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Part of Black activists ask for 'equal justice', October 17, 1990

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Political activist Reverand Al Sharpton.

Black activists ask
for 'equal justice'
ROBERT B. DAVIS
Ethnic Affairs Editor

youths were arrested, and immedi­
ately were questioned.

Equal Justice
Sharpton quickly pointed out
The Black Community must fin d wasn't condoning the attacks, he
but
immediate solutions to their plight demanding equal
justice.
or face extinction. That was the
"When Blacks get killed the is­
major theme of the evening for sue is Black, when
Whitesgetkilled
speakers Lenora Fulani, Reverend the issue
is also Black.
Al Sharpton, and Alton Maddox.
"We need equal justice on both
The three activists were the guests sides." Sharpton said.
of the Black Student Union (BSU)
During a question and answer
Monday night at Acheson Hall.
period students were allowed to
talk to the speakers. One student
Leaders Questioned
spoke of feeling alienated by the
"People look at the Rev. Al Reverend, who responded
Sharpton and Alton Maddox and work on your side and I work"If you
on my
say they aren't like the leaders of side, maybe we
can meet in the
the 60's, but Martin Luther King future.
was terribly attacked, viciously
"The best thing you can do as a
maligned, when he spoke out.. just White person," he continued,
"is
as we are now," Fulani said.
ask your community why is racism
allowed to continue, why are Black
The Reverend Al Sharpton spoke people treated
the way they are."
about how White America tries to
pick the leaders of the Black com­ Solutions
munity.
Fulani is the first Black woman
"If you play sports you wouldn't and first Black
person to
let the other team choose your cluded on the Presidential be in­
ballot in
quarterback, because you know they all 50 states.
She described her
will pick someone who can't New Alliance Party
as "Black-led,
throw," he added. ''That is what women of color-led, multiracial,
White people do, they try to pick pro-gay, and pro-working
class."
our quarterback, knowing he has
Fulani believes Black led inde­
two broken
legs and is in a wheel- pendent politics is the future of this
..
chair.
country.
Sharpton spoke about Tawana
'There has never been a fair elec­
Brawley, and the Central Park jog­ tion held in the United States,
and
ger trial. According to him, when probably never
will," Fulani said.
the Brawley case occurred, a Black She is currently running for
Gover­
person -Brawley- was doubted and nor of New York on the Independ­
questions arose about the validity ent ticket.
of her story.
Her New Alliance Party has tar­
When the jogger trial came out, geted the homeless and college
however, he said "before she re- students in a quest
to register voters
gained conciousness," eight Black and a potential voting coalition.