoroughly confused as to the sconoais, soctal and political
sachinations sround thea. They are utterly slienated fron proper apprectation

o thelr potential value in soclety and retrest to coccoon of their fasily snd

& fou friends, dulled by & eyriad of sindless escaplst pursults, such aa religion,
drugs (sspecially alcohol) and the nsccesaiblity of instghtful aoalysts. They
e fed the drone of capitalisa’s Justifications for the sanctity of privats
PrOpRTty and the “gad” glvan right of profit-driven sconomy. In effect, the shesp
being 1ed Lo slaughter, consider thelr lot favorably. They're “free.” At least
they're not back or goor. ¥hen truth and insight are stuabled across, the
FeAction L instant fear. This 1s the sarket the houstng industey caters to (as
4o a1 other major American industries.)

A8 for housing,"The situation has baen fostered over the years by discriain
tory resl estate and banking practices, and 1t i3 predicated on a harah realitys
05t uhites do not chaose to 1ive in axess with large black populations. Deso-
Taghic studies have shown that generally, once & consunity’s black population
063 boyond 20 percent, vhites begin Leaving." 3. Vell,... noat. whites really
bave been successfully bratnuashed into self-crippling aind-sts, now baven't they?

The ractan of the housing industey 1s tnstitutional, varied, coplex and
PauseALing. The tanks control the transactions and inbffect, much of the hose-
omers 1ives, as the payaents are so high, & steady ncoss 1s essentisl to maintatn
Fosacasion of ones house, furthering vorker docility. The role of the frisndly
nelghtorhood bark 1a statlar to the INF, which controls the Lsalseration of shole
countrtes, 1n the "thied vorld."

Rest

tate agents and sortgage conpany eaployees ses these ractat outlin
throuch 1ndividual cloaings. The overt ractat s no longer “politically correct,”
Dt the covert, wnconscious, “stncerely” anti-ractat vorker for capltaltes, stesrs
“hites avay fron “changing” villages. They suegest more “stable” (1.e. *shite")
Fonmtties nearly. The fact these white commnities’ houstng 1s mece expensive
nd the realtors cosatastons are Increased, 1a but & perk for “helping® vhite
fantlien attatn the 11ving attuation, they so desice - supposedly. As for black
stekers, tnvactably they have less capital to vork vith and white realtors
lront a1 whites) have been kept Lgnorant of Black culturs, aspirations,
sotivation - 1n effuct, the only true heart, beain and soul of the comtry.
These resltors have no “feel for what o do. Thay say pawn these pepple
Hlack realtors, or sore likely, “stees” then to “changing" netghiorhoods

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Nobody 1kes to be an extreas atnority (such as the only black fanily in o
shite nelghtorhood.) In a thoughtlessly ractst sactety, a daily eaviconaaat of
harassacat for coeself, sjouse, and children, over and above the dally raciat
assault delivered to svery black person in thia country, 1s too auch, for all
But the bravest. dhen you go home, you vant some pesce and quist. To insure
that, other blacks are nesded to relate to and soctalise ith. ihen an upsasdly
=obile black 1s sired 1n exclusively white “culture,” he suffers atserably. The
rotesque exasple of such devolution 1s Clarence Thomss.

AL ficst, & fearless black fastly soves in and 15 ussally able to vithstand
the cold and occastonally apgressive “gresting® froa his new nelghtorhood. The
truly Lgrorant, panic-songering racists ace the first rata to Jup ship, acceler-
ALing the avaLLabILIty of housing 1n that aces.’ Feople do move for & varlety of
Fessons. Ractst fear, grorance and racial s
of & commumity.

T crow up 1n this general aces, in the lntensely raclat southest svbuct
Of Tinley Park. 1ot sarried at sge 23. Ky new vife bad sone sones for & dosa
Payaent and e were able to buy & starter hose in Hazel Crest, 11 By the tin
I 69 har out of the house and started o pay her off (divorce) T began to ses
WAL kind of neighborhood 1 had. I got a couple of (riends Lo sove ia, to defray
©oste. 50, 1t becase & Bachelor pad. ALL ay nelghbors, 1t seesed, vere older,
uhite and hopelesaly raciat.

Finally! Blacks started to move in. The neighiors vent into a pantc.
“They're taking ovar the pack... They hang out st the Wnite Ken... They blast
hat mustct..." Gos his! Black children actuslly play in the parks and ride
hetr Bikes! Thay'rs not as glued to the tube ike white kids. Thea they
“appeac” sore visible than thelr actual nusbecs. They're not afrald to live ar
Do sesn. As for ayself? 1 loved it. I got excellent new nelghinrs. A grest
Hlues Soint opensd 1 place of dise-a-dosen drug store, vith soul food next
door. The toun vas vaking up fron 1t's all-shite downer.

The t4o 014 taga on either aide of ae, I falt & particular revilston for.
They'd constantly call the cops o ay bouse, harass ay anisals and genecally
SPew Faciat veon. Both thair hustands wers harried, hen-pecked wsses. One
day one of these gurs cass over to give me all his old beer. It sesaed strange
because I never really talked to hin bafore. He aluaya hid out n his house
(11ke sost clder uhite folks do.) The next day, the asbulance arrived and teought
out hia body. Mo put & bullet 1n hs brain. The bitch drove hia to sulelde,

The other lady was & dog-faced ractst. ALL she could talk about xas hou she
Pd 10 “aove auay ron the niggers.” Her and her hustand did move - to Faducah,
Kentucky. 1 guess that's & type of heaven for such low-life, raciat o

ring aceelerate the “changing

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fou of the blacks. 1t vas the only ti
and treated nelghtorly, the whole 1) years I lived there.
10 1090, sy second, nost excollent wife, youns first non and soved, for a
varlaty of ressons, a bigger yard, less cookle cut, ete. It certainly vas not to
L flee fron assoctation with black people. The blacks 1'd befriended asked me not
10 loave. 1 felt sort of 1ike 1 vas atandontng thes. I'n still friends vith the
ones 1 know shere they live. It's sickening to ne, & nelghtorhood 1s dependent
ant uhite ractats ar 10 14's econonte fate. But 1t goss
per than that. Just ac "uhite,” then “resegregated” or aven “lntegeated”
comaunlties are "planned,” o s this insrained raciom. Corporations and banke
orchentrate how solvent & conmunity vill be by expanding business or shuttering
thes, based sostly on thelx "prorLtabllity” or the perception of future "profita-
BLity.* As blacks nove in, corporations see red, and pull out the sconoste T,
“ithout repercussions, (sevally vith governmmntal as

1 ot to n

1 felt acopted

on the Lovest, st 1gn

etance) g0 elsavhare to
Infent and explott other aress’ workers. It 1a the wntouchable right of
captialists o “maxinise profits.” Keanvhile, blacks are left vith the cuptoard
Mare and Lgrorantly blaned for this "planned® outcons.

A race fou commmitien, such as Oak Park, Evanston, and Park Foreet, have
Pad & conparatively stable expertence with “iategration.” Ok Fark s an older
conmunty 1o the vest of Chicaso and Evanaton 1s north, hose to florthvestern
Untveraity. Blacks and whites 1ive 1n close prostaity and treat sschother more-
or-less (outrardly) cordtal. Thess commmnitios have a higher parcentage of
“nlightened shites 1iving there, more often than not, with & wniversity sasing
the alx. T 1ike to take ay sons to Contral Park In Pack Forest to play. It's
alvaye sore fun to play W1th the Black kids.

Blacks ace pecfectly villing to 1ive and aasoctate vith whites, but not at
the expense of being éxcluded fron anjoying their black netghtors. Blacks have
Mad 1o extat asong large nusbers of uhites since day one and undecatand how the
Factat gane operaten. Feu blacks, hovever stoop to eabrace white, bourgeots
“viluss." ihites have alvays been steered avay fron grasping Mack soclety valua
WRLch keap shites racially, celturally, soctally and politically ignorant.

The tevly oppressed (vlacks) alvars know rore stout soctetal reslity, as the
loves are off 1n thelr dealings vith the systen. Thera's no honey-costing
Cenlity and there’s 1o ractxt "privilege” to be baited with.

16 White people vere smart, they vould accept the decency offered by blacks,
befriend then, learn of 1ife and Tight ractan.

“In & survey of hatteson's residents conducted an part of the Quality of Life
Task Force revied, the aaority of the respondents slated that they vanted to live

“ 1n & diverre conmunity. If current housing trends continve, hovever,Natteson will
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ot xenain diverse because the nusber of uhite hassseekers 1n fover
then the musber of homeseoiar of other races. In an effort Lo presecve

the diversity of the villags, efforts vill be sade 16 prosote Fatteson to the
nderceprosented hosssssker who 1a interested in 1iviag in & commmity vhers
atversity 1e & value.” b. 3. 3.

Lt's stop and try Lo decipher this. AL this Cime, sumer 1995, ratteson
“an roughly 50C white, 403 black and 105 other.” They are reslly enly talking
slout Mlacks and whltes, hece. Chicanos, Arabe, African Blacks, Orlental;
Suropeane ace not even belng considered. "Other aces” baslcally seans, "Feople
Ve're ot concerned vith.” They have figured out that once a cossunlty goas below
508 uhite or over 208 black, they are in big trouble. The vhiles vaslsh and the
Blacks take over.” Aren’t shites a alnerity in this verldi Wiy st a comumity
aluaye have a white sajority or 1t Lo veitten off7 “Pressrving the diversity
16 & nice sunding phease, vhich neana kesping the white population atove 508 and
the black porulation below 205, Vhat 1n so iaportant about thens figurest

Ultimataly, in caplialist Anacica, the shine of corporate toards muat be
catared to, at a1l cotn. A suburb 1ike Fattason relies heavily on shoppers. A
once theiving mall, Lincoln lall, Ls now atout half full. It 1s ov surrousded
by large "auper® stores, such ac al-Hart, Best Buy, Targst and other megs-
franchis opecations, blanily typlcal of suburian Anerica. In another south
Chicago toun, Harve, when 1te mall, Dixis Square, closed down, 1t sigralled the
death knell of that toun. The only use made of Dixie Square in the lust tueaty
yeara vas whan the Hluss Brothers trashed 1t n thelr movie, vhile belng chased
Ty Chicago police. They were on & aission from God. ¥Thres towns Lo the east of
Hatteson, 1a the poorest subrd.ix.she dasn counteyl This is called Ford Helghts.
Tt used 1o be called Bast Chicago Nelghts, but Ford moved a plant there and thought
18 vould be nice aad vain to renase the toun after thensels
they've done absolutely nothing for the welfare of *its" residents. Poorest in
the comntey! It'e reduced to licquor stores, alsstons” and rundown houeing.”
The tow Just to the east of Watteson, 1s the relatively enlightened Park Forest.
To the east of that, doainating the ares 1a the clty” of Chicags alghts. This
has baen & Long-tine Harl

Nesless to sy,

-run carspool of corruption and despalc. Raclsn seethes

To the vast of Natteson, separated by faran ace the more “afflsent” towns of
Prankfort, Hokens, ste. Stesred shites populate these place

Someshat north and exst are other destitute black towms that corporate Anerica
avolda ¥1th & vengeance, such as Nackhas, Poenix and Robbins. The only
Prises” conteaplated for these areas are the incinerator proposed for Robbi

ter

£ou fast food dunps, smsll shope, gas stations, ete. Lo supplant the unkyards and
equor stores. Any resl “industry” has long since vantshed.

It
hen the cat Jumped out of the corparate tag and the movers and ks of
Texaca were show 1o be the basest of ractata, (17 telr very o drosling

utterances,) 1t Just alipped out. 1t sasn’t supposed o be showm Like that.
Wnat 5t exposed vas the pervasive

st soullesaness of corporate reslity. These
Factat corgorate deities ace the Gods that the Anerican state
nts, the courts, the police

a1 Local govern-
every munteipality, and each individual Aserican
must prostitute theaselves to sccomodate. Raclsa in housing, as 1t 1 in every
Industey, s & Wataess dectston..

Other towns are a

Arytag to use “affirmative mrketing.” “Affirsative
sarketing® i the sctive purauit of white hosebuyers 1n o actally mixed town,
Lensibly to “msintatn diveraity,

St really neant Lo maintain uhite control
50 43 not 10 give those vith capltal “resson” to discontinue "bustnssc” in that
tom, which vould exacertate white abindonssnt.

laevey, a once thriving “satellite ety of Chicags, like Joliet, Elgin,
Aurora, Teorta, Lockyort, and Chicaro Nelghts, 1c now & vast vasteland. Cuess
uhat happensdt 1t borders south Holland. South Nolland vants to "slow & pattern
of "uhite flight's 5. This Ls supposed to be accoaplished by the "affirsative
sacketing® staed at whites, willing to live vith Blacks. The “fair” houstng
“laua® are belag offered a3 legal tack-up, 1€ 1t can be shown that real sstate
outfite are stesring blacks in and white

ho vould use these courts? dlacts?? Every black parson has been harsssed
and menaced by the jolice and court systen in thia comtry. The courts and ails
overflow ith black “cristasls.” The village is trying to lure whites. Hou
the hall are the courts golng to give blacks Justicerr?

The village of South Holland vants to also establish & “cooperative hose

out.

buyers vorkshop and & grocess whersby Tesl estate agencies provide sales statistics
Lo the village ss & seans of ‘rusor control.’ 1b1d. Obviously, they sean by
“rusor control® the Tactst panic-songering that whites frequntly lover theaselve
Lo, “Cansus iguces fron 1990 show South Holland's atnority population at 12
percent, although village officiale privately estisate 1t currently at 15 percent.” 1bld.
Vhy should they be 50 squessish over & lousy 36 Tise in “atnoritiest” (resd Blacks
WUhites s1lL outausber blacks slacst aix to one. Whatever happened to the cal
bration of diversity? South Holland is infasous for Lts particularly venomous
~eaction to the 1n1t1sl plnpricis of “open housing in the aixties. Then the
“hite supcentelsts squealed blisd hate.

Uhite people in general, ave been solded 1nto & sort of hosogenized samenes
They et up, o to vork, having sualloved the big Anerican lies of "fresdon,
“free specch,” “Desocracy,” - the whole Anerican drean portrayal. They do thetr
Jobe, a6 told, uaten zacaive asounts of television, and consuse

@ 15

Thera's rarely co much a5 & fres-thinking peo 1 you ant
diversity, you'd think you'd vant Less of these types of feosle and you'd crave
sore Blacks, Astans, Arabs, Chicanos, ote.

But the Liberals refuse to look uprards o get a gliapse at the real ractst
Steing-pollees, who have alieys called the shots In Aerica. The conseevatives,
8 Least, eabrace the mation’s toraentors as thele ldesl. They're dead wrong, bt
A leant they're honest enemtes. Liderals think they can “refors® a sonsirous

st of sost of the

Syaten by Lgnoriag 1t°s reality, shile peckingavay st anor symploss, by self-
Froclaiaed, vell-intentioned “Initiatives.” They rely on the *lavt that 1s written
for Lha BansTIL of the rich, yot L broken by the shenever they feel threatened.
The only "laxs® enforced are ones black people s condeantngly “break.”

“Staering® 1o not Just & phenosenon of selective sdvertisiang and resl satate
gente. Segvegated housing subdiviaions ars “plasned” by the collusion of bulldacs
and governsent.

“The pattern daveloped by Yaufaan and Broad in the south suburtan ares 1o
typLeal of the oparation of the 235 progran all over the country. Faufman and
Broad, one of the nation's largest corporate bullders, Wilt the all-white

velopaent of *Appletree’ in Comtry Club Hills and eight alles avay ln Chicago
Helghte bullt the anongst all Mack ‘orest Helghts

This vas not an aceldent.
The xarketing procedures must have been carafully destgned to produce this zesult.

HUD not only d1d not question thess procedures but - ided the butlder by allotiing
255 saction 235 sortgages 1o the bullder to b used in Forest Melghts. This 1s
over 50% of the new hoasa 1n lover incons subeidized mortgages. In Appletres they
allotted some 113 and black buyers Golng to Appletree vere told that 235 sortgages
were not avatlable in Appletres. These two projucts vers Wilt at the same tloe
VIth alsost Sdentical houses st the sase price level. KID and ik sade no atleast
16 help or infora lov-incoss tyers, bt Left thie entirely up to the bullder. 6.
50 such for governasnt agencies or “watchdog” groups keeplng the falr houaing lave
adhered to. Tho raclat conduct of business, wnfettered, 18 the Aserican vay.
“Although advertised as an Lntegrated developasat, the majority of the hosss
vere sold Lo blacks - many fron Chicago’s south and vest cide ghettos. Given the
fact that Kaufasn and Broad placed the bulk of thelr sdvertieing in the black
Sella, the volume of black boyers n Forest Helghts 1s ot surpelaing.” 5. p.)%.
Forest. Nelghts 1s cut off fron Chicago Helghts proper. It vas eriginally aesnt
€0 be & Fack Forest industrial park, but uhen Industey spurmned the towa's courting,
the whole area vas platted into small, elngle-fasily wits - svery Bt of it
5o parks o schooln vers allocated for.

Foreat Nelghts 1s & alserable section, bounded on the north and east by
atlroad tracks.

To the south a forest preerve begins and o the vest 1s Vectern
® Ix

AYERSE, 4 busy highvay that 1s the beginaing of Park

rest. 1t 1s & very sy
four Lane highiay, ¥1th bustnestes rumning along both sides. hen the houstng
beran to cruable dus o shoddy construction, naturally, the black occupants vere
Mared

“A reporter for the Chicago Latly feus, visiting a Forest Helghts' fastly in
115 323,25 b1 - evel bome, (these ace sixties prices) Lewned aganat & stesl
colusn that provides the sain support for the living roon as vell as for the
Loud-tearing ll 1n the upctates halluay asd found that 1 svung loosely f-on
the besn ovechesd. This vas one of many such exaaples of shoddy construction -
1n the subdivision.” 1bid. According to an article in the Chiceso Sun-Tises,
these restdents vers “Tanilien fron the city, vosen and childran vithout fathers
1n the fantly... The majority of these people had never befora owmed house...
for 205t of then the transition vas fron & higherise slua to one-fanily house
(1hat) began detertorating becasee they had no expertence in kesping o place up.
They assune thene people to be sanless trasps uho don’t know bow 1o 1ive in &
duelling, even though they've 1ived someuhere proviouely. “Reporting® they call it.

The children of these residents, poured nto the schaols; 11-prepared for
the assault the eysten dished up. Although Chicago flelghts “residents” they
overfloved the echools in fark orest. These students sald “Black stulents are
“epsrated fron the maority of the student tody by virtus of the tracking syate
The majority of the black students are placed on a lou-level track ithout adequate
IogTas o help then advance... tracking 1s & sajor factor contributing to black
and White conflicts because there 1s 5o opportuntty to intersct.” 6. p.62.
Aenesber, this 1s 1 the relatively benign town of Fack Forest. You can inagine
hox atseratly trested the black stadents vere st mors Tacially iguorant axe

-

This racist tracking happens everyuhere Black students g0 to achool, unelconed.
A8 Tacial “Incidents” Increace and got sore vislent, the tomspeople panie, the
Fealtors pick up on 1t, and steer blacks one say and whites another.

“The general conclucton must be that at each tacone Level and rgardles
soctoscononte characteristics, & concenteation of Mack fantlie
negatively by wnite:
outrage that 1t 1

of

1o percatved
" 1M€. Thie 15 not thought of as the erux of the probl
bt ac & fact of 11fa that blacks should sccept s the vay

Uhings are and sust adapt thenselves and thelr behavior o accorodate. After all,
trat’n the “reslity” sost uhites settle for, 5 145 "offictal.

“Gurveyn have chom that vhites consider & nelchtorhood to be ‘lntegrated’
16 one or two Black fantlies live there. African-Anericans tend to think &
“ubrtantislly Wigher nisority presence 1o necessary before a truly bi-ractal
Anblance 13 achieved.” 7. p.15. dhen blacks sove in, “White hose buyers tend
40 look seasplace slre. 1b4d. “In the abence of shite dessad, integration
) 1

Atesolves into white-to-black “resegregation.” First hose valves alide, then the
tax base, then public services.” 7 p. 16. 5o, in & thoroughly racst society,
Mlacks are blased for everything, sost specifically, their blackness. For this
Zutno averything for the Joor whitee, sho avst uproot thelr fasilies and flee.
“The status consclousness of vhite residents Le Viewsd sa & baske factor
underlytng thelr perception and svaluation of ractal change. 6. p. 375.

Status 1s defined as the “soctal estisation of henor.” 1bld. Status conselousness
1 the "dogres 1o uhleh status conslderations are iaportant to the individual

the extent to shich he 1s concerned aout his o Telative status o o hich
atatus factars tend to color his intersctions ¥ith others.” 1014,

Soctal estisation of honor “ia clearly distingulshed fron the concept of
“clase." The destre for status protection lay beneath the white behavior in
ractally changing nelghtorbooda... and that this desire was veuslly maifested a5
avoldance behavior based on status consclovsness - that 1a, that the nechanisa
Prectpltating shite fight vas white atates consclosness.” M. In other vords
ractat Jos Blow could forget the reality of his vage-slavery, so long sa he had
his uhite status consciousness (privilege of the white skia) but he could “enioy”
18, only L thare wers no blacks visible to "spoil® 1t for Mal Nou base i thatrr?

Capitalisn sante shites to be full of racist alndlessness, sssentially afrald
of thelr ovn shadow. Thia “atatus conselousness” of whites 1a the rich veln sined
7 MAD Magasine 1n 1ts mockery of Amsrican culture. This ephessral “stites” i3
What ve spend our Lives working for - striving to attala for our fasilies. By
aose nelulous ractat gauge, vo're supgosed to have attalned the senith of the
Asarican ddeal Af v accusulate snough saterisl possessions ( & fancy house and
car, maybo & toat - whataver) 1n our sparklingly 11ly-shite snclaves! So the
capltalists sen whites vork doggedly for thelr cospanies vith their sole socistal
oad being satertal accunslation and ractat “status.” That 1a vy 1 say white
“octoty 1o cultureless and soulless. The last thing sost iltes vant to have
bappen 1o to be Julged on the content of thelr character, instesd of the color
of thetr skin, because they vould all fatl sisersily.

“Black" careiea the iaputation of status inferiority and & black or lntegre-
Lot nelghtorhood 1s considered lov status.” 6. p. 7. That's lnsanity belleved
a truth, Tresson 16 your snaver to this stultifylng, stad-selting rot! It's
ssch healthier to hang ¥ith Vlacks than other vhites. That 1s the truth.

What L best for blacks? 1 dont knov, because I'm ot black. My skin
et of opaque, pink, and elightly tamned in places. Blacks do sot seen to be
bothered, par se, by the pressnce of hites. This ls an enorsous stroke of luck
Lo thoss “whitas® smart anough Lo ursve thelr own best Interasts. Blacks nead
the congany of blacks and tolerate non-racist hites. Vhltes pesd the conpany

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of acks. “iiteners® is everytody's eneny.
Tnstitotionsd racten 1s tnvolved 1n reregranation
purely profit-driven. Macisa increases profita.
Pactat perception of a nelghtorhood dictates Lending policien. “hany
Flnanctal 1nstitutions view inter-racial neightorhoods as poor lavestcent risks.
“Than finsncisl eredit 1a dented to an individual or enterprise on the basis of
the ractal conposition of & nelghborhood rather than on the abllity to repy the
an, redliniog occurs. Xany racially integrated aress are wrongly considered
a6 "high risi’ loan areas and residents and bustassses 1n theoe s axe often
nied creltt or forced to pay & surcharge for loan. Furthersors, the backers
of new developaent tend to favor largs scale-ueban developaent n suburbantsing
sreas rather than small-seale redavelopaent in established nelghtorhoods. This

thete mottves aze

Procens of fimanclally favoring developing cosmunities sa opposed to sstablished
nelehtorhosds 15 called distnvestaent.” B. p. 17. o the raclet perceptions of
Financlal 1nstitutions deternine shich comumity 1s alloved o flourleh and xhich
ones WLl die. Capttalisa is only interested in capital accumulation, not hussn
Velfars. Liberal reforasrs sonshou hope to succesd 1n *reversing the blas of
Flnanctal tnstitutions.” 1514, But there's no profit 1n bastc hunan decency for
the monied tnterects. Saall concesatons may be sade and lip service patd, bt
the econonte engine of ractat capttalisn 1s hardly slowed.

In the sore “afflvent®

urban housing, you're seeing Condes, quadriplexss,
“te. They're very expensive and "secure.” Often sach bllding 1s an exact clone
of the next. More profit and sore saseness - less "Mlackness.”

The media 1s another culprit. It "covers® actal incidents incessantly,
headltning crise stories, datly. They're trylng to saxiaise rating and assiduously
avolde the consetously constructive endesvors of people. Hith seven atllion or
#0 people concentrated 1 this negalopolis, sonetoly 18 going to KILL sonebody
“lse, 1n & mat gruesons fashion, datly. This hanaering on the subject, re-taforces
Lgnorance and fear. Black "suspectaare depicted s borridle, scary monsters.

Unfortumately, this 1a the only sedia known to the vast maJority of whites.
Sevspaper, televiston, and sagasine sound bite, shallow take on stories, provides
o Ansight 1o & televiaion sommmabulized public, who accept irite sensationslise
a8 "neve.” 1n depth, Lnsightful analysin of reality len’t "profitable” elther.
The 1ibarale uant Lo persvade the sedia Lo be more “responsible.” The renctionsris
have convinced sany that the sedia suffers froa “liveral blas.” Tt suffers
canceroualy froa both.

Rental nanagenent agenet

seo whiten as more favorable tenants. Resltors
Flay thetr role as cos in the racist sachinery. “h & consequence of self-steoring
o7 £ace ax el as 1llegal realtor sanioulation, the dusl housiog market 1n
) 9

Perpetuated and resliors have too little incentive to alter market trends.” 8. p.25.
Once agatn, 1t's not profitable to function hussnely in this capitaliat syat
o hava Ko g0 WIth the flow of "market trends” of ingrained ractea. de all
Who 1ives n the most rundown apartaents in the crapplest parts of town and sho
dousn't..

Conmmity oxgantsations "operate 1o Lseleticn and often thelc prograns
duplicate and overlap eachother. In addition, these housing groups generally are
taffed, underfunded and thelr activities are not poblicised. Comminity
organtaations in predoninantly white aress have ot sade sexdous efforts to promote
sinority boustng.” 8. p. 27. Mers, supposedly, 1s "desocracy” at the gras
Level - Fighting for their racial turl. Thls 1s what capitaliss has reduced uhite
People to ~ scared, tgrorant-of- ollivious o thels read best
Intecests - Inter-racial living and genoine husan developsent.

Ae for Wuilders and developers, “Nost new housing 1s constructed tn all
White developlng aress rather than in older established alxed race nelghborhoods. .
Black honebuyers are dlscouraged fron soving Into new aress bacause sose Wl
developers feel that Mlack hose buyers will drive suay whits traffic... some
bullder-developers have also created 'instant ghettos’ by constructingsone
subliviatons, often substandard, and marketing thes exclusivaly to alnority
fantlies.” 8. p.21. Big surpeise Ners, Lsn't 147 Ges, I think I'a detecting
pattem.

The "tasge” & commntty scquires, a3 vieved by “hether factusl or
Bot, “often deteraines who moves into that comumity.” 8. p. 29. In a ractst
“octety, blacks have Liaited options, often opting for an ares that provides at
Least & seablance of scceptance. Naturally, the “poor whites, then have to
Batl out and sesk out new honkified enclaves.

The lav serely clatas o protect & person “fron having hie/her freadon of
Ghotce abridgeds the lavs do not rectify ractal diseriaination of the past or
do they frotect interractal commnity lving.” 8. p. 3. The laxt Go to any
court 1n the suburbe for & traffic ticket or somsthing. The building 1s
Flowing with black “defendantel” The vhites are the Judges, the cops and the
Sronsy layers, ¥ith & ssattering of white defendanta. Have you ever gone to
court and seen & cl¥L rights case, sincerely fought on the behalf of & vronged
Black person? Blacks are hauled off to prisen vith the volumous regularity of
the Kast cattle-cars full of Jouat

A for govermaent, rest assured they care 11ttle for ractal decency. The

roots

ity consune

o

feds clata to favor local control, yet pour in the national police at ary stgn
OF "trouble.” They rob us blind, bully the vorld and put on the ong-ruming.
tosination known as Congrens and the Precidency. As for local governnents,
“Many local governsents actively ork to exclude thenselves fros reglon-vide

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Frobless and responsitilities ta houel
ttnes do not tavert 1a local, Ideractal are

Srthersore, sose local governsents

o they refune to desd with ractal
concerns aliagether.” 3. p. 3. Another revelatory lonbahell, eh?

The schoole are rehools of ractsa. Lily uhite schools allow shites o avold
Blacks altogether, re-inforcing ractst beliefs. Interracial schosls attract
Blacks vhich sends white jarents Facking their kids off 1o other achools. As the
Black percentase of +tulenta increase, the funding for these schools dries u
Invartably, the backs are blaned for belng the cause of thelr own victisization.

©n the 1ndividual hose buying level, the “actions of sy hossbuyers and
Posenellars are often self-1iaiting and againat federal falr houaing lav. Many
White and Black hossbuyers are self-steering theaselves Into nelghtorhoods uhere
they feel they sould be the 0zt cosfortable shen thelr assessaent 1s based on
very lilted factsal information. Furthersors, the actions of soe homesellers
“uch as selective shoing and selling as vell as different home prices for each
Face ace Lllegal. On the other hadd, sone majority bosesellers have panicked
and 014 their houses at & loss after the first atnerity sove-n." 8. p. bl
Do therrmining shites blase these atard nelghtors for dragging down thetr
hose valuss by thetr gutlesc flesing? Fope. Alsost invariably, the blans 1o
on thelr new (black) netghtors.

Flnanclal tnstitutions lasict on appratsals for every sale not sold on &
€ash baats. “The appratsal process panalizes homes located in older areas and
1 areas uhere residents are of aixed racial, ethnlc and income backgrowsd. 3. p. M.
Appratsers must g2 o achool. to take cournes at the institutes sponsored by the
Soctety of Real Estate Appraisers and the Anerican Institute of Real Estate
Appratsers. Their texts state that nelghborhood hosogenlaty effects the "value™
of ' nelgntorhood. The student outline states, “As & genersl rule, ainority groups
ate found on the botton of the secto-sconoate ladder and prodless sasoetsted with
Blnerity froup segrents of the population can hinder conmunity growth.” bid,

A slide shou acconpantes the Tstitute of Appraisers course, “The acconpanying
sound track sa1d of a nelghtorheod amalysts "one exceftional factor which may
affect valus 1z the influx of inharmontovs cocial or racial groups. The slide
on the screen shoved a bumed out store.” 8. p. 45. The prospective appratsers
ars 101 the single soct Laportant “value level” of a “residential nelghborhood
are 1nfluemced more by the social characteristics of 1ts preseat and prospecti
occupants than any other factor.” 1bld. fo the apprateer 13 supposed to mai
smap Juigesent an o 8 Tutuce honeouner’s social characteristica after being
tnculeated wth ractst appratsaleset

“Low talling" by aprralaers and enployeen of soricage conpantes (vhich are
one tan,) 1s conmon. They “lov ball® the apprataal of &

often & braneh

an al

house 1n & “changing” nelghborhood - even ¥hen & buyer has agreed to buy the hovce
for a higher price thin the appraiser clains the house 1s vorth. The deal i
therefors, nullified. The appratser s just dotng his J0b of saotaglng &
Ralghborhood that 1s "changing.” hodest, single-fasily hoses are purchased by
Morking people. They can’t Just lay doum a vad of cash asd skip the appraical.
The potential buyer sust get & Eortgage Loan Lo purchase the ouse, co the bank
tarsines hos & nelghtorhood 1s "changed.” fesdless o say, the banks make an
enozaous comsiasion on the sale of every house, throuch & conplex myriad of
fers charged to toth buyer and seller, and continue to “aske” soney on the
intareat on the morigage lown, which vaually ssounts to tio oF theee tises the
st of the actual loan. Blacks pay higher interest rates on thelr sortesges.

5 for relying on bellders and developess to aind thel profitedriven,
FRCLSL "P'e" and "', “Dlscriatnation snd/or fallure to sarket affirastively
an ba negatively sanctioned. Yatchlogglng, hovever, Ls not sasy and often HID
reglonal offices do not bave the Tesources to do the Job adsquately - even vith
a1d fron comuntty organtsations. If the regulating office 1s not suift and sure
10 1ta enforceneat, and sanctions are not harsh' in cases of definite non-
compliance, the developars
of & riak” 8. p. 5.

The actual construction of housing i another nail i the coffin perpetuating
Tacisa. Uhan construction erkers (almoct aluays hite) Wild & tract of hoses,
11 dopands on how expansive the hoses will e, who they are to te sold to, and
the Whins of the butlder(s) tnvolved. ihen white construction vorkers know they
are building a developaent that will be targeted to blacks, they can let their
Facisn bo reslized 1n & concrete fashion, on the bl The nailing beconss
Paphasard and sany are ekipped altogether. Varped pleces of vood are shaep-iipped

The uhole Job La done with a aind-set of “Malf-sse.” The butlder
hoddy saterisls and the vorkers are given an inadequate asount of
t1se to construct the honss properly. Ratn and snow sce alleved o dasage the
boses befors cospletion. Serlovs flavs are papered over lnstesd of corrected.
“They'11 uin ‘e, anyay.” These workers are victins of this status crap, too.
The “privilegs of uhitanesn” Ls the misersble “perk® clung to. Toorly traised
oF non-unton lator 1s used to Bulld the cheaper housing, which blacks uaually
S0t Ftuck vith. Uhen an sxpensive (1.e. “White") house or nelghborhood 1s
conatructed, pride 1n vorkaanshis, quality saterisls and attention to detail
cons Lo the fore.
ae eaployed. The blusprints are followed to the letter as foreasn and Lnspectors
avarn the cite. The police presence iz moticestly Increased, ainiatzing
Vandalisa during construction and clving thels 13zratur on the soon Lo be saceed
ad41t10n o the halloved Institution of private (*uhite) property. Sickensd yei?

e not Likely to foel that non-complisnce L much

() EEY

Lineated in the late seventies, vhen & half-hearted
“ffozt sas 3111 being made Lo do the ight Libersl thing. This vas & coanting
10 8 8t0p froa the Iapetus froa the civil rights movenent of the elxties and the
“Great “octety's S on Foverty” - a ehaa offansive ending in miserable fatlure -

These problens ve

a3 they were pulveriaing Southesst asta (another var they lost.) The tiny tethering
0 the Gulliver of naked ractat capltalien has baen ripped avay by the rightist

t1de. The openly aati-human regiaes of the Resgan, Bush and Clinton eras, vere
Prepared by Carter's "rahabilitation’ of American sight. After their Vietnsn

fefeat and the Satergate sludge, Carter spoke of "hussn Tighte,” as the U.

How the beast 1 raspagtng

Zach of these South Chicago communitien has thelr own sordld hatory of
ractat relations (typleal throughout the U.5.) as they becane "integratede or
Focaed as plammed suburien ghatios. The black childzen golne 1o the schools
breaking the color Line, hal o g0 through esotionally and peychologically,
What Victor Jara vas forced o endure physically... 1's sure most hites reading
these raragraphs will react incosprehendingly - stunned by these paracraphe,

ot blacks vould glve 1t approving nods of recomition. iho do you think has &
Tandle on hat racisn mesns and doss?

s the veLl of the spacial privileges of “uhitensss” 1 being shredded,
through long overdue enlightensent and bitter reslity, more and rore whites
angrily realise they've been dupes 1n & collosal hoax. As the dynasics of
capttalion careen into naked profit-s

ng, the thin venser protecting whites
fron 1ta most Vlatant assaults is being exposed. Yhite youths ace sore intuned
4 Mlack culture (particulacly mustonlly) and it defiant sessage. Ve're sll
in thie together, brothers and sisterat Knou thine eneayl Ue've soan what can
happen uhen the people decide they ven't tolerate "thelx” systea’s swindling
snymore. iltnesn Albani...ass revalsion Leads to spontansous revolution!
“Enoucht To the guist! Get these tastards out of haretll” OF courss, the
and 14s lackeys axe busy trying to danpen 1t down.

So what are ve goona do alout 147 Yell, we'rs not gerblls in & cage. Ve're
husan belngs uith advanced ainds. The Bhopal-like intellectual fog that pronounce:
s comtry 1n 1te stagnering, stuptifying torgor to the rest of the vorld,
unt not e ruccusbed to. 1t's an insanely daunting task to challenge this
Blindly arrogant genoctdal senstrosity. Fear and hapelessne
unscceptable excuses for nsctivity. An Frederick Dovelass sal
b ctrucrle, there 15 no progrens.”

Vhat ve nust 3tes] ourselves ¥ith, ia the ental toughiess of & Aichasl
Jordas and the prysical courage and

sraination of the Vistassese people.
as) 23

They whipped the .5, soundly, resesbar? %e'Ll meed the Lasight of the soctal
and political analysis of & fosn Chonsiy and the stelving to grasp difTicult
concepts, with the sheer brilliance exeaglified by Stephen Kasking. Ve need o
attatn cosmic avarenses a3 1t applies to this planet, all vashed dovn vith the
Soy for 147e, exvded by the Phiah.

There's & better world out there, damsiti Cur Job s o go out there and
Bl 14, Ve can't afford Ko be afrald - of anything, lesst of all our o
oushta. Ve are araed vith rationslity which uncovers the truth, no matter hov
obacurely 1t 1s offictally” jackaged. Exyosing and fighting racisa and other

avils of capitalisa s everytodys® highest soral duty. Our asslguent for the

t of our lives 13 to hasmer avay st this vorld of opprecsion and Lgrocance

MAth each breath, on the count of every hesrtbeat. There are bables to be saved -
Deautiful BLACK babtest
nermmicss
1. "Mattescn Stability,” Chicam Tridume, sec. Ferspective, p. 2, harch 19, 1995.
2. “Matteson Ad Flan Ceilicized,” Chicass Tribume, sec. Hetro Southuest, p.1,
Kareh 9, 1995.
3. “Mapldly Changing Matteson Sets a Course to Voo Vhites,” Chicago Tritune,
Sec. Wews, p. 1, Apeid 17, 1995,
8. “Matteson Launches Afiraative Harketing Initiative,” Chicago Ares Falr
Houstog Alllance Paaphlet, Jure, 1995.
5. "South Holland Tacgets Ractal Steering,” Chicas Tribns, sec. hetro, p. b.
Decamber 6, 1995.
6. Berey, brisn J. 1. Housing yuestion: Race and fouring in Chicaso,
T 2*T506. " Camerioge, T o RuTRERGSE AT Hniyt T
7. “A Suburh's B For Ractal Stablity,” Chicage Teiwie, sec. Biltorial,
P14, Haren 13, 1995.
8. Onderdonk, Dutleys Defarco, Donald; asd Cardons, Kathy. Integration i
Housing: A Plan For facial Diversity. Park Forest, Ti.t Village of Fark Forest, 1977.

‘Thought Bombsiea sbstant ine put togather

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Continued from Page A1

Lacy, 28, said the family never had
trouble with neighbors before.

He works, while Estelle, 27, is a
student at Indiana University North-
west. Those responsibilities, along
with caring for their five children,
ages 14 months to 7, don't leave
much time to socialize, either, they
said

BELLEVILLE, ILL.

“We've talked about moving, But
we shouldn't have to live in fear
Estelle said. "We
were just getting settled here, liking
it;they can't run us out of the place

Lacy said the family is consider-
ing protective measures like motion
lights or a fence to surround that
back yard.

He also said he’s thinking about
planting a tree where the cross once
stood, forever reminding them of
innocence lost.

“The little ones, they're not going
to remember, but I'm afraid for all
of them," he said. “That doubt, that
insecurity, it's always going o be
there. now.’

Police, FBI track case of possible racial dragging

s

Wiembers o the lack communite

it severe but restable injrics st the nsi-

o iy, Duris e

Called e ot Depiment esigaton s

e e, -

ampin ol plice e s dragged Vi o

soveral biocks b i dritine
7]

Black Panthers to protect blacks in Klan rally

W Panthers will be.
sending armed members
o Jasper (o defend the
black race.

oAU ATTLLAGA

pickup ruck 3nd draged 10
death

“Three white men o of wham
auharities suspect have white
Sopremacin beletn,ae charges

with the laying,
Tocs

Jasper County Sherit Billy
Reoies s e oapers,pica

Shabars woukint sz how
many Black Panhrs s enpaes

“We're going 1o
be there to
defend and to
patrol the
community and
protect them

Sfrom attack.”

ving 0 3 de
fense perimeter and detense
[t eimindey
Raising again
the bloody flag of racism

Hsive Intoigonca,
Acoluma by Jack D. Forbes
Noiive American Swdics

Universty of Californ, Davis

T»e Privaters (prstes) who conl our
cconomie and pollical system 1odsy
Hove a3 majr tol he maimensnce
of distus between white worker and people
of color, 35 well 35 the fosiering of
agonisins hetween the workin class 3nd
the wnemployed, beiween dilletent thaic
between Spanish-surnamed
Americans and African-Americans, and
between non-Native Americans and Ntive
wiba cisens,

. a3 well oy most of the
medin, fvo the ich and the powerfola the
expense of the general citizenty. A key
onceptof “deluning
hat . o iake away
s which have the general public a5
heie primary beneficaries, and especialy
hose whichind 1 asist the poor mare than
. In oher words, the slogans are
on" and the virtues of “free
markets” (logans wsed in stavery days, and
when Natie ands were being siolen).
“Defunding the poblic secor” is » very
clever concept because i seves 1o cmpower
private. for-profit groups 3x well 13 1o

de wemendows taz-bresks and
Siratge ot iy k. ot st
efunding public elevision

ULS. has deven the
privat

commercia

television's various fanel,
selcted are wsualy safely conservative.
e you ever seen & First Nations

few crombs (0 the middie.Jncome axpayers)
hat alo served to cresie insulfcent public

funds for publc schoos, colleges, hos
menial health centers, e celea, thas causs
& decline n the qulity of the bl school
s foneing the growh of peivte school

Voucher plans, and 30 on. The remendous
srow i fes o form of aaion) for

s,

hat our readers are saying

Looking for my Choctaw brother

i el of Fnding my long lst brober.
My bother's name i Haris Monis. e i in
i e 305,

11 saw i was when 1 wss sbool
eight yeus of age, which hardly know how
e looks. Last 1 heard from a fiend, who

came Wk 1n Chosiae reerenion <l ot

e may have moved 1 St. Pau, MN sea. I
any brothe o sster can give me help 1o
locung him, it would be a lesing. 1 don't
have to much of 8 luck becasse | am

10 one of poliical

ke 10 hank who would be
me advice to where 1 can

my brother. Any
jon i3 beter than none. Also if
anyone would care o wilte 0 8 lock down
brother, | would amswe al letters from the

Lorry Moris 11055013
PO Dor 1ot
collge studens has been a dicet result of
e Waner of wealih from the public sccior
10 the pivae, wealhy clasis, Th resll i,
ofcourse 10 ssengthn the postion o rivte
uiversities and (o make it much more

Mcult o poot and middle-cas students o
stend.

OF coure, our wibal calleges hve never
been adequaiely funded snd Congress has
never sppropdisted the suthorize
specifcd n the Tribaly-contaled Collge’s
egistation.

Defunding public education has many
other efects, incloding the forcing of many
studenis o work long hours in crdee 10 pay
forthel fes, books, f ceters, ths seriow

oy Inclination 10 engage in

Morcove,a th clementary

vels, it has the effect of

for

their chikdren o engage in extcacuricular

acivies which requie fes or the purchase

of specia equipment no longer provided by
cas poo schacts.

Defunding he public secor i, of couse,
only one element i the Privateer’s sicstcty
of dismaniling the gains which.working
people made in the 19305 and 19405
“Downizing” and dismissing lon
‘cmploees has become a hasaciei ofour
imes, otally arbirary behavio na cauted
by anyiing except the poliics of avoring

e rich. The owners and CEOr of

such huge
clearly is no cconomic
eason for the savgiog o employes.

Al of this cniching e rich has led 1o
sreat insecuity o the part of the working
People of Norh Americs. The seady loss of
el ncome, the dcline in liviog ssndards,
the leimate fea of becoming unemployed
or & partiimes,al of these things could be

and secondary
denying poore familics he opporan

expecied o lesd 10 3 new rdicalisation wl
gencral public 1nd 10 8 new poliics

which would demsnd socil jutice. | 2
Aad thatis precisely whete racism and

ani-Native People moves con n 10 andy!

more. If whites €an be made 1o fear
“aificmative aciion,” if Dacks can be me
1o fes “immigran

be made 1o be jealous of Fi
sovereign sttus, then the ich can play

society, and
one which caes for al izens, then
we must be very caefol ot 1o al st the
aads of ric, el scipt wriers whe
wiitien a play which they expect
bladly act out.
They wamt us 1o out ow
predetcrmined roles as fearul and divded
. each jesous of the "ot Wik
they attack alfiemative acion” thy cxpect

U810 teact by defendin, f we sre “ofcoor
and oining th stack, if we sre “whie” Dot

responding by saiag thl we want ll pople
‘wha e thevictims of appresson,be ey of
whatever calo, o be el

want 10 use the white-working-cls
people of color,thn et us roaden our
o o include sl viiws f racisn
Forporae prcd
Racism s » form o medlal Hncs, bot i
politcal weapon used over snd ot
persons secking 10 msnipuse
. e “bloody fsg” i being waved, bt v
o nothave o become s vitims gai

v

Prfessor ack D. Forbes, Pawhtan-
Deloware, i he uthor of Columbus and
Oer Comnbals, Red Bl Afcons nd
Americans and over books.
‘ALLRIGUTS RESERVED.
Phene (530)752.3217

Racism is a form of mental illness, but it is also a
political weapon used over and over again by evil
persons seeking to manipulate us. The “bloody
flag” s being waved, but we do not have to
become its victims again.
In Germany, right-wing violence against foreigners surges

50— Aight win attacks in
Glmany rochet 3 e high
T par of 3 rang e

esomien. the goven
e ooy

S ot e
T g s

Louisiana
man says he

was dragged
1

car er
i

ays 5 whitesing
puledd
Blacks

B B
e e o

P —
1L — In snher e

simiar 0 ihe droggint death
Texan s bk o s three i

of's pasing
rsbied byt s

e, 23, uilered sbrasions
and brvises an i s and o
hen he rated sy {rom he cr

Weawer iold The Times Pcapune

eans 3 sty publabe
o ot e (ered e men v
oo viop i 1 hep
Eine T et e g

s known a8 skinhesd
oy e betoes 2§

T main targets were (e
et S e g Same o
% nais . mchoin wnen-
e

S ofthe ocrsse s
mery ot G-
T e el e
manyount people

"o

wesver could net b reached fox

ol s ndaper. T, where
Sames Byrd . 45, wes drogd 10
“ree whk men

o e

supects o

Just angravaed. 1 gt
Nk v W o ey thing e
it here e

Wesver was wounded 3 day oftr
Bac isnnio. 17 o Bl .
£ hrc whte outh caed i
over . e Ve ety Py

S vinped smd v
et bk whent
Former Soviet facade of tolerance
eroded by Russian racist attacks

By Colle Mebtahon
LA

MOSCOW—The newspaper
5 barey ot noneed Sreepn

i e e s v
25y n he iy

"Then reparts staried coming
Avout 50 skimhents Seataly
o Arian women

Nitean American trom-the U3
Embesy coningent
ose nctdents had

Ay 2t g lig. e
ien Smong Alrcan &

other Torele

Sy vorkand ¢ i th Rus-

ways on guard: 16s
sheags on my mind Said Michael
Aty Pl o voka
o et Yo vt
ki whers o g, where ot lo
£ T Rave 19 1ike precautions
ey i

“Nngars a1 the artcle In Nezs

“Talwan's Embassy
ciiens o sy homt from sche
Gier miaions. Inchoing e 05
Embusy twice. s have isued

sy Sermann whie walhing wih
S American woman. sso bsck.
{hraugh Gorbushka market t F
Parkcs popular spa 1o buy CB3
e ety

Four men descrted 3 In hele
somdty o e bt b
hen

A suspect In 0
scars'ah W3 kmuckies when
At Niomday I an irview

1% e honest with you.they
Jus seem o e airacted i my
s e el 103 magnet= he
i Everyaners | g, ey bhe

o o
Darty of s sl oo,
4 USSR, such taik

Jailing Fathers

Does prison time for non-support help or hurt children and families?

Iays sacond class €1
e and phopl fam the Coucy
s Keven e
Constant reminie: Sovie 1y
e bk Ransian they werk
\hen the Saviet Union began.
Feapi e rt o 5 o wh. ¢
fhey had 2
oo o

Beaple who cannol fnd sulabi?
ok and v Tooking for Sehb
o

“Thovgh the seeet crime e n
Morcan 15 ower tha 1 mork
major U clis:

oyl sk,
e e ok the e

R

fpm

b
Ly

Chicago Sun Times NI

3 whites held
in race Killing

Black man was dragged to death in Texas

"

i the defendants,

Bl rejected
o bove

e otion that_racist

" news conference,

Susper is timber lown of 7.800 people
abou 100 mile northenst of Housl
"accaunt of the lay-

Trom bis
o, A wroneh with the name

s race. but U
hine up anyway. and ol four

o 0 comvenience store.
then ot hehind the whoel

and Trewer and
heating the v
ned 1o the truck and

KKK e

WS Wednesday, June 10,1998 31

John William King (Iront, center) and Lawrence Russell
Arom the courthouse In J
with illing a black hilchhike

FII agents met
dny. and federal i
e muthoritios s

D, a former vac
RESIST

k
TO EXIST

Anti-Racist Action
Hoel matiev's Talk, Friday, pay X, 199 33

James Kao Introduces Nosl on behalf of S.A.%. (Students Agslnet iteness.)
Hoel haa written o te Irish Becans ¥hite, and slong vith John Garvey, edlts
Bace Tealtor. The project of face Traltor, or 1t's goal. 13 o abolish "uhitens
« soctally sigificant category. Joul has Just von Kational Book Avard for
Race Trattor.

The Cletl Rights Movenent “Legally™ stolished racisn, on pager anyvay. The
rd "uhite" vas stricken fron the constitution. Today, the few Abolitiontst
Froject 1s to dentify, challenge, dofy, distrupt and finally destroy the
Institutions that reproduce race, such as In ractally fuanelling Job references
tracking, red-lintng, racially losded S.A.T. - type Lests, exclustonary practices
of trade untons, ste. The reasons to attack “uhiteness® are, muster 1, 1t's
elenental sorality. Tvo, racisn is & fundasental dlsteaction In dealing vith
Baste soctetal s rican folitics, ractss 12 all-pervastve. 1t's
drusned nto eventody that black aales are crininals and Slack females ara
imnoral. Vithout the polsoning interference of race, people could serlovsly
address thetr resl probl

The pre-Civil Yar Abolitionists vere the sost successful of all 8.5,
revoluttonaries. How could such & saall group become 0 poverful?

Abolitionisn began to receive g iaput ‘S vhite people in 1831, vith the
Clest tssue of The Liberator. “illtan Lloyd Garrison vas the spearhesding
force, 1n this effort. He proved to be an uncosprontsing atulitiontst. Too
aeninal events occurred at this tine. A black sun, David Valker wrote a poverful
“hich cane Just short of belng & call to aras. Fat
10 1831, 1t vas the largest slave rebellion in €.5.
Mistory. The slavers responded by Intensilylng the repression. They drove free
Blacks out of the South, and tho posed to slavery, notably the Quikers.
Fugttive slaves, plus free Horth. The 1530's sav & great leap.
foriard in the formation of black socisl institutions in the Forth. This vas In
Aolitionten developad as the product and

ons.In A

resgonse to thelr burpeoning n

responte to develogemt in the black comunily in the Forth. The first /b
of the subscribers to the Liberator vere Macks. They vere the source of 1t's
Elitantey.

Atolitiontsn vent by tvo peinciples. The Tirst vas the unconditional,
Lnnediate emnclpation of sl slaves. The second denand vas for Tull squal Fights
for all black people. Aolltiontss energes not 33 3 means to oppose the slave
ovners, but in opposition to snti-slavery forces wilLing to congrontse with slavery.
farrison stacted the Liberator to opfose the anti-slavery forces who sdvocated

@ 34

They fel1t these peopla should be relocated

for the colontaation® of ex-slav

1n soms other country. Carrison at first shared these bellefs, but blacks

convinced hia that they belonged 1n this country. The slaves had sctuslly built

this country, and vers now native to this countey, many for many g

The black atolitiontsts Lectured Carrison against any fora of gradusliss. They

advocated the tanediste essncipation of all slives. Slavary vas iasoral sad thus

nunt e alolished. The black people In this country had at least as such clata

to Anerica as any Furopeans. Full civil rights for all ex-alaves was thelr corollary

demand. Carrison Learned his lessons well and rassined steadfast in his allitantey.
In 1333, the Anti-Slavery Soctely vas founded. Abolitionisa s groving.

In 1326-35, sobs attacked abolitiontats in northern cities 1n incressing lavels

of Vitriol. This uas proof Lo the abolitionists of the effectivencss of thetr

\ncosproatsing position. ihy did vhits sobs attsck thas? Unite people vere

concerned that the atolition of slavery vould break up the “union.” They also

objscted to conplete black equility. Iasigrants vere afrald for their sonogoly

of Jobs.
In the 1940°, atolitiont weat a political diviston. It split over

[ vomen speaking 1a public denouncing slavery. The Grlaky siaters
They and others deried the custons
Segrepation. This tnitiative by voasn xas dencunced by the
protestant churches. Some 1n the sovessat thought 1t would discredit atolitionien
4o allov vonen to be apesking publicly in their nase. Women's liberstion was then
a0 even sore blasphescus concept than (ull equsl rights for slaves. Garrison
argued for osen. To his, they must be slloved to speak publicly - as abolitionist
He reected the path of social “respectaMltly.” Almlitioniss used to disrupt
Churches, denouncing the for their cospliclty aad sccosodation to slavary. The
Eodarates soved toward slectoral participation to atolish slavery. Garrison
Fefused Lo dilute s position.

The constitution forbade aolition. Mederates felt they had Lo tria thetr
£atls, 45 16 thelr goals. They dropped the denand of squal rights for Blacks.
Garrison advocated for the disruption of sny and all institutions coplisat to
Slavery. Soahox, he felt, slavery vould be stopped. The countey as & whole .
\as in conplicity with the federal governaent in perpetuating slavery. The
bayonet used by the U.. governsent Lo saintain slavery vas the Fugltive Sla
Lav. Garison's slogan vas "o Union ¥ith Slaveholders.® The atlitant stolitiontsts
Mere Leying to got the northern states Lo seceds. They laplesented this drive
MLUh slave rescus attespts and reststance by direct action, challenging the
Aluays, vers in the lead 1n these exfocts.

arati

the 1ase

. The black

rugitive slave 1
o) a5

In the 1640%s and '50°s restatance to slavery took on many foras, such s
the Undergrownd Ratlrosd and s cues, otc. These abolitiontst actions
\ere i Tesponse to blacks! initiatives. The abolitionists wers a saall, ssall
atnortty actively vorking to d1scupt the crusbling edifice of slavery. In 1846,
the Hexican Var signalled & massive land grab 1 the Southuest. David Yilsot
of slave cospetition and proposed this in
Congress. This beought to the fore the conflict of slave lator and vage labor.
Stavery sarginalized the vage aystea. So, the push vas on, oot o only ban slavery
fron the nevly extorted tarritories, bub to exclude all blacks. So the soderate
Fosttion becane & Hitlerlan call for ractal “purity.”

Over tn Kansas, & civll var erupted 1 185% to decide who could “vote™
oo shather to be a free or slave atate. The upshot had Kansas tamaing slavery,
and also free Macks, The comtcy was hesding for eivil .

In 1859, John Bron Launched his sythic attack on Harper's Ferry. John vas
atudent of insurrection. Teo plans energed as his strategles. AL fira
4o seite arss o comence guerrilla var against slavery. He thought the
Appalachian fountatns were enplaced by God to secve as the slaglng grounds for
he ensncipation of black people. e vas accused of teylng to iguite genersl
Alave rebellion. He vould have loved to have instigated this, but had a sore

Janted uhite workers to be *(r

Lober take on the sffect of his actions. Upon N caplare, he decided 1t vas
sore useful %o be 4n Abolitionist advecata fron the dock. The result of his
“ctions xas to tarrify the South Into accelerated irrationality. The South used
the attack Lo demand fron the Horth sore han 1t was willing to do in support of
slavery.. Southern accogsace pushed the orth to the vall, cospelling thes to
restat. In 1660, the slaves, 1n sffect, elected the presidsnt. The alolitionists
vere forced iato hiding. Joha Browm, one ssn, vas blared for dlssolution of the
unton. He bl the 114 off the facade, alright, and died an eternal hero.

. PhLiipe, & prosinent stolitiontat, vas forced to s wnderground A1
Uhis tiae. Tvo yencs later he ses addressing o Joint sesslon of Congress.
114 this phenosenon transpire? inttially, the Civil Var had loth sides fighting
for lavery. The dorth vanted the union preserved. The South wanted out of the
unton, o pursve slavery vith & vengeance. Lincoln advocated that ao slavery be
Llloved 1n the new tarritories. The isase in 1860 vas uhather slavary should be
expanded (soutn) o resteieted (forth.)

The var bocsed dom. The liorth and South send many poor whites to thels
“lasghter. ihite vage slaves becoms unvilling Lo fight and die for sorthern

Lavery var and tio,

arstes. Philltps tells Congress o one, declare 1t an anti

® 3

Fecrult and ara black soldiers. Lincoln cones to realize the var can only be von
He 1asues the Easncipation Froclasstion which sigrals
alcone 1n the North. A “general strike” by slaves
zas thelr dator. One hundred and
RopTp—

he sosthern arates. So, blacks freed the counts

a5 8 var agsinst slavery,
paralyses the South as the
Blacis Jotn the northern ar

tapetus spears

tron the slave Molitiontsts are proves Fight. Their uncospront

Mi1itantey and direct action serve as & catalyst in the destruction of the slave
Moel Tgratier urges everyons to study Blac

V.2.3. Duols, for the clesrest account of post .
rd. Alolitiontsa developed in opjasition o the

econstrvet ries, by

Teo folats ar
anti-slavery novenent and & tiny band of deterained abolitionists cast thelr

“elght at a crucial sosent n istory and proved effective.
Slavery vas elininated, Wt ractss remsing entcenched. face Trattor's focus
L on race. ace is olitically pivotal and opess vp the challengs o all the
other socal and economic lesues that screas Lo be addressed.
“Fossessive nvestaent® 13 historically sceunulated veslth. This 1s &
Uhite thing. “Accumslated farily weslth® 1z soacthing some shiteshave, but not

Blacks. face gets reproduced. 1t iz passed on (ron generation L generation.
econctles thes to 18,7

Racisn “does not exenst uhites fron exploltation - 1
s to creatively enploy the tactics which

Hoel urges modern day solitl
proved so successful in the aid - 1300°s.

" DENOCRATIC”
"REFX‘LchN"

SHALE YOURSILYES RIGHT AT HOME™
Dear activists i the ani

acist movement, 37

1 would like t0 begin a discussion on the destruction of stavery and the.
imporance of the black soldir. Tve read several books and | would ke 1o hear some.
‘comments. 1 thought ARA would benefi by reading the presenation | gave 10 my union.
We are a muliracial nion tha i sometimes very motivated fo social causes.

We live ina time when most people take things for granied. Even the founding of
‘our union many take lightly. We werer thee forthe fight. We didn' see the 10
steelworkers murdered by the Chicago police on Avenue “0” in 1937,

‘We werent there to strike for the hour day. We didt see the excution by
hanging of the executive board in 1586,

We wereni there 10 suffer 4 years of bloodshed during the Civil War. Was your
brother one of the 30,000 Black soldicrs killed inthe fghting? There were al totaled
180,000 black soldicrs who served in the Union

‘We should honor these heroes and martyrs who gave us their lives for the
bentement of humanity. We should honor al the people who struggled against slavery.
This is Black History Monih.

One o the most imporant figures was Frederick Douglass. Who was be? What
‘made him the best known spokesman fo ending slavery?
His contibutions were:
1. for 16 yéars was cditor forthe North Siar. The paper was supported and
financially backed by abolinists st home and broad
2. aveled 10 lreland and England twice o tlk sbout th desirucion of shvery
3. Met President Lincoln nd several ther presidents givin advice.
. moved 1o Wash D C. and continued 1 play a ol n ntional poltcs uni his
deahin 1895

5. prominent male supporter for women's sulage. (rght 0 vote)

A dozen yars before the Civil War broke out Douglass began priting the North
Star. In the very frst edition in bold headlines he declared RIGHT 1S OF NO SEX.
TRUTH IS OF NO COLOR. His paper received lots o national and itermational
support. In fact the paper wouldnt have survived without strong financial suppor.

1 the paper he constanily alked sbout how the nation and the slave were bound
ogether. When wa broke ou, he had clesr message. The North must hate slavery and
the tave holders 1o win thenext bate. Boldly h prnied two esoluions for ending he

war: 1) Abolish Slavery and 2. Form a Liberating Army of the ex-staves. They will
ight beterthan anyone can believe.

33

He also gave us a world wide perspective of the civil war, He said that this s
war the worldis waiching. "We mststand in our appoinied place and do this great
service for mankind. “The world has not seen a nobler and grander war than that

which the loyal people of this couniry are now waging...not mearly o free a couniry or a
continent... ut the whole world rom slavery.”

1 was nerly 2 yearsffom the sart of the war when Prsident Lincoln gave the
‘emancipation proclamation. 1t was celebrated a a gorious day in the abolition
movement...Jan 1, 1863. The sbolitonists had always talked about how the fae of he -
nation and slavery were bound together* For th frs time, black freedom and cquality
‘e hitched to the nation's survival. For the first time black soldiers would be alowed
10 fightfortheir own frecdom.

I the spring of 1863, he went on a speaking tour wging blacks to "Ny to s, and
smite with death the power that would bury the govermment and your liberty i the same
hopeless grave.”

men Remember Denmuk Vesy of Charcston: remamber Nathanid
Tumer of Souhumpon;remmber Sk Green snd Copeland, who

llowed Jobn Browa, s fll 2 gloious marrs ot the case of the
e

Before emancipation Douglass had lot o say incrticism of Lincol and the
government. He sid they were blind. The issue was slavery and they didat want 1o deal
with it He said many times why does the Union fight with s white hand and keep s
black hand tied. Al of thischanged because the North necded the black soldier o win
the war.

In the summer of 1863, Frederick Douglass obiained a meeting with Presideat
Lincoln. He brought with i thiee grevances from the Black soldiers. There had been
massacre of unarmed black soldiers at FortPillow who had suendered. He wanied a
statement of equal retalition of Confederae prisoners that would be made for every
black soldier murdered in such ashion. The second issue was the denial of commissions
of blacks. No black soldier was allowed (o be an office and this iscrimination was
hurting moral of the soldiers. The third issue efTected ll blsck sodiers wastheir .
demand for equal pay.

WE WAVE DISCOVERED THAT 15 NOT MONEY BUT
WHAT THe POOR LACK... MORALITY

demonsirated theie demand by wriingleters and petitions. Many othersrefused the 31
unequl pay 853 vty of prtest. One companyoflack sldics wen o e
Commanders e and sacked e il Th iscrimination hadbecome 10 much and
Uhey wanted o b heard. Willam Walke poke T s company an refused 10 ke
Back is e d was ot marshaled and exeted i fon of s men.

“The rievance ofcqual pay continued for 17 months. 1t was finaly passed s 3.
bill before CongressinJuly of 1864, and would be made etroative. During tis time,
with good but nive, inttions the Gov. of Masssssachutcs had offred black sodiers
from his sat thediernce and thy said ™NO His soldiers i he 54 and 55 Regimens
53id hey weren ighing or money but for equality. “The principal of equali
found money but in dignity.”

think this s one of many important lssons the black soldirs tsught us during.
he war, An anonymous soldier form the 54th Massachusents Infanty stationed at Morris
Itand, South Carolina wrote o the Boston Journala leter and the last paragraph reads:

gy bound 1 pay un, which, i eff, adverios s 10 the word 15
bolding out fo moy 1ad st fom princle ht we sk our
manhood in conidernion of 1 few e dollars. How b s come
S Wha s Gend s been rivepresenio us o the Goveror,
o make N ik tha ou ecesiesauwegh ou self-epect? | 4
‘e nreprsentaion ofcusever impled N thi cin

g for the principal of dignity will be remembered as a fesson of the Civil
‘Was. Equal pay was won by the back soldiers during the war. Ou nation could come
out of the dark ages ofslavry. The right (0 vote was passed four yeas ater after the end
of the war and it also was won in the bttefield against stavery.

In closing 1 want 10 say, we ar 3 mlti-racial nion and we must never be divided
by race or we wil lose our union. We are a maltiethnic country and we must defend
ach other. In unity we have srength and a loud voice agaiast ous exploiter the company

PR T— Vawee
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A Grand Army of Black Men edited by Edwin S. Redkey
‘Slaves No More: Three ssays on Emantipation and the Civil War

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/o Autonomous Zone
1573 N. Milwaukee, #420
Chicago, IL 60622 USA

7732526019
June 25, 1998
Dear Comrades and Friends,

As ani-racist activist in Chicago, many of s are involved in supporting the work
of he Puerto Rican Culural Cenier (PRCC), and s afflsld peojects. Two majorsims of

ot Pkt Rican comrades are independencfor Pucro Rico.ind hefeedom of fifteen
Doy of war snd poiiealprisoners curenty incacersed hee inthe US for ighing
T o of thie county. Those o you who atcnded h st ARA Delegaes
Conference n Chicago durin June, 1997 were bl o leam more Sbout hese Sruggls, 55
e PRCC was the st for our meiings that wekend.

People affiated withthe Puerto Rican Cultral Center,slong with ik, minded
acivists around the US, are currenly mobilizing for majoc demonstration in Washinglon,
BC. on July 25. This date marks the 100t anaiversary o the US invasion of Puerto
g been chosen 35 a sraiegic moment 1o demand feedom fo the prisonecs and an end

100 s o S colonialiam. Th aached et expans fcher h deks and he
Pracich desls o s acviy.

Weae wiing you today o ccourage bosd pariiparon by A Racst Acion
Sroups roughout o US. A o s s s Delepes” Conference, he ARA Network
Sl b mcntion e e s e Vet e o 57

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ot L s et s s W inon. W oo all.
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‘Two Societies’

'HIRTY YEARS AGO, THE
Kerner Commission on Civ-
il Disorders warned: *Our pa-

tion is moving toward two soci-

eties,one biack, one while—
separate and unequal.” A 30th-
anniversary update, prepared
by the Eisenhower Foundation
and due for release March 1,
identifies some progress since
1968, but concludes that the
“prophecy has come to pass.”
Some evidence:

The unemployment rate for

‘young men in inner cities is
‘over 30 percent; the national
rate is under 5 percent.

W The U.S. income gap has
widened to the point that the
top 1 percent of Americans
have more wealth than the bot-
tom 90 percent. The poor are
disproportionately African-
American and Hispanic.

™ Ove in three young black
men s in prison, on probation
or on parole.

W States now spend more per
year on prisons than on high-
‘er education. Ten years ago the
spending priorities were
reversed.
‘Stucents rom the Bandung nshue of Technology bur tsie i ron of the campus Torsdey n Wer
J1va. About 1,000 students calld fo aconomie rfors s dernanded rasident Suhartss resiantion

Police fire into crowd, kill six
at Indonesia student protest

President Subarto keeps shatsoworityarcde | force to ol ity snded
hus word 0 use force ey T severt i

mesponse to unrest.

T~
prbeariiy

SAKARTA, Indonest —Presdent

SrieedSapreme Cair e
Student leaders in Jakarta «ad

lecd vestararmy othr cies vowed argesi /e
i

Students died beore the eyes of
i horeified companions.
A Teat 16 othr pevple were

Sninerma, protests in response 1o Tosday
oo b3 bloodhed.
reiied mounving pressut sthome A o et tw protesers w 47
i SSronTo democrst reorm “when po s 943
5 s wack, Sunart warned that o 8y
Tparked by the vorst econamic et polc snd kA roops i e

Judges get more power,
to crack down on youths

ing an sppoitment with 1 p

SPRINGFIELD (AP) — Judges will have new tols 1o
Verson te govermar £ave

ficipline young. Lowbreskers sader 4 bl . has
e N eues.
ot s 1 jovenie e sccepted Edgar's changes 570 wo wrks
scneaceson young alenders The adul senieoce would ago and the House followed it Monday, 1110 Theass
erseed i ofienders obey i te Wil uke efect Jan. 1 said Edgar spokesinan oba W L+
e sentenc. The adullsetence would ber.
run afou o te “The bill lo creates mediaton panes o bring onc-
olent olenders (oo face with thie vieims. S .
penaiies would ba laked directy Lo the crim, suc a5
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for new jail
The ldea of marriage,
according to St. Paul in I
Thessalonians 4, was that
everyone should "possess his
vessel in sanctification and

ossessing one's
vessel” unfortunately is for
many Bible readers a formulation
of the husband’s relationship
to his wife: ghe is 3 passive
objech, providing anlynacessary
relief of his physical desires.
After al

8 For the man is not of
the woman; but the woman of the
man. 9 'Neither was the man
created for the women; but the
woman for the man.

(The above is from I Corinthians
11) I want to find the humor in
this so badly, after all, l¥'s
absurd, but instead I find
mysel( trembling with anger. ALl
I can do is find out more and
spread the word. So, don’t
believe it. If you need the
Bible, then take it, but don’t
take it literally, woman ara not
inferior, o men or anyane. Nomen
vere mot created from or for
man.

CITIZENS FOR A SANE FUTURE 53

Communities of Cilizens Versus Stale Sponsored Spraw!

The stale of Hincis s spending 1ons [of o] money trying 1o bulldoze and
pove over everylhing! nslead of ying o facililole nafurol growlh o stonding
by and leaving us be, Ihe siole sees i 1o bully the cilzens wilh mossive sprawl

projects - orcing “developmen!” down our ihrools and lowering the quality of
our lives.

This pave over the comfields, Concrele pouring. stip mall making,
neighborhood obandoning. polluion generaling agenda. has got 1o be
slopped! Enough alreadyl Fix lhe 100ds, bridges. Iroins and airporls you already
have. Make ffe ivoble for people in exising communities. Don't buid on
cirport that is nof needed and won' be used! These projects only benefil he
construction firms creoling these concrele/asphall gridiock suburban
rightmares. Funny how they happen 1o be the main campoign contibutors,
isn'li1? The disgrace of leffing speculalors run roughshod over the land i no
. longer olerabiel This relentiess diive for profits o he expense of everything
else. coupled wilh the collopse of the educational system. a legilimate sense of
communily and connectedness, offers for our children's future. fille besides o
polluted, commerciolized, afienation and on overcrowded prison cell

Do you enjoy walching your home gelling bulldozed? The stale is doing il fo
peoplel “Eminent domain” they Collil, O maybe. you'lljust have o spend
Thousands 1o soundprool your house. Stort planning on spending the rest of
your lives indoors, however. The shiieking aeriol assault of a neorby oirpor
‘ought fo do wonders for your breathing. your nerves and your kids' abilty fo
concentrate in school. os the unvegulated of pollution soofhes your fhroall
Maybe you enjoy loud truck fraffic and passenger cor congestion. Perhapsif's
the franchise someness ond glut of adverlsing 10 keep us from experiencing o
natural, human ife, that you find 50 stimulating!

The “progress* fhe slale proposes s octually ifs opposite. The stae is in fact,
he lorgest coniiioulor 1o the decline of our sociely! People must fake molters
nfo their own hands and begin 10 build for a sane future. The weapons of mass
construction must be neutralized by grassrools efforts.

Thanklully, proposals and ideas are being offered for consideralion. The
stale. of course. fums an arrogant, dismisive eor o them. The policions are
sirangely deol (allhough never mutel) We either have 1o force them fo
sedously sten and oct upon these ideas (exasperatingly difficull under a system
‘where the poliicians ore sirung out on campaign money ond are in the pocket
of big business) or we need Io cashier them, ala Aldo. We need leaders with o
sirong commilment to the genine needs of their fellow cilizens and not under
the gip of fat cats looking for huge construction contracts,

‘Grassroots groups ore forming fike, well wildfirel Porents are finding

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themselves hoving Io fake over ihe funding responsiiiies rom school officiok ¢
mired in loyers of bureaucracy and inadequale funding from the slale (while

the stale boosls of mossive revenue surplusesl) The siale. lied up in knols by he
sullocating influence of milions of lows, reskictions, quoliier, reguiations and

tules, con'l find @ way 0 adequalely relum the lox money we send them. So.
they find woys lo squonder i, while Ihey envich themselves and hei big shol
budes.

There ore groups fighling poliutors, who are dumping many kinds of poisons
info our ok, water, [00d and soi.. Ofher cilizens monilor companies and.
govemment who can't be lrusted o do anylhing bul steal and pollute. Sadly.
Ine system we ore presently sluck wilh is nol based on honesly or need, but
folher greed ond legolized hell.

The committed cilizens need 1o loke it upon themselves lo become involved
in solutions. Complaining or lrying 1o ignore the situalion, ploys nto the
stumblebum honds of our poilicions and he merciless corporations cousing our
problems (os they reaiize soaring. record profifs) Join and conlrbule 1o one o
more of many grassrools groups working for local vabilty. Empower yourselll
Feelings of helplessness and fear wil vonish. once you sel lo work and start
making a dilference. Join groups lighiing offal landils, dumps. incinerators.
and polentially calasirophic nuclear power planis. We mus! siop poisoning our
world and relearn how 1o live harmoniously wilh whal we have. More ond
‘more “hings” mean nothing when the world can no longer breathel Buiding
super highways fo obivion while the fossi fuels run oul s no sane future.
‘Wasling ond discording communilies i really nothing short of massive criminal
aciivily and should nol be foleraled! This whole mindset of disposable.
‘everylhing does nol portend a viobie fulure. If you love your children and fheic
children, you will land up and fight for hei futurelll

‘We need to leave our children an ecologically sound, envionmentally
fiendly. ivable wodd in which 1o experience e in oll of ifs wonder. Al the
present rale of fhe abandonment of establshed neighborhoods, 10 pave over
‘corniields, while polluion goes unchecked ond finife resources of clean o,
‘waler, lorests, minerol deposis elc.. ore ravaged withou! regard 1o the future.
solely 1o maximize profifsfor o very few well-connected companies, while fhe
schools and infrastructure gel neglected inlo delerioration, while he pdson

populaion s00rs. is he ficket for sociefol disosterl

There are ways lo fight for your own dignily, sane solutions fo grave and
complex problems and help insure o legifimale fulure for our children. There
‘are many awlul social cancers thol must be addressed and overcome o
slrengthen these people-powered efforts. Racism, sexism, homophobia -
‘igolry of every siipe must be melicuiously studied and overcome. These are.
really 100ls o the slale o keep cilizens from reakzing their ull polentiol. We.
must ise above these scourges and include il of our cilzens in workable.

Rogers Park ARA

legilimate solulions. Al Ihese restictions ond laws of ihe siole e hinderances $'g
1o progress. They ore in ploce. 5o the system of thefl stays in place and the dich
con ge ficher. Lef' nol forge. Ths counlry wos founded on human siovery.
where only while, mole. land owners Could vole and make deciions. Today's
messis a direct resull of our undemocralic historyl Dot expect Ihe stale 1o
provide solufions when they've been fhe source of the problems and the moin
impediment fo recliying them! These days Ihe "upper” 1% conlrols more thon
Ihe “lower" 0% This oultageous gap is widening. doily. They don'l core obout
us. They do conlrol the govermment. business, Ihe courls and police OppOralus.
Though. Do they core aboul humon beings?#? Remember the hundreds of
bilfons of dollors of lox-payer money) thal wos bequeathed by Ihe siroke of
Ihe legislalive pen for the rapocious savings and loan. recently? Just the ofher
doy. Iread hat some guy was given 38 yeorsin pison for stealing four Gookiesi!
I's ot 100 dilficult o figure out for whom Ihis system s sel up and who has 1o
work and poy for the privileged few! To fight Ihis menace and work foword
sane fulure i the responsibiily of every cilzen. The system is nol ok, bul thal is
the redlity we are stuck with and we hove 10 deal wilhil. It may very wel be,
fhat we may soon have o prepare fhe fea for dumping info fhe harbort

Join @ grssrools group. fighiing he good figh for allof ust Don't just stew in
your anger. rage ond sense of helplessness. Funnel thot energy crealively ond
Usefully. It con be donel Don'tlel Ihe powers fhat be convince you tha
nofhing can be done and his world con'l be changed for the befler! A
genvine commilment fo an honest effort s the fist slep. The more you learn.
hink and do, the easer f becomes 1o realize your crealive gits and sell-
generaling powerfulness! You wil be omazed af how much good you can do,
‘and how ofhers wil respond fo your leadership. You wil leor voluable
knowledge as 1o how he system works (or doesn't,) how individuals Con have o
sitong Impact upon creating teol cifzen-fiendly solufions. 0s you gain sell-
respect, confidence ond a sense of soldorily wilh others fighting. 100,

‘Al hese fimes of socielol deciine, our duly as ifizens s more cruciol fhan
ever. We have fo do . ourselves. We connol rely on the govemment 1o see 1o
I that progress s achieved. They have foiied i out furm o oll up our sleeves
ond provide genuine leadership, direction. proposols and @ legifimale sense of
purpose. We are nof behokden fo campoign conlibulors, PAC money. the
‘addiction of office-holding. complion. gréed or oul-of-control egolism.

s up 10 you! You con comploin and o nolhing os Ihis sociely siowly goes
‘down the droin. or you con gel involved, discover lolents you never dreomed
You possesied and mee! inspiing. commilled people, working fof honest,
‘workable solufions.

We have an over-iding oblgotion o insure o legiimate fulure for our
chidren - or die Irying! Join, coll wiile 1o, Conlibule. supporl and work with one
o hese grassroots groups fighting for dignily and our sovereign rights. LET'S GO!

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Airport land s

In response to the editorial on April 1
about the airport, I would say the real
beneficiaries of the city’s efforts to block
the Peotone plan are the forest pre-
serves, Monee Reservoir, the surround-
ing towns and the people who live there.

This is not open space, ripe for
exploitation, but rather, legitimately
cared for land. It is maintained in an
environmentally respectful manner.
Some people earn their livelihood from
this land and have for generations. We
should think about how the govern-
ment forced the Native American peo-
ple off their land. First the Indians and
now the farmers and homesteaders.
Who will be the next victims?

Supposedly this is being done for the
“public good.” Well, I know what is good
for me — seeing politicians who pro-
mote dumb ideas being fired by their
constituents.

Michael W. Bernard
Crete

Napalm Anti-Spl‘an

train tracks

Shut This Airport Nightmare Down
bac!( to Phone & Fox # (708) - 534 - 7319
California P.0. Box 433, Monee, IL 60449

rural_stand@hotmail.com
FROM PEOTONE TO CABRINI - STOP FORCED RELOCATION

The state is trying to bulldoze homes and farms
for an unwanted, unneeded airport and tollroad
down in Will County. Meanwhile, the city is
bulldozing housing and evicting citizens, living in
Chicago.

The tax dollars wasted on these boondoggle
construction projects are sorely needed to rebuild
communities, create affordable housing, genuine
health care, useful jobs, legitimate education and
improve local transportation needs!

The bulldoze and pave over the farmlands agenda
of land speculators and powerful construction firms
lowers the quality of the residents lives, just as the
city is doing to the citizens of color, creating more
homelessness, so that the land can be “redeveloped.”

Forced evictions without the input of affected
citizens is wrong and must be stopped by a united
coalition of similarly beseiged grassroots groups!

Smart growth alternatives, such as improving
existing infrastructure, strengthening the freight
systems, support for the agricultural sector and
protecting regional open-space assets are being
proposed. This Citizen's Plan provides for useful

projects, needed by citizens, from our tax dollars.
'STAND (Shut This Airport Nightmare Down) p.o. box 433, Monee, IL 60449
‘South Chicago ARA (Anti-Racist Action) p.o. box 721, Homewood, IL 60430
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