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Black images; Oldest Black White media cemetery in S.A. Weighing in on the question of fair portrayal PAGE 6

Rally to protest killing of Black unarmed youth MARVIN D. CLOUD

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DALLAS- A rally against the killing of an unarmed 15-year- old boy, Bobby Walker, who was killed

by DART officer Nikisha Owens on May 6, 2007 will be held on Friday December 28, 2007 at 12:30p.m.

A flyer advertising the rally under the headline “Jail The Pig That Killed The Kid,” is being circulated throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and via email in support of the event which will be held at DART’S administrative offices at 1401 Pacific Avenue in Dallas, Texas.

Bobby’s mother, Temeka WalkSee RALLY page 3

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YVONNE ARMSTRONG

Shoot! Don’t Shoot!

Do USA’s handgun laws revisit Black Codes?

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SAN ANTONIO- In March, Bonnie Johnson took on “the sad task of bringing home the body of her beloved 94-year-old mother for burial.” Even sadder than losing her mother was “having to put her remains in Southern Memorial Park, aka East View Cemetery which now looks like the local paupers’ field” she says. Established in 1923, Southern Memorial Park/ East View is known as the oldest Black Cemetery in San Antonio.

It is situated in a wooded flood zone on the southeast side of San Antonio, and is home to many legendary African-Americans: Myra Hemmings, Dorothy Pickett, S.J. Sutton, and Rev. Samuel H. James Sr. to name a few, as well as many African-American WW I and WW II soldiers. Not only does Southern Memorial Park/ East View serve as the final resting place for countless African-Americans who have “gone home,” it also documents history that many Black families believe the owner, Josephine Ramon has disrespected. Many family members of the loved ones buried at Southern Memorial Park/ East View are See CEMETERY page 3

D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty argues that allowing a handgun ban to stay in force would reduce the number of killings.

BUD JOHNSON

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Bobby Walker will be the subject of a rally on December 28, 2007. The 15-year-old was gunned down by a DART Police officer.

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The Southern Memorial Park/ East View serves as the final resting place for countless African-Americans who have “gone home,” it also documents history that many Black families believe the owner, Josephine Ramon has disrespected.

Georgia Ann Hooey, aka “Sang” entered rest on Nov. 24, 2006, but left lasting memories for those who loved her and was loved by her, therefore Shirley Ann’s Black Arts & Kollectibles Showroom’s complimentary memoriam has special significant for those who celebrated her long and wonderful life on December 2, 2006 at Lyons Unity Baptist Church, 3215 Lyons Avenue. Rev. Delwin Benton officiated an order of service that included: Pastor Roderick W. Young, of Bethany MBC, Bro. Glenn Sanders and the Lyons Unity family. Active pallbearers were: Jack Brandon, Julious and Kevin Hooey, family and friends. Desso Douglas, S.M. Miles, Ezra Hooey and Rev. Sydney Stephens were honorary pallbearers for Georgia, the third of five children born to the late James and Lena Lubbock was born on February 9, 1921 in Onalaska, Texas.

Georgia received her early education in Onalaska. (FYI: Onalaska is on Farm Road 356 by Lake Livingston, ninety miles north of Houston in western Polk County.

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It was settled during the Republic of Texas period and was developed

by William Carlisle about 1905.

Carlisle, a lumberman, named it after an older mill town he also operated in Onalaska, Arkansas.

The Beaumont and Great Northern Railway had reached Onalaska from Trinity County by 1907 and was extended to Livingston the next year. By 1908, Onalaska had a depot, a bank, a hotel, an electric power plant, and a population of 2,000. The West Lumber

There is no social benefit in decreasing the availability of guns if the result is only to increase the use of other means of suicide and murder, resulting in more or less the same amount of death. Elementary as this point is, proponents of the more guns equal more death mantra seem oblivious to it. One study asserts that Americans are more likely to be shot to death than people in the world are in other 35 nations. While this is literally true, it is irrelevant--except, perhaps to people terrified not of death per se, but just death by gunshot. A fact that should be of greater conCompany had purchased the sawmill by 1909, but flooding from the Trinity River and the cutting out of local timber led to the mill’s closure. By 1913 the sawmill had been dismantled.

The population declined to 1,250 by 1925 and to 80 by the late 1940s.

Upon the completion of Lake Livingston in 1968, however, the local economy recovered somewhat because of the added recreational opportunities it afforded. Onalaska had only two rated businesses in 1961 but 28 by 1984. That year the population was 386. By 2000 the population was 1,174.Handbook of Texas Online) Georgia, graduated from high school in Onalaska in 1938 and headed to Houston, Texas to seek better opportunities. She exemplified an entrepreneurial savvy early on and earned a Cosmetology License from Franklin Beauty School and became owner/operator of Hooey’s Beauty Salon.

She later attended the Singer Sewing School and was an accomplished seamstress as evident by her immaculate wardrobe. She

cern--but which the study fails to mention--is that per capita murder overall is only half as frequent in the United States as in several other nations where gun murder is rarer.

However, murder by strangling, stabbing, or beating is much more frequent. Of course, it may be speculated that murder rates around the world would be higher if guns were more available. But there is simply no evidence to support this. To reiterate, the determinants of murder and suicide are basic social, economic, and cultural factors, not the prevalence of some form of deadly mechanism. In this connection, recall that the American jurisdictions which have the highest violent crime rates are precisely those with the most stringent gun controls. This correlation does not necessarily prove gun advocates’ assertion that gun controls actually encourage crime by depriving victims of the means of self defense.

This, however, does not suppress the crime, for banning guns cannot alleviate the socio-cultural and economic factors that are the real determinants of violence and crime rates.

Surely, you’re familiar with some version of the foregoing pro and/ or con arguments about the true meaning of the U. S. Constitutions 2nd Amendment (“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”) that surfaced after a senseless shooting of two Black Hispanics by “an angry White man.” Race-card notwithstanding, if one listened intently to perspectives resonating in the Black community, as always, racism rears its ugly head. However, it’s not surprising that a consensus of presumptuous Black political activists have concluded that Joe Horn (the “trigger happy” neighbor who rebuffed a police dispatcher’s advice to not challenged the burglars), would’ve been jailed forthSee SHOOT! page 3

was routinely found tending her beautiful lawn and flower garden.

She married her childhood sweetheart, the late Sol M. Hooey to fulfill part of her dreams. Another dream was fulfilled when she gave her husband a son who she proudly named after him. Georgia confessed Christ at an early age and was a member of Pleasantville Baptist Church. Later she united with Lyons Unity Baptist Church and served faithfully as a member of the Usher Board until her health failed. Georgia was preceded in death by her beloved brother Marion “Jack” Lubbock and sister Rosie Williams.

She leaves to cherish her memories, a devoted and loving son, Sol E. Hooey and wife Sharon of Houston, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. Jimmie Lee Pickens of Livingston, Texas, and Mrs. Maggie Lena Penn of Missouri City Texas; four Grandchildren, Alaurna, Krendon, Maudrena, and Paundria Hooey all of Houston, Texas; one brotherin-law, Mr. Ezra Hooey of Houston, Texas; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

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elieve it, or not, AfricanAmerican News&Issues’ editorial staff searched earnestly and honestly for a gentle way to tell it like it is, without disparaging our media colleagues and/or Houston, Texas’ Black leadership. But, alas, our obligation to the free press’s sacred mandate (report all news without fear or favor), puts us in the media matrix’s catch-22. In essence, if we don’t condemn media covertness, whenever and/or wherever we find it, we in effect condone the kind of dishonesty that’s damaging the integrity of this great nation’s media. Consequently, we have no choice but to tune in on KCOH (an AM radio station that purports itself as being Houston, Texas’s “only Black radio station”) in search of truth.

We Must Understand, professional communicators are held to higher standards than ordinary citizens. Accordingly, it’s untenable for a media outlet to mislead the general public with impunity. We would love to look the other way and pretend that we don’t know the truth about the impending sale of KCOH and allow Mike Petrizzo to fade away (like the old media soldier he has been as the stations only general manager for over 50 years), but our dedication to truth simply won’t allow us to ignore the five levels of truth telling from Neale Donald Waslch’s “Conversation with God,” journalists should adhere to: “First, you tell the truth to yourself about yourself. Then you tell the truth to yourself about another. At the third level, you tell the truth about yourself to another. Then you tell your truth about another to that other.

“And finally, you tell the truth to everyone about everything.”

BUD’S EYEVIEW

PUBLISHER’S NEWS ANALYSIS Forgive My Veracity Roy Douglas Malonson

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would like to challenge every logical thinking citizen (blessed with a little, old fashioned, common sense), who have ever considered criticizing African American News & Issues’ provoking Black perspectives and/ or uncompromised editorials to objectively analyze the news every day for a week. But the operative words here are “logical thinking” and “objectively.” I apologize, if I’m insulting your intelligence to suggest that you don’t already have enough common sense to consider other’s perspective information, rather than an attack on your personal opinion.

However, from the tone of the knee-jerk responses to our columnist’s personal (Black) perspectives makes me think about that old “Negro” saying, “If you ‘chunk’ a rock into a pack of dogs, the one that gets hit will holler.” So, the reason I’m suggesting a week of intensive and objective reviews of the world’s current events, is because far too many Americans seem to have such short attention spans until they’re unable to connect the dots that would allow them to see the big picture. If, however, the day-to-day rat race, that keeps most Americans busy just being busy, is keeping you too busy to do anything but casually catch a few sound bytes on TV/radio news casts, or to take a hurried glance at daily newspaper’s headlines, I certainly understand.

Therefore, you’re welcome to peruse African-American News&Issues’ informative, archives that are found on our frequently visited Web Pages (www.aframnews.com), in your quiet time. If you recall reading the TX-2

above excerpts in my column (Are “Black leaders” crazy or corrupt?), that appeared in our March 24/30-2004 edition you’re either one of our loyal estimated 2 million readers, or a nitpicking detractor that’s looking for something to criticize, or discredit. Nevertheless, the offer still is yours to accept or refuse. Meanwhile, I chose to re-run that nearly fouryear-old text is because it validates African American’s biggest shortcoming. And I don’t think I will get many arguments when I say we have a big problem with remembering our own advice not to forget our history, or we’ll be doomed to repeat our mistakes.

If you’re not in denial, I’m sure you’ll agree that the text from a 2004 article that scolded Black politicians for putting party loyalty before their constituents well being definitely is history we should’ve learned from. Nevertheless, it addresses the same reoccurring problem that divided and confused Black Texans in 2007.

And that’s why I used that big word (veracity, i.e., trustiness, sincerity), to ask for you to forgive me (for believing that the many people that constantly urge me and my editorial staff to keep telling it like it is), were facting rather than just cracking. Unfortunately, I was taught by old fashion community leaders that led by example. In my young mind, that translated to leaders were people who started working on problems first rather than telling others what the problems are and/or how to solve them.

What I’m saying is, as chairman Emeritus of African American Chamber of Commerce of

Accordingly, since knowledgably media outlets and city leaders have assumed the handicapped primates’ posture (monkeys that see, hear, speak, or know no evil), our tell it like it is publication has no choice but to tell it like it is, because it is like it is whether we tell it or not. Furthermore, we ain’t playing when it comes to objectively reporting everything the public has a right to know from an uncompromised Black perspective. Then again, if citizens of good consciences that value an objective media knew what was going on in Houston’s media matrix as we speak (see Bud’s Eyeview), they wouldn’t be in a playing mood either. In fact, AAN&I’s enlighten readers suggest that KCOH is insulting our intelligence.

We Must Understand, it’s an insult to Black Houston’s entrepreneurs to broadcast that their pockets aren’t deep enough to buy the station. Bad business notwithstanding, even if the station was worth the outrageous sum of $10 million bucks, the fact remains that KCOH covertly shopped it in 2005 and the Black community didn’t know it until they read it our Feb. 17, 2006 (see archives www.aframnews.com), but that subterfuge is only a tip of an expanding iceberg in the city’s media matrix. We’re talking over 40 (Houston born, or adopted) high profile employees who have absconded from the Houston Chronicle since Oct. 22, 2007. Space won’t allow chapter and verse on the Hearst-owned daily here. But, suffice it to say that if you connect the dots (with the clandestine movement at local TV and radio stations), you’ll discover a media matrix.

History-literate citizens should

On: Media Turbulence

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oebeit my pre-school education that my Preacher Paw Paw inflicted on me as a wee lad growing up in Houston, Texas Fifth Ward ‘hood was often painful.

Yet, it’s the primary reason I became a research guru as a TSU freshman.

Hey, lazy graduate students paid one with the wherewithal to validate their PhD’s thesis quite generously and, thanks to that razor’s strap that Rev. William Paul Fonteno used to enforce his lessons that pain assured gain. So please forgive me when I brag about my research acumen. Self-aggrandizement notwithstanding, I must admit, however, I can’t always fathom some of the stuff that I research. Especially math that’s more complicated than basic arithmetic.

Truth is, I was slick enough to avoid taking Algebra (but that’s another story), since I reasoned that wordsmiths had no need for numbers and/or equations. That proved to be true in most instances. But, alas, every now and then I have to write about something involving equations as well as quotes. And that’s the quandary I found myself in when I was asked to research the term matrix. No problem in this computerized age of information. Not to mention that one of my favorite movies was The Matrix.

Right? Hey, I was never so wrong.

For real, I actually heard The Twi-

light Zone theme in the background when I read: “The term matrix was first coined in 1848 by J.J. Sylvester as a name of an array of numbers.

In 1855, Arthur Cayley introduced matrix as a representation of linear transformation.

“This period was considered as the beginning of linear algebra and matrix theory. The study of vector space over finite field, a branch of linear algebra which is useful in coding theory, naturally leads to the study and use of matrices over finite field in coding theory.”

Damn, I almost drifted into The Outer Limits of lunacy trying to break the matrix down for readers who are as math-challenged as I am. However, as a learned sociopsychologist (my second field of expertise), a matrix’s dynamics embraces the Control Theory: an interdisciplinary branch of engineering and mathematics, that deals with the behavior of dynamical systems called the reference. When one or more output variables of a system need to follow a certain reference over time, a controller manipulates the inputs to a system to obtain the desired effect on the output of the system.

If you need further insight into a matrix, just think political games that divide and confuse malleableminded citizens. Square business, if you’ve seen The Matrix you know

Greater Houston I find myself in the unique position to not only identify problems that negatively impact Black America. But I also have the wherewithal (as publisher of the strongest editorial voice that speaks from an uncompromised Black perspective) to address

them. So as personal as it may seem, I’m simply doing what I’m supposed to do as a selected leader when I call out sell-out elected Black politicians and absentee, media anointed community leaders. Meanwhile, I’m digging in for the same kind of sneaky personal

recall that the media matrix began to take shape when an outsider not only bought one local owned daily, but vanquished the other. Need we remind you that Houston has suffered every since under-handed dealings in the media severely crippled the fourth largest city in the nation’s lines of communication? Is that how the media savvy rich and powerful wants it? Perhaps, we should defer to D. Jackie Handel, a Spring, Texas watchman on the wall who apparently understands the value of local-owned media better than most brain-dead citizens.

In his letter (Stop consolidation of media), in the Chronicle’s 11-2107 edition pondered: “In response to the article “Media ownership rule could change/FCC chairman seeks to ease limits but only in 20 largest markets” in the Business section Nov. 14.

“We are supposed to have freedom of speech. Why should we allow the Federal Communications Commission to consolidate media into the hands of a few giant corporations? We need diverse opinions, not more of the same old, same old.

How dare FCC Chairman Kevin Martin usurp our right to input on this vital matter by giving such short notice to rush this consolidation of the media, so it can escape the public’s outcry. We defeated this in 2003, but with the holiday, Martin hopes people will have other things to do besides protect their diverse interests. Bipartisan Senate Bill 2332 has to be passed to protect our rights.”

Denial aside, history records that anything that hurts White America seriously cripples Black America.

Wake up! Black Houston. That’s what time it is in 2007 America. where I’m coming from. Meanwhile, I’m saying all of this to say that I made a deal with our editorial board to do the research (see Editorial), for enough of their space to keep my promise to tell it like it is about Houston’s Media Turbulence in general, and the impending sale of KCOH in particular. After listening to Mike Petrizzo lament on air (like all warriors that respect worthy adversaries), I just couldn’t bring myself to take advantage of his obviously frail condition. And Mike was sho’ nuff a worthy adversary when I locked verbal elbows and bumped butts with him. Mr. P. was also a friend who hired me to host the station’s first sports show.

Without a doubt, we owe Mr. P., who was essential to the stations’ progress after he teamed with a group of Black entrepreneurs to buy the station for a million dollars.

Yet, I’m duty bound to call him a bald-faced lie when it comes to the current situation at KCOH. Henceforth, you know I shall dwell the on the good… the bad… and the ugly history of “Houston’s only Black radio station” from an up close and very personal perspective. Then again, perhaps Mr. P. will beat me to the punch and just tell it like it is himself.

Square business, his contributions to the Black community have been too great to tarnish them with deceit. I wonder if anybody knows where I’m coming from?

Read us online at www.aframnews.com attacks on me and everything I’m associated with I got in 2004 after writing: “Frankly, I think the Dems acted like the ‘Mafioso’ that puts a hit on members who’re considered disrespectable if they don’t blindly follow orders.

see ANALYSIS page 3

African-American News&Issues • Texas • December 5-11, 2007 • 3 CEMETERY -from Page 1 angry about the blatant disregard and negligence of the cemetery; almost every grave is neglected and forgotten.

Looking at Southern Memorial Park/East View today it is obvious that the land is overgrown and littered with trash and toppled over decayed-headstones that are strewn everywhere. The owners did not respect the fact that for Black Americans the cemetery has long had special significance. Beyond its association with the fear and awe of death, which all humans share, the graveyard is one of the few places in America where an overt Black identity can be asserted and maintained.

In addition to being poorly maintained, several people have complained that Mrs. Ramon does not provide services that they have paid for. Blanche McGowan says that she “brought a headstone for her mother’s grave from Roman with cash so that she could “get her stone faster,” at the cemetery’s urging.

The stone was ordered May 25, 2007 and McGowan was promised that it would be ready by July 11.

When it became obvious that the McGowan family was not going to get the headstone, Mrs. McGowan began calling Ramon daily to find out what had happened. This routine went on for months and the excuses continued so on October 16, McGowan contacted Berry Davis of KENS 5 News who, “accompanied them to Southern Memorial Park so that they could get it resolved.” This time, they were told that “the company that the stone was ordered through, Super Nova, was out of the color that that they ordered and that was why the stone was not ready.”

When Super Nova was contacted about the allegation by Davis they immediately called Mrs. McGowan and “promised that they would deliver the headstone within 30 days to the cemetery free of charge to her.” McGowan says that she contacted Mia, the daughter of Ramon and requested the refund but Mia refused to return the money. McGowan then filed a Theft of Service charge against Josephine Ramon and Southern Memorial Park/East View with the San Antonio Police department.

The case is under investigation and she is still waiting for the headstone to be delivered. Many fear that the system will turn their heads to the many violations and complaints filed against Josephine Ramon and Southern Memorial Park/East View because of Ramon’s political ties with local elected officials. “What happened to the pride of our fathers and mothers who have gone before us?

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The importance and sacredness of this cemetery has been grossly neglected by its present owner, Josephine Ramon. They struggled and worked hard to rise above the stigma of the unmarked slaves’ graves and the indigent fields of the past. Their fore-thought resulted in the purchase of a final place of rest for their families, Southern Memorial Park/ East View.

They were proud to deed these sites to their children to prevent a financial hardship for their families when they passed away. They trusted that the following generations of owners would care for their final resting places with the respect and frequency, which they tried to provide for their departed loved ones,” says Bonnie. When asked why no one was taking care of the property and the people buried there Mrs. Ramon stated, “It is the last affordable burial ground for the poor in San Antonio… it is a non-profit operation…it is not a perpetual care cemetery….it is old… stones fall over because the ground sinks due to the water table…it’s not our responsibility, it is the surviving family’s responsibility.”

The excuses given to Bonnie and many others by the current management and caretakers who open and close the graves were not good enough for Bonnie so she set out on a campaign to return the cemetery to a “respectable resting place for her people, regardless of Josephine Ramon’s political ties.” In April, Bonnie filed a complaint with the Texas Funeral Services Commission against Ramon. The complaint requested that the Commission “initiate an immediate investigation into the conditions at Southern Memorial Park/East View” and cited several deficiencies.

On August 9, O.C. Roberts, the Executive Director of the Texas Funeral Service Commission issued a letter to Josephine Ramon that stated, “after receiving information and inquiries, the Texas Funeral Commission believes that you and/or your representatives of your cemetery have been negligent in the care and upkeep of your cemetery.” The letter confirmed incidents where “recent burial sites were not prepared prior to the arrival of the funeral procession despite ample notification, the grounds were overgrown and in serious need of care, headstones were not in the upright position, graves were sunken, weeds were rampant and a large garbage dump was at the rear of the cemetery in full view of the burial sites. After burials the graves were covered but not mounted in a dignified manner and the flowers were broken and strewn about the site.”

The Commission gave Ramon 20 days to “show cause as to why her activities should not be considered a violation of Section 711.007 of the Texas Health & Safety Code.”

It is apparent that Ramon couldn’t “show cause” because on October 23, the Commission wrote Bexar County District Attorney Susan Reed and stated, “I have determined that the grounds of Southern Memorial Park have been neglected to the point that it is offensive, I am requesting an order to abate the cemetery as a nuisance and to enjoin its continuance.”

What this means is that under the law Reed could order that the property be cleaned up or the removal of all bodies, monuments, tombs, or other similar items from the cemetery to a perpetual care cemetery.

Brian Chandler, spokesperson for the District Attorney’s office stated that, “the case would be administered by the District Attorney’s Civil Division who has requested additional information from the Texas Funeral Services Commission in support of the complaint and that action would be taken to correct the problem at the cemetery.”

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SHOOT! -from Page 1 with if he was Black and his victims were White.

Especially since the shooting occurred in Pasadena, Texas that still have an active Ku Klux Klan cell.

Truth is, many Black talking heads suggest that Horn seized an excellent opportunity to commit a “hate crime” with impunity. Accordingly, African-American News & Issues noted a racial divide when we monitored the local media following the controversial shooting.

A letter to the editor (A hand, next time), that appeared in the Nov. 17, 2007 Houston Chronicle signed

by Jim Rose opined: “Thanks, Joe Horn. I live in your neighborhood.

Next time, herd burglars my way, and I will give you a hand. A letter (Question of race) signed by Andrea Rose of Houston rebutted: “Well, again we have a White man likely to get away with murder. I am so appalled at the sheer injustice of it all.

“I can guarantee, had this shooter been Black, he would be in jail awaiting the grand jury decision.”

Meanwhile, Suzanne Mitchell’s letter (Two-sided fear) reasoned: “I have been fascinated by the recent coverage of two stories whose themes, in my mind, conflate in an interesting way. First, an average all-American guy shoots and kills two men who were robbing his neighbor’s house. Then, the recent prosecution of a Galveston ornithologist who shot and killed

a feral cat ends in a mistrial. What do these two stories have in common? Minimally, they suggest that there are lots of folks out there who keep guns at home and have few or no qualms using them to accomplish their goals. Am I the only person in Houston who finds this a little scary? But the most frightening thing to me is that the U.S. Supreme Court has now agreed to hear a case testing the constitutionality of Washington, D.C.’s strict guncontrol laws, which ban handguns in private homes and require that shotguns and rifles kept at home either be disassembled or stored with trigger locks. I wish I could feel confident that the court will protect the average American citizen from gun-toting cowboys and uphold a municipality’s right to invoke reasonable regulations in the name of public safety. That it will focus on the real intent of the Second Amendment, which was to enable ‘well-regulated militias,’ not private citizens. But given this conservative court’s record and its ideological shift, I am worried.”

Double standard laws aside, it’s ironic that Washington Mayor Adrian M. Fenty is Black. “The council enacted the handgun ban more than 30 years ago because it would reduce handgun violence,” Fenty said: “It has saved many lives since then and will continue to do so if allowed to remain in force.”

Yet, history literate Black leaders should have cause to pause to

ponder whether or not, America’s current gun laws revisits the Black Code era. (FYI: Before the Civil War ended, State “Slave Codes” prohibited slaves from owning guns. After the 13th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution abolishing slavery was adopted and the Civil War ended in 1865, States persisted in prohibiting Blacks, or freemen, from owning guns under laws renamed “Black Codes.” They did so on the basis that Blacks were not citizens, and thus did not have the same rights, as whites. -The Racist Origins of US Gun Control Laws.)

Although Congress overrode most portions of the Black Codes by passing the Civil Rights Act of 1866, in the 1990s, “gun control” laws continued to be enacted so as to have a racist effect if not intent: Police-issued license and permit laws, unless drafted to require issuance to those not prohibited by law from owning guns, are routinely used to prevent lawful gun ownership among “unpopular” populations. Public housing residents, approximately 3 million Americans, are singled out for gun bans. “Gun sweeps” by police in “high crime neighborhoods” whereby vehicles and “pedestrians who meet a specific profile that might indicate they are carrying a weapon” are searched are becoming popular, and are being studied by the U.S. Department of Justice as “Operation Ceasefire.” God Bless America.

RALLY -from Page 1 er, 30, doesn’t deny that her son was troubled, and points out that he ran away from home several times.

It happened again the Thursday before the shooting and she called Dallas police several times, but they would not issue a missing-person alert because of his history of running away.

However, she cannot believe that the officers used their training or the right judgment in dealing with him. DART officials counter her statements and those voiced by citizens by pointing out that this was the first fatal shooting by a DART police officer in the department’s 18-year history. In fact, Dallas police called it an act of self-defense

by Officer Niksha Owens, who feared for her life as she watched

Bobby attack her colleague Stephanie Branch, amid a slew of profanities and ignore warnings to stop and even repeatedly saying he was going to kill her, when the incident happened at the light rail station at Ledbetter and Lancaster.

As it turns out, Bobby, a Carter High School freshman, took medication for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) which is one of the most common mental disorders that develop in children. Children with ADHD have impaired functioning in multiple settings, including home, school, and in relationships with peers.

Tameka’s main mission is simply to find out why he was killed. Conflicting reports state that none of the surveillance cameras at the station were running, although others

say the tapes are “missing.” Also, 10 crucial minutes lapsed before calling for help. Ironically, a fire station is across the street from the location. Branch quit immediately after the incident and Owens in on administrative leave.

The New Black Panther Party, the SCLC and NPDUM are at the forefront of the rally. Charles Goodson, one of the organizers on behalf of the New Black Panther Party stated, “Chief James Spiller has refused to sit down with leaders of the community. We have long-range goals as well as shortrange goals. We want to hold the chief accountable and also establish a civilian review board for DART.” Spiller became Chief in 2005. For more information, email BWDefenseFund@yahoo.com.

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is his faithful, ‘Boy Wonder,’ side kick Robin) nullified the smidgen of Black power that our representatives had when they took a united stand on issues important to our community.” Perhaps I yielded to my creative side to insult comic heroes, but I still believe reporting all news without fear or favor is the media’s job.

In addition, a good citizen’s job is to respond accordingly and make an earnest effort to get rid of sell-out Black leaders. Yes, I know

naming, blaming and shaming Black faces in high places might get you black-balled from the “Dog & Pony Show’s” VIP list. Even so, I’m ready, willing and able to keep doing my job. I hope uncompromised media, and community leaders follow my lead because tree shaking is a tough job, especially for a committee of one. However, with, or without help I intend to do my job and keep shaking trees.

So the jelly makers can BRING IT ON!

“Remember ‘The Godfather,’ when a brother had to take out his own blood to show his loyalty to the family? If so, wouldn’t you agree that Garnett and Rodney took out their own “brother,” to show loyalty to a party that has historically shown that they don’t give a damn about Black politicians? But what really makes me mad is that what the dynamic duo (Rodney is Batman and Garnett

Houston Association of Black Psychologists hosts annual holiday reception

HOUSTON- The Houston Association of Black Psychologists will be hosting its annual holiday reception on Saturday, December 8, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. The event will be held at the home of Dr. Pauline A. Clansy located at 12062 Circle Drive South, Houston, Texas 77071. Funds from this event will assist in expanding our mental health initiatives.

The Houston Association of Black Psychologists was organized in April 1976, as a vehicle to address the needs of Black professionals in the field of psychology and to positively affect the mental health needs of the community at large. The organization sponsors programs and provide mental health outreach services to African-Americans and other ethnic minorities. The Association of Black Psychologists was founded in San Francisco, Califor-

nia, in 1968.

The Association of Black Psychologists is the leader and international resource for addressing the psychological needs of African people throughout the world.

Their research, publications, assessment techniques, therapeutic strategies, and training programs establish the Association (ABPSI) as the recognized authority for providing practical solutions to the day-to-day circumstances of our people. They collaborate with other professional associations in Social work, Law, Medicine, and related social service disciplines, to formulate or influence programs and policies that seek positive solutions to the challenges facing our people. The organization also provides information and training to promote a compassionate, African-centered approach for healing and health promotion.

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POLITICAL & COMMUNITY

The politics of appeasement

MARIO SALAS

African-American News&Issues

SAN ANTONIO- To a definite degree African-American political gains were a perpetuation of the manipulation and control of the White elite in which “partial” freedom was begrudgingly granted to them as the result of the Civil War and Reconstruction, and later the Civil Rights movement. There were civil rights achievements, but the colonial elite controlled its extent. After the Civil War new white arrangements of control were based upon a political colonial matrix that helped them to recapture control of a newly freed African-American population.

This colonial system has never been demolished, but has morphed with time. It altered itself to the legal victories and desegregation efforts by controlling the scope of change, while protecting elitist stations of power that endures to this day. Piece-meal change and gradual integration were tools of appeasement used to dupe the population into thinking that the basic elements of racism were demolished.

But this is constantly being

proved false every time a noose is hung from a tree, or in some office, or when someone is beaten up while in police custody. In the 1950s, the San Antonio branch of the NAACP was conscious of an attempt at a gradual integration appeasement plan being proposed by the San Antonio School District. In September 1955, the local NAACP branch expressed its opposition as was reported in the San Antonio Register of September 16, 1955.

The NAACP said, “The San Antonio branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, this week voiced its opposition to the ‘gradual system’ of integration projected, this fall, by the San Antonio Independent School District.” The African American Press reported on October 28, 1955, that Thurgood Marshall’s speech, to a crowd estimated at more than 800 at St. Paul Methodist Church in San Antonio, “Gradual desegregation merely provides Negrophobists with an opportunity to mobilize their forces and to plan ways and means to circumvent the Supreme Court decision.” Thurgood Marshall’s historic visit to San Antonio provided an

Black Images; White Media DERIC MUHAMMAD

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HOUSTON-Images are powerful. They form and shape public opinion which is an intricate component of the basis of government.

In the Bible, (Genesis 1:26), God makes man in His image and after His likeness. But the images of Black America that we see in mass media today are not reflections of God, but of a people who have lost the knowledge of themselves and are living a beast-like life.

I know what some of you may be thinking. Most of what is seen on television about us is the truth.

And you are correct.

We really do have gang warfare in some Black neighborhoods. But we also have tutorial programs, little league sports teams and church drill squads. It is no coincidence that you can make the daily news quicker if you shoot your brother than if you became the local spelling bee champion.

I was honored to have recently participated in a panel discussion held at Rice University sponsored by the Houston Association of Black Journalists (HABJ). Myself, former-Congressman Craig Washington, talk-show host Michael Harris, Sonceria Jiles, KPRC’s Kim Davis and Atty. Rusty Hardin were invited to weigh in on the question: “Are Blacks portrayed fairly by mass media?” As a student of the teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, I am trained to always approach any subject matter armed with facts.

I encourage all young brothers and sisters to always strive to perform some form of extensive research before speaking, writing, meetings, etc. You will be surprised at how much you do not know.

Some Facts The results of a research effort performed for the writing of a book entitled “The Black Image in the White Mind” (by Robert Entman and Andrew Rojecki) concluded: • A mugshot of a Black defendant is four times more likely to appear on a local television news report than of a White defendant.

• The accused is two times more likely to be shown being physically restrained in a local television news report than when the accused

is White.

• The name of the accused is two times more likely to be shown on screen in a local television report if the defendant is Black.

• Black female movie characters were shown using vulgar profanity 89 percent of the time while White female movie characters were shown using vulgar profanity only 17% of the time.

Their findings also revealed that White Americans learn about Black people not through personal relationships, but through the images shown by the media. They also admit that the television news’ focus on Black crime and poverty is grossly out of proportion with the reality of Black life. In short, they conclude that although there are more images of Blacks on television than ever, these images are often harmful to the prospect of unity between races.

And by the way, this research was performed by White folks, for those who still believe that their ice is colder. These numbers speak for themselves. And while I personally am more concerned with our actual condition moreso than the way we are portrayed, I am still not asleep to the historical demonization of a people and the wholesale slaughter than usually follows.

Some History Before America could drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 the media used the bombing of Pearl Harbor to work the minds of Americans to a fever pitch against the Japanese.

A recorded 200,000-plus Japanese men, women and children were disintegrated to death in that year alone and Americans were unsympathetic because the media had already established them as “the enemy.” A flood of hate-filled propaganda also preceded military strikes against Germany, Italy, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and the flood gates have been opened against Iran.

The White-owned mass media has historically been used to control the American mind by determining who is an enemy and who is an ally. Black men fought for the right to join the U.S. military and take up arms against these enemies and we died on every foreign battlefield fighting for a freedom that we, as a people, never enjoyed. But isn’t

understanding of the racial maneuvering and tactic of appeasement of the local elite power.

This racist maneuvering takes the form of appeasement. This appeasement consists of meeting with local leaders only for the purpose of quieting the opposition. Unfortunately, some Uncle Tom leaders go for this trickery and are simply fooled about the intentions of the elite.

After a lunch, or some other form of bribery, the elite can muster enough manipulation to water down the opposition. Being allowed to “eat” with the enemy is mistakenly viewed as some sort of victory. Knife and fork diplomacy was the preferred method of control. The farce of “integration” in San Antonio would not come officially until 1967-68, when the building of HemisFair 1968, a San Antonio based World’s Fair, provoked concerns about tourist dollars being forfeited, and economic instability that could be engendered by militant action and negative publicity.

There was chatter about blowing up the Tower of the Americas after the assassination of Marit interesting that all of the enemies of yesterday have become America’s friends?

And we, Black men, who died fighting those enemies are now being portrayed as “the enemy.”

And what is even more emphatically damning is the fact that our own community, particularly our elders, have come to view the young Black male as an enemy and sheds no tears while they see us slaughtering one another wholesale. I heard where Rev. Jesse Jackson said that he was walking down the street and felt someone approaching him from behind.

He says that he was a little startled but turned around and “was relieved that it was a White man.”

This is sad, but Black images in White media have even affected our views of ourselves. We are beyond foolish if we expect our slave-master’s children to portray us in a light that is pleasing to the civilized world. We must pool our intellectual and financial resources and continue to create media outlets that are Black-owned and community controlled.

We must continue to support Black-owned media like the African- American News&Issues and we must collectively force those who we spend our hard-earned dollars with to advertise in Blackowned media. Black people are the original people and have an image that must be aggressively protected.

However, you cannot protect what you cannot control.

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tin Luther King in April of 1968 by Houston and San Antonio radicals.

In the central business district, and in tourist publications, HemisFair ’68 was touted as a godsend of harmony by city leaders. The policy of partial integration was facilitated by crude economic affairs, and dread, which were all the more easily accomplished with a racist political structure called the Good Government League (GGL). With the ability to manipulate integration schemes a farce “voluntary integration” could be said to be accomplished. There was one big flaw in the celebration; integration was accomplished on the terms of the ruling elite!

The economic interests of the city only opened a small crack in the segregated door, a door that they controlled and wrote the agenda for. Given the racist politics of former San Antonio Mayor Walter McAllister, there was no doubt in the Black community that altruistic reasons for integration in San Antonio where never present in the thinking of the elite. Integration in most of Texas followed this pattern and in many cases took place without a bang or a whisper.

In the movie ‘The Matrix,” the concept of perceived or invented reality was the central theme.

The “realities” set in motion by the American slave owning system were eventually tuned to the music being played by the Civil Rights Movement. The desegregation struggle was co-opted to preserve White privilege.

This is the essence of colonialism and appeasement. It is a matrix that seeks to preserve the status quo. It consists of many parts; the concept of self hate, the dislike of darker skin, the concept that lighter skin is “better,” the White racist paternal element, economic exploitation, racism is all its forms, including segregation, ethnocide and genocide, and the manipulation and control of historical developments.

This colonial concept has its political and social origins in slavery, and is evident in the conditions under which freedom was granted and eventually how desegregation was “officially accomplished.”

Freedom was granted to slaves, but under conditions in which the elite would not relinquish political deceptions and control. Integration was executed the same way.

New Orleans city council changes racial makeup NEW ORLEANS- As a result of local elections, the New Orleans City Council will soon have a White majority for the first time in over 20 years. The election results are a clear and dramatic indication of the displacement of the city’s predominantly Black population by Hurricane Katrina which struck the city in 2005. Estimates vary but it is believed by most experts that as many as half of the Blacks displaced by Hurricane Katrina have been unable to return to the city and establish new residences.

The election results also confirm initial fears that powerful political and economic forces would take advantage of the displacements to turn New Orleans into a smaller, higher income and whiter city.

For example, virtually none of the

reconstruction projects planned by the city to benefit lower income Blacks has gotten off the drawing board. In addition, those African Americans who have managed to re-establish themselves in the city may have lost faith in the political process.

In Saturday’s elections, for example, the 52,614 people casting ballots was down sharply from the 113,000 who voted during the 2006 elections for mayor. In addition, 29,700 Whites voted compared to only 22,900 Blacks casting ballots. As a result, veteran white politician Jacquelyn Clarkson was able to defeat Black candidate Cynthia Willard-Lewis in the contest for an at-large seat on the city council.

The Council now has four White and three Black members.

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated hosts youth acting workshop

DALLAS-Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated- Dallas Alumnae Chapter will host an Advance Acting Workshop. They are asking for actors in grades 7-12, who would like to improve auditioning or acting skills to join them on December 8, 2007, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. The workshop will be held at the DeSoto Civic Center’s Corner Theatre. Space is limited to 20 students on a first come, first served basis. They are asking that all students bring age appropriate sceanes and/or an audition song that they would like to practice.

For more information, please call (214) 526-4076.

Chairman Michael Williams speaks to Black Republicans in Florida

Michael Williams

AUSTIN– Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Michael Williams traveled to Orlando, FL to give remarks at the Republican Party of Florida’s Black Republican Conference. The conference included discussions on minority voter outreach and brought together policy makers and leaders from around the U.S. to discuss issues of importance to the AfricanAmerican community.

“The Republican Party in Texas, Florida, and across our nation stands for thriving economies and strong families. My parents taught me conservative values and I have come home to those values in my own life because of my concern for the Black community. That is why I say I am a Republican and a conservative — because I am Black, not in spite of it,” said Chairman Williams.

“But polls show that many Black Americans today are pessimistic about their future. When 70% of African-Americans today are born outside of wedlock, it is not hard to imagine why. But there is reason for optimism.

Because we also know that the majority of Black Americans know that they are personally responsible for their own condition in life.

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TwiliteZone.com-- I wasn’t a bit surprised when a shapely, seventysomething year-old majorette and WheatCarolyn and Johnnie ley alum who displayed so much peep in her step (during the school’s 80th Anniversary parade), was identified as Johnnie Mae Brayboy. In fact, if you ever made the mistake of insulting me in her presence, you already know that she’s my beloved first cousin from Clan Fonteno, who was the only child of the late Ora Lee that was born on the corner of Sharon @ Upton Street in Houston, Texas’ Fifth Ward ‘hood.

Johnnie, a fitness enthusiast, often seen riding her bike in her neighborhood, challenges her two lovely daughters, Carolyn and Audrey Jenkins who were cheerleaders for Wheatley’s 1978 State Champion basketball team that featured Roosevelt McGruder to stay fit.

In fact, Latisha Brown, the publicist for the New Light Christian Center Church, 1516 Greenmark, says that Johnnie amazed much younger sisters who she blew away during Mins. Bridgett Hilliard’s annual Life Change Institute Family Fun Run on Sept. 15, 2007. Especially since she had been moved from the sixty and over senior division to compete in against a younger group. For sure, Johnnie looks at the sad condition of today’s younger generation and says “bring ‘em on.” My always, upbeat, couz, who owns her own home cleaning business, says that hard work and regular exercise with her youngest daughter Carolyn (see photo), who works for Houston’s Parks and Recreation keeps her fit and fine. However, I suspect those Fonteno war-

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rior genes have a lot to do with her staying in fighting trim.

LostInSpace--Due to lack of enough info to qualify for Shirley Ann’s Black Arts & Kollectibles Showroom’s Black History 24-7365 feature, Hortense Wooten’s memoriam would’ve been Lost In Space had it not been for the fact that she hailed from a well known Crockett, Texas clan that are African American News & Issues’ biggest fans according to Billy “Hollywood” Groves. Wooten entered rest on December 4, 2006, but left lasting memories for those who celebrated her long and wonderful life on Dec. 9, 2006 at Pure Light MBC, 5208 Noble, with Pastor Rory L. Murphy officiating.

Rev. John Brown offer comforting prayer during the order of eulogistic service and active pallbearers were: Clyde Cluff, Fritz Conley, John Sharkey and Jakari Wiley.

Roy Hilliard and Otto Wooten were honorary pallbearers for Sis. Wooten, who was born on Nov. 2, 1919. She completed high school at Crockett High. She united in holy matrimony to Henry Clay Wiley in June 1938 and was married thirty years. She later married Millard D. Hortense Wooten Wooten in June 1967 and was married until his death in 2004. She leaves to cherish her memory two children, Johnnie Manning and Henry Clay Wiley and wife Norma Jean, three stepdaughters, Carolyn (Lawrence), Patricia McAllister, and Beverly and husband George David; six grandchildren, and twelve greatgrandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Well done Sis. Hortense Wooten.

InDaHood--M. D. Anderson will conduct their last free prostate cancer screening program workshop of the year at VN Team Work, 11210 Bellaire, Suite 118, starting at

10 a.m. on Dec. 12, 2007. Screening date, time and location are subject to change. Please call to confirm screening @ (713) 563-2752….If you think that Pleasant Hill Baptist Church 82nd annual Victory Sunday Celebration will be about old folks getting their praise on. Forget it. Truth, is there’s a new day at the historic church that the legendary Pastor L. H. Simpson founded in Houston, Texas’ Fifth Ward at 1510 Pannell @ Lyons Ave., in 1925. And that fact will be very obvious when Gary Mayes & Nu Era, the Northshore High School Gospel Choir and other talented youths kicks off the Victory Day Concert at 5 p.m. on Dec. 8, 2007.

Accordingly, inasRev. Dennis Jones much as Rev. Dennis Jones the featured speaker at the 3:30 p.m. Victory Sunday celebration on Dec. 9th knows the concert will be a tough act to follow, he definitely will bring his Gethsemane Baptist Church’s youth oriented choir with him. Hey, if you like good gospel music and dynamic preaching you don’t want to miss this great event that paids tribute to Black Houston’s greatest churches. For info call (713) 224-0052….

I’m also reminded to pay tribute to Deloyd Parker, the SHAPE Community Center guru who celebrated his 60th birthday on Nov. 7. Happy belated birthday Deloyd and thanks for the 40 years of faithful service that you’ve blessed Houston’s Black Deloyd Parker community with….Speaking of faithful service, I would also like to congratulate Judson Robinson, III who will succeed Sylvia Brooks as head of Houston’s Urban

League.

Yet, I would like to offer a warning to the wise, because I personally won’t allow HAUL to conduct business as usual with impuJudson nity on my Robinson, III watch. Do you feel me “Jud Three?”….If you’re into stuff that goes on at Houston’s Museum of Printing History you had better get in a quick hurry, if you want to peruse the Japanese exhibition of Japanese woodcuts, exhibiting masterworks from the golden age of ukiyo-e prints, including Hokusai, Hiroshige, and Kunisada. The exhibition from the Collection of Jerry McCleskey that made its debut on Sept. 20, 2007. That art form deeply influenced the impressionists and later movements of Western art, was in turn influenced by the visual traditions of Europe and America will be on display until Dec. 22, 2007. For further info call (713) 522-4652 SportsWatch--I was perusing African American News & Issues’ photographer and Northside Houston Bureau chief Jesse Simon’s rich collection of scenes from Phillis Wheatley High School’s 80th anniversary, I was mesmerized by a pic of Charles “Tex” Harrison.

I’m talking, the Wheatley basketball legend and neighborhood pal who learned most of the moves he used as a Globetrotter on my backyard goal at 3914 Oats @ Worms streets in Houston, Texas’ Fifth Ward ‘hood. As most folks know “Choker,” as Tex was called because of his penchant for pastries (featured at “The Choker House” across from the first Wheatley on Gregg @ Lyons), was the late great Wheatley coach Frank Walker’s nephew. However, I knew him as my late classmate Pete Harrison’s big brother first, and the son of my momma’s brilliant classmate Lullelia Walker Harrison secondly.

I dare not waste space claiming that Choker used the same move that highlights one of Michael Jor-

dan’s slickest, cross-over lay-ups (I invented), for the first time as a 10th grader playing with Jackie Carr in his senior year at Wheatley. For sure, he got thoroughly chewed out by coach Collins Briggs for showboating. Nevertheless, he was known best during his playing days for that signature cross-over lay-up, off of a behind the back dribble that he learned in

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my backyard. For real, since he’s the same old outgoing Choker today, he’ll regale you about the move that earned him a scholarship at North Carolina Central University, where he earned All-America honors. Choker became Tex after he was discovered by the Globetrotters in 1954 when he played against them on a team of College AllAmericans in the World Series of Basketball. Nostalgia aside, Choker, This Bud’s For You. To contact Bud Johnson, please call 281- 847-9929 (8-5- Thrusday & Friday) or via e-mail at Africanwarrior@aol.com

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