'Deserving hiesses"

'When it came to a vote, [U.S. Secretary of Sute] Baker bought the Russians for an estimated $4 billion in aid from the sheiks. He bribed Egypt's 3fubarak with $14 billion in forgiven debts. Syria's Assad ... got $1 billion in arms aid and a go-ahead to wipe out all opposition to its puppet control of Beirut--by massacre, Assad's favorite tactic, where necessary. Turkey was promised 8 o r 9 billion dollars' worth more in U.S.

\ve:~l?ons, support for its applic~tion to join the European Conmnlnit)., and a big in- crease in its quota fo+ textile esporls' tb the United States. And for abstaining on the war resolution, China got a $114.3 million loan from the \S1orld Bank and a trip around official Washingon for it5 Foreign hlinister ...."

+ditorial i n Thc Xation, I k ~ c . t n l w r 2 4 , 1990.

HOW many l i v e s w i l l i t t a k e t o s a t i s f y Idhat f i n a l p r i c e w i l l i t t a k e t o s t o p t

Who can we coun t on t o s t o p t h i s war? \f iere have t h e l e a d e r s gone? When w i l l t h e l a s t gun be h e a r d ? Why w i l l i t have c o s t s o many l i v e s ? When w i l l t h i s war come t o an end?

T h i s war i s o v e r "OIL". T h i s w a r i s k i l l i n g u s e m o t i o n a l l y and f i n a n c i a l l y , a f f e c t i n g u s i n e v e r y way p o s s i b l e .

About t h i s war, I am n o t a t a l l hap- py w i t h what i s happening. But t h e one t h i n g I can do i s l e t my emot ions b e known.

I t happened a l l because two b u l l - headed men cou ld n o t a g r e e o v e r a p r i c e

But now t h e f a m i l i e s of t h e men and women a r e a t lqar paying t h e p r i c e . Some have a l r e a d y g o t t h e bad news by t h e famous knock on t h e door . But w o r s t of a l l , they have w i t n e s s e d i t on t h e t e l e v i s i o n o r heard i t on t h e r a d i o . . t h a t some men and women have d i e d o r a r e be ing h e l d h o s t a g e o r a r e miss ing .

I t ' s been ve ry ha rd t o g r a s p j u s t whai t o f e e l o r do about t h i s war. Yes I f e e l s o r r y f o r t h e men and women who have been k i l l e d o r i n j u r e d ; some of ihem d o n ' t even want t o be t h e r e .

Yet t h e r e a r e thousands , maybe m i l - l i o n s , want ing t o be t h e r e where t h e a c t i o n i s , b u t n o t knowing what they a r e g e t t i n g themselves i n t o .

Then t h e r e ' s t h e environment w e have t o t h i n k a b o u t ; a l l t h e p l a n t s and an- ima l s . here's t h e o i l t h a t is k i l l - i n g t h e b i r d s and marine l i f e because some i d i o t s dec ided t o t a k e i t upon themselves t o p o l l u t e t h e w a t e r w i t h t h i s b l a c k s t u f f . T h e y ( p l a n t s and an- i m a l s ) had n o t h i n g t o do w i t h t h i s WAR, y e t you see on TV a b i r d drenched w i t h o i l , n o t a b l e t o f l y away o r a c r a b

n o t a b l e t o c r a w l t o s a f e t y . It breaks my h e a r t and b r i n g s t e a r s t o my eyes t o w i t n e s s many of God's c r e a t i o n s s u f f e r i n g .

So what g i v e s t h e P r e s i d e n t of t h e United S t a t e s and Saddam Hussein and t h e Uni ted Na t ions t h e p r i v i l e g e t o mess around w i t h t h e emot ions of t h e whole world?

There i s no such t h i n g as winning o r - o s i n g t h i s war because when i t ' s over m e s i d e may t h i n k t h a t they won. On ;he o t h e r hand, t h e y have n o t because ;hey have l o s t many good peop le . Also :hey now have a mess t o c l e a n up which :ould be d e v a s t a t i n g t o many peop le .

To s t a r t a l l o v e r cou ld t a k e many nany y e a r s . You j u s t c a n ' t p i c k up here you l e f t o f f because i t ' s no Longer t h e r e .

For t h e c h i l d r e n of t h e f u t u r e , t h i s is what t h e y ' l l have t o t e l l t h e i r l h i l d r e n and g r a n d c h i l d r e n .

JUST WHEN WILL THE WAR BE OVER? I

What t he Hel?! LETTERS TO THE EDITOR H e 1 i s t h e name of an underworld

Goddess. I n my poem "The Singer" I make r e f e r ence t o " the shadows of H e l " . The e d i t o r ha s , f o r no reason o r f o r some unknown reason, Chr i s t i an i zed t h i s - " the shadows of He!" i s how i t app- eared i n t he news le t t e r .

A r t i c l e s I know o f t e n need t o be e d i t e d f o r b r e v i t y o r c l a r i t y , bu t I am opposed'-to any p r a c t i s e of e d i t i n g o r r e v i s i n g poe t ry , p a r t i c u l a r without the p o e t ' s consent . Didn ' t look l i k e a typo t o me .

So, l e s t you be consigned t o t h e shadows of H e 1 prematurely, p l ea se cons ider on ly two e d i t o r i a l op t ions i n terms of poe t ry : t o p r i n t , o r not t o p r i n t . (Harumph)

Blessed be. Joanne Arno t t

The optiQns you sugges t have been the only two a t t h i s Newslet ter f o r some time. There was no conscious dec i s ion t o e d i t o r change o r r e v i s e s o a l l I can do i s plead ignorance. When typ ing t h e poem, t h e word " H e l " looked l i k e "He" w i th an exclamation(!)

I haven ' t remembered how t o read minds y e t s o d i d n ' t g ive i t another thought. What would he lp is i f anyone submi t t ing something wi th a purposely misspe l led o r unique word..to c i r c l e i t on t h e o r i g i n a l and I won't g e t creamed !

E d i t o r

It i s c l e a r t h a t s imple p o l i t i c a l . c coun tab i l i t y does no t p r e sen t a u f f i c i e n t check a g a i n s t t h e abuse f power by government. The l i k e s f Mulroney and CLark must be held ccountab le f o r t h e i r a c t i o n s under he p rov i s ions o f Canada. I ' v e

i e r r e Cadieux o l ic i to r -Genera ouse of Commons a r l i amen t H i l l , Ottawa.

f t h e Criminal Code s e n t t h i s l e t t e r :

1 of Canada

e a r M r . Cadieux,

I demand t h a t charges be l a i d ag- i n s t t h e Prime Min i s t e r , Brian Mul- oney and the Min i s t e r of Externa l . • ’ f a i r s , Joe Clark, f o r v i o l a t i n g he Criminal Code of Canada by a ) Conspiring t o commit murder and b) Being a c c e s s o r i e s t o t h e commis-

s i o n of murder.

Evidence t o suppor- t t h e s e c h a r g e s i s a matter of p u b l i c r e c o r d i n t h a t they have c o l l u d e d w i t h 27 o t h e r heads of s ta te t o wage war a g a i n s t I r a q w i t h t h e f u l l knowledge t h a t such a c t i o n e n t a i l s t h e k i l l i n g of unarmed men, women, and c h i l d r e n i n I r a q .

The "Rule o f Law" i n Canada s t a t e s t h a t t h e k i l l i n g of unarmed human be- i n g s i s murder. The "Rule o f Law" i n Canada canno t b e a b r o g a t e d i n o r d e r t o s a t i s f y t h e "Rule of Law" i n t e r n a t i o n a l l y . I f i t can be , then t h e v e r y concep t of t h e " ~ u l e o f Law" as guaran teed by t h e C h a r t e r of R igh t s i s mean ing less and t h e l e a d e r - s h i p of t h e Canadian Government would have t h e l e g a l r i g h t t o a c t above t h e law.

A s a c i t i z e n of t h i s c o u n t r y I have t h e r i g h t t o i n s i s t t h a t t h e Cr imina l Code of Canada be upheld and t h a t t h e

, c o n s t i t u t i o n a l l y g u a r a n t e e d "Rule of Law" be honoured.

Yours s i n c e r e l y , Miles Mackintosh

I

Edi tor :

I was shocked t o read recen t ly t h a t hos- p i t a l beds a r e being closed because of S o c i a l Cred i t government decis ions . Peo- p l e a r e l i t e r a l l y dying i n our Province wa i t ing t o g e t i n t o h o s p i t a l f o r surgery. This is a p e r f e c t example of how wrong and misguided the p r i o r i t i e s i f the B i l l Vander Zalm government are .

For many years now we've heard about hos- p i t a l s t a f f i n g problems. How can we e f f - e c t i v e l y s t a r t - t o improve the s i t u a t i o n ?

For one, we need a government which w i l l acknowledge t h a t our Province has a nurs- i n g shor tage; no t a hospital-bed shortage. We need t o reduce the amount of overtime

worked by nurs ing p ro fess iona l s and im- prove working cond i t ions and salary/bene- f i t packages a s an incen t ive t o both h i r - in^ a ( j d j t i o n , q l nii i-qov ? ~ ~ r l ~ m f 9 i n ;.-r- t 1 , -

employment e n t i r e l y . I n a d d i t i o n a con- ce r t ed e f f o r t must be made t o secure ap- p r o p r i a t e c h i l d c a r e s e r v i c e s f o r a l l hos- p i t a l employees a s a f u r t h e r incen t ive t o employment.

The governmeat should endorse the sp r ing 1988 statement by the BC Hospi ta l Employ- ees ' Union encouraging h o s p i t a l boards t c continue the p r a c t i c e of team nurs ing whereby p r a c t i c a l nurses , o r d e r l i e s and r e g i s t e r e d nurses work together a s a tea1.1 i n a ward r a t h e r than the p resen t s i t u a - t i o n where some h o s p i t a l s a r e r ep lac ing p r a c t i c a l nurses and o r d e r l i e s wi th regi - s t e r e d nurses a t a 30% c o s t d i f f e r e n t i a l . We need t o e s t a b l i s h a formal mechanism

f o r nurses and o t h e r h o s p i t a l employees, chosen by t h e i r peers , t o have meaningful input i n t o the decision-making process concerning h o s p i t a l s and o t h e r i n s t i t u - t i o n s by giving them s e a t s on h o s p i t a l adminis t ra t ion, f i n a n c i a l and planning committees. We must ensure t h a t extended c a r e f a c i l -

i t i e s a r e r e a l i s t i c a l l y funded u t i l i z i n g a f i rmula of between 3.5 and 4 hours of nurs ing c a r e per r e s i d e n t day; r a t h e r than t h e c u r r e n t l y used f i g u r e of 2 . 5 hours of nurs ing c a r e per r e s i d e n t day; a f i g u r e t h a t was s e t back i n 1964. We need t o in t roduce l e g i s l a t i o n s i m i l a r

t o t h e proposed New ~ o r k - s t a t e b i l l t o r e s t r i c t t h e working hours of i n t e r n s , r e s i d e n t s and o t h e r h o s p i t a l employees. This b i l l w i l l provide f o r a t l e a s t e i g h t f r e e hours between s h i f t s , a t l e a s t one f u l l f a e e day each week, no s h i f t t o ex- ceed twenty-four hours except f o r emer- gency rooms, where s h i f t s w i l l not be a l - lowed t o exceed twelve hours. I f you've been in ju red i n a c a r accident would you want t o be t r e a t e d by someone who has j u s t worked seventeen hours s t r a i g h t ?

Trea t ing h o s p i t a l employees l i k e people r a t h e r than s t a t i s t i c s w i l l be a good s t a r t . T rea t ing t h e s e p ro fess iona l s l i k e people who can provide needed inpu t i n t o the h e a l t h c a r e system r a t h e r than a s the ?opposit ion union which must be con t ro l l - ed" w i l l be another good s ta r t .

The Woman I S l e e p With

The s e d u c t r e s s , d e a t h , f l i e s t h r u my empt iness . I q u e s t i o n h k r a u t h o r i t y and s h e v a n i s h e s , l a u g h i n g l i k e a t e a s i n g a d o l e s c e n t . Dark shadows cover my e y e s w i t h smokey b l a c k c l o u d s from a n c i e n t f i r e s .

Seeking a change of mood, -

I summon your f a c e t o t h e eye o f my mind, and as my h e a r t ca lms, I s a y I l o v e you.

I soon f a l l a s l e e p and my empt iness is f i l l e d by t h e swee tness of dreams, i n which I do some of my f i n e s t l i v i n g .

DEside J o e

Peace

H e a r t s t r i c k e n one b i g f l a s h . S i r e n s b l a r i n ' .. d i s t a n t r e d sky Can you e x p l a i n ? What i s t h i s vague p i c t u r e of war c r i e s . . . ? P o l i t i c i a n s remind me o f l i e s , P l a y w i t h t h e i r w a r toys . R i k i t i k t i t t a t boom Is t h i s a m o t h e r ' s c h i l d gone & 10s t . . . how many must s u f f e r b e f o r e i t ' s j u s t a n o t h e r day? The sun f a l t e r s now D i s t a n t t a n k s on d e s e r t dunes , Y e t i n a n o t h e r world You can h e a r c h i l d r e n l a u g h i n g . . f o r hope & p r o s p e r i t y - . . f o r t h e end of a n o t h e r g r e a t w a r .

Frank J o e

To t h e E d i t o r ,

I 'm real g l a d t h e a u t h o r i t i e s g o t t h e scum who w a s s e l l i n g h e r o i n a t h i s d e l i . What makes m e s i c k is t h e l i g h t s e n t e n c e h e g o t - 8 y e a r s and $125,000 f i n e . The s t o r y s a i d h e ' d made p r o f i t s o f $430,000 i n 3 mon ths , and n o t e l l i n g how many p e o p l e h e messed u p , o r h a d work ing f o r h im , o r how much h e ' d made b e f o r e h e was b u s t e d . H e $must b e l augh- i n g up h i s sleeve.

F o r t h e p e o p l e h e ' s h u r t o r k i l l e d , r e a l l y , h e s h o u l d h a v e g o t t e n l i f e and h a d e v e r y t h i n g t a k e n away.

P r i n c e s s Marga re t

I t 's g r e a t t o b e back!

A s you f o l k s l i k e l y know, my f e e t and I r e c e n t l y went on a l i t t l e v a c a t i o n t o S t . P a u l l s Hosp i t a l . I was very p l ea sed t o be g e t t i n g some bad ly needed medica l a t t e n t i o n b u t I missed Carnegie a l o t . One n i g h t I w a s s o l o n e l y f o r t h e p l a c e and t h e people t h a t I r e r e a d and r e r ead t h e b i g ca rd made by A l Wilson and s ign - ed by s o many of you.

4oc 0 cup Now f o r t h e bad news!

Usual ly I t r y t o g e t everyone involved i n t h e major d e c i s i o n making a t Carnegie. But I ' m p o t going t o b e a h y p o c r i t e and p re t end t h a t t h e r e ' s anyth ing a t a l l democra t ic about t h i s dec i s ion .

The C i t y of Vancouver h a s been incred- i b l y s u p p o r t i v e of Carnegie and t h e C a r - n e g i e k i t chen . The C i t y Manager s a y s ev- e r y y e a r a t Budget Review t h a t he doesn ' t want t h e k i t c h e n t o make a p r o f i t - i t s purpose is t o provide good h e a l t h y food and pour money back i n t o v o l u n t e e r t i c k - e t s and suppor t f o r v o l u n t e e r s ' programs.

Our k i t c h e n is non-prof i t and t h a t ' s why w e don ' t have t o charge GST. The on ly t h e C i t y Manager demands of me is t h a t t h e k i t c h e n must b reak even - t h e r e can n o t be a d e f i c i t . Every y e a r we r i d e c l o s e t o t h e margin and l a s t yea r (1989)

w e had a $4,500 l o s s . T h i s p a s t year(90) w e ' r e $2,700 i n t h e h o l e b e f o r e inventory and i t ' s my r e s p o n s i b i l i t y t o do some- t h i n g about i t . Our v o l u n t e e r expenses last y e a r were ove r $30,000 i n t i c k e t s and $12,000 i n d i n n e r s and o u t - t r i p s .

E f f e c t i v e March 1, 1991 t h e p r i c e of c o f f e e and t e a a t Carnegie w i l l b e 4 0 ~ p e r cup. For t h a t t o work, a l l c o f f e e & t e a w i l l have t o go up - t h e k i t c h e n , t h e S e n i o r s , and Oppenheimer Park t o o .

I haven ' t made t h i s d e c i s i o n l i g h t l y . However, t h i s p r i c e i n c r e a s e w i l l keep t h e c o s t s of o t h e r i t e m s - j u i c e , mi lk , sandwiches, d i n n e r s , e t c . - e x a c t l y a s t hey a r e now. Only c o f f e e & t e a w i l l in - c r e a s e - by 5~ a cup.

Volunteer t i c k e t s w i l l s t i l l be worth 3 5 ~ , except f o r c o f f e e and t e a where i t w i l l b e worth 4 0 ~ . A v o l u n t e e r t i c k e t w i l l s t i l l ge t you a cup of c o f f e e and

Volunteers w i l l g e t a d e a l - t hey won't be charged t h e e x t r a n i c k e l .

So, on March l s t , t h e p r i c e goes up. The d e c i s i o n is mine and I ' m p repared t o t a k e t h e h e a t . I f you've got compla in ts , don ' t bug anyone e l s e . Come s e e me. A t t h e very l e a s t I ' l l have : , s p a r e n i c k e l s . f o r a few days

DIANE MACKENZIE, D i r e c t o r

P.S.: I ' d l i k e t o acknowledge t h e r e a l l y f i n e job done by Donald MacPherson i n

my absence. . . however, he may be a l i t t l e ha rd t o c o n t r o l i n t h e f u t u r e . He t o l d my son t h e o t h e r day , "I j u s t go t eve ry th ing i n o r d e r i n Carnegie and your mother came back and screwed eve ry th ing up!"

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The S o c r e d s h a v e j u s t announced t h e i r 1 9 9 l ' n o n - p r o f i t h o u s i n g pro- gramme u n i t a l l o c a t i o n f o r t h e Lower Main land . T h i s y e a r t h e BC Hous ing Management Commission w i l l c o n s t r u c t 720 u n i t s i n o u r r e g i o n . I n 1987 t h e y c o n s t r u c t g d 735. I n 1989 t h e y c o n s t - r u c t e d 760. Why t h e r e d u c t i o n d u r i n g a r e n t a l h o u s i n g c r i s i s ?

D a r r e n Lowe

Alternatives to

\ion" we speak of and that our only solution for brutality was counter-brutality.

Humans have not learned how to deal with our aggressive nature, but rather reaffirm ir in our child- ren, particularly our males, thus producing the soldier that is "eager to go in", the politician w k . *beshausted all options", and the war-supporter \vho is "glad the waiting is o\cr". Rather than a progression beyond aggressive alternatives, we mirror our regres- sion when we attempt to "civilize" the language of war and mask the .true realities. War machines now

I \peak ol' "engaging talgets". "sur- gical maneuvers", "taking care o f business". "getting the job done", "taking them out" and "proceed- ing according to plan". They are tery pleased with tht' success of the exercise".

Stop if you will, and picture your home and all your posses-

, still rape and bludgeon. We still burn those we perceive to be Camen Mendieta, the mothm of seven chzldren,

was killed in a contra ambush i n Nicaragua on witches' we have not Decevnbw2, 1987, exactly seven years after four alternatives to aggression* a US, church women were in Salva- convenient morality to blanftet'dor. She was a member o f ~ h r i s t the ~ i n g Par- murder and a~~ "lish, a sister community k New Jerusalem lanwage to d o u r bloody rea l i t '~ommuni t~ i n Cincinnati, of which the author

of this meditation is a member. Jim Luken had just returned from a visit to Nicaragua when

ties. \ion\ abla7e. Stand in that scene,

h e learned of Carmen's death. -The Editors

MACGYVER

A w h i l e b a c k t h e MacGyver s h o w c a l l e d J i m G r e e n & a s k e d h i m t o r e a d a s c r i p t o n h o m e l e s s n e s s .

I 1 S u r e , " s a i d J i m . " T h e r e are j u s t 2 c o n d i t i o n s : It w i l l cos t y o u a $500 d o n a t i o n to DERA a n d I w a n t y o u t o recru i t a c t o r s & actresses a t ~ a r n e g i e . "

S o t h a t ' s how some C a r n e g i e p a t r o n s b e c a m e TV stars.

W a t c h f o r MacGyver o n Monday, F e b r u a r y 1 8 t h . Y o u ' l l see some f a m i l i a r f a c e s !

R e a l i t y ' s Glimmer

Mussi Cho Sna c h i l e y a

E t t u b a s A ' t h i a That t h e r e i s a cave

t h a t e x i s t s under Tse town

1 Mussi cho

Mussi-cho, Utsi-yan Which s e e k s t o appear .... t h r u t h i s Th i rd R e a l i t y ' t w i x t t h i s s o c o n f u s i n g

s u r f a c e r e a l i t y I t ... which h a s t r apped s o many

t h r u i t s d e c e p t i v e mazes & Dream R e a l i t y

Utsi-yan Mussi-cho, Utsi-yan cho who are s o m e r c i f u l which a l s o s e e k s t o E t e ' s u cho a ' t h i a appear i n our communion

That t h e r e is beau ty w i t h o u r R e l a t i v e s I n what we do i f t h e Winged, t h e 4-legged,

We l e t i t P l a n t s , t h e F i s h e s I f we can s e e beyond i -cho, Utsi-yan

v e i l s t h a t we see as - --- ~ o n e l i n e s s That w e see we need

t h a t we s e e a s v i t a l t o t h i s s u r f a c e r e a l i t y

s . ..as we s e e and a c c e p t as l i f e . Q% t h i s v e i l t h a t we a c c e p t ooQ. A s l i f e . 8

4? Mussi cho, Utsi-yan 44?

Our Grandfa ther ---- who c r e a t e d a l l ..... v ?'lo

This t r u e R e a l i t y which s e e k s t o appear

. . . . t h r u A r t . o u r C r e a t o r who Mussi cho, Utsi-yan we l o v e s o much. Which s e e k s t o appear ~ u s s i - c h o t o s e e t h i s

lil' glimmer of R e a l i t y A lilt glimmer made p o s s i b l e t h r u t h e f i r s t g a t e

we c a l l .... h u m i l i t y W e can s e e my Utsi-yan what some of o u r 2-leggeds c a . , . . . t h e edge o f Nirvana

There ' s s o much t o say f o r noM t.0, s a y , t o o overwhelming You d o n ' t want t o say . . . t h a t glimmer i t s e l f s o overwhelming Mussi-cho & A-hoh

Will iam Dominic

Because woman's work is neve r done and is underpa id o r unpaid o r bo r ing o r 9 .

more important t han what we do and i f we ge t raped i t ' s o u r f a u l t and if we

and i f we love ou r doc to r t o o community c a r e

women i t 's because we c a n ' t g e t a " r ea l " man and i f we ask many q u e s t i o n s we ' re n e u r o t i c . qpd/or pushy and i f we expect f o r ' ch i ld ren we're s e l f i s h and ' i f we s t a n d UD f o r o u r r i g h t s

we ' re agg re s s ive and "unfeminine" and i f we don' t we're t y p i c a l weak females and i f we want t o g e t marr ied we ' re out t o t r a p a man and i f we don ' t we're unna tu ra l and because we s t i l l c a n ' t ge t an adequate s a f e con t r acep t ive but men can walk on t h e moon and i f we c a n ' t cope o r don ' t want a pregnancy we a r e made t o f e e l g u i l t y about abo r t i on and.. . f o r l o t s and l o t s and l o t s of o t h e r reasons we a r e p a r t of t h e women's l i b e r a t i o n movement.

Dear E d i t o r ,

A year ago, I l i s t e n e d a s B i l l Vander Zalm came on TV t o t e l l BC women t h a t he is s o r r y i f t hey don ' t unders tand a l l t h e good t h i n g s h e ' s done f o r them. I n t h i s y e a r ' s ' S t a t e of t h e Province ' speech, t h e Premier d i d n ' t bo the r t o p a t r o n i z e women - he j q s t ignored women a l t o g e t h e r .

We heard no th ing about t h e economic ha rd t imes women endure a s a matter of cou r se . .and no th ing on t h e f a c t t h a t women a r e t h e f i r s t t o s u f f e r job l o s s e s i n any ec- onomic slowdown. ..Zalm d i d n ' t t a l k about

. t h e 6 2 ~ d o l l a r women ea rn i n t h e work- fo rce . He d i d n ' t t a l k about t h e supposed commitment t o pay e q u i t y o r how i t f i t w i th c o n t r o l l i n g pub l i c - sec to r wages. It is a s i f . .Zalm is b l i n d t o t h e concerns of h a l f " t h e people i n t h i s province .

. .Zalmls l a c k of v i s i o n ex tends t o a l l s o c i a l i s s u e s . What about c h i l d c a r e f o r example? O r adequate p rov i s ion and a c c e s s t o h e a l t h c a r e s e r v i c e s o r a b o r t i o n choice?

The p r e m i e r ' s response was t o c i t e soc-

( f rom BOA - good s t u f f . )

i a l spending l e v e l s a s i f t hey were box , sco re s . But budgetary box sco re s don ' t answer t h e r e a l q u e s t i o n s taxpayers need t o have answered. Is o u r money w e l l spen t and a r e we meeting t h e r e a l needs of men and women in BC? People a r e ques t ion ing t h i s government's spending p r i o r i t i e s and r i g h t l y so . How does a $25-million taxpay- e r funded d o c t o r ' s pension reduce su rge ry and cancer t r ea tmen t w a i t i n g l i s t s ? And how w i l l a f r e e z e on n u r s e s ' wages im- prove t h e d e l i v e r y of h e a l t h c a r e i n BC?

Why is Vanderzalm's v i s i o n s o narrow? Is he s o preoccupied w i t h h i s p o l i t i a a l s u r v i v a l t h a t h e c a n ' t ge t ou r spending p r i o r i t y e s s t r a i g h t , o r add re s s t h e r e a l i s s u e s f a c i n g people?

I t h i n k t h a t ' s p a r t o f it bu t t h e fund- amental problem runs much deeper .

B i l l Vander Zalm is a 1950's p o l i t i c i a n l o s t and out of touch i n t h e 1990 ' s . He h a s never understood t h e movement toward e q u a l i t y between women and men, and h e ' s no t about t o change now.

Darlene Marzar i MLA

r This ~ o t e ' s For U

Far away, i n t h e undiscovered coun- t r y of Gandrum, l i v e t h e S p i r i t w a l k - ers who a c t u a l l y f l o a t - i n a mental sense .

You see t h e main food c rop of Gan- drum is cannab is , a n d always h a s been. Thus, by common s t a n d a r d s , t h e S p i r i t - wa lkers a r e always s t o n e d b u t they d o n ' t know i t .

A p e a c e f u l l i f e s t y l e h a s b l e s s e d t h e S p i r i t w a l k e r s s i n c e t h e P a r a n o i c Wars ended some 600 y e a r s ago.

There is v i r t u a l l y no d i s e a s e i n Gandrum, mainly because t h e custom of t h i s c o u n t r y i s t o s t u d y and p r a c t i c e medicine a s a h o b b y , .

Thanks t o ve ry advanced computer a p t i t u d e t e s t i n g everyone h a s a job they l i k e , and can work a t whatever pace s u i t s them.

There a r e no p o l i t i c s and cr ime i n

Gandrum; t h e r e i s o n l y one l a w : "DON ' T EAT ALONE. "

The S p i r i t w a l k e r s l i k e be ing t o g e t h e r s o t h e y can p a r t i c i p a t e i n Gandrum's number one pass t ime - t h e g r e a t s p o r t of p o l i t e n e s s .

S e v e r a l months a f t e r a baby i s born, every a d u l t . in Gandrum becomes i t s p a r e n t , e n s u r i n g each c h i l d i s w e l l n u r t u r e d u n t i l ado lescence i s reached and fo rmal e d u c a t i o n beg ins .

Through t h e h i g h e s t l e v e l of i n f o r - mants comes t h e news t h a t Gandrum w i l l soon open t h e i r doors f o r immigration. I f any of you are i n t e r e s t e d i n moving t o t h i s s imple c o u n t r y , pa rk your hookahs and meet a t t h e c o r n e r of Main & Has t ings on January 31, 1999, where a c r a f t w i l l come f o r u s a t 11:30 p.m.

S i n c e r e l y , DEside J o e

About t h e TV-fixing programme. ..... I n my l i t t l e v o l u n t e e r programme t p

improve o r r e s t o r e home TV r e c e p t i o n f o r Carnegie p a t r o n s , I have s o f a r been c a l l e d o u t f o u r t imes . My f i r s t c l i e n t was none o t h e r than o u r v e r y own Muggs S igurge i r son .

A t h e r home, I found t h a t t h e c a b l e connec t ing t h e VCR t o t h e TV had simply come d i sconnec ted . So I plugged i t back i n and t h e s e t worked.

A s imple problem b u t one t h a t could- n ' t be s e e n wi thou t moving s t a c k s o f t a p e s and t u r n i n g t h e VCR around. I f Muggs had c a l l e d i n a t e c h n i c i a n , a t b e s t , he would have charged h e r f o r t h e house c a l l . A t wors t , he cou ld have hauled t h e s e t o f f t o h i s shop and days l a ~ e r , brought i t back a l o n g wi th a whopping b i g b i l l f o r Muggs t o Pay.

The second set I went t o s e e w a s a v e r y o l d c o l o u r TV t h a t s topped g i v i n g a p i c t u r e abou t t h r e e months ago, a l - though t h e s c r e e n would s t i l l l i g h t up. I n about 30 minu tes , I g o t i t working t o t h e owner 's complete satis- f a c t i o n .

The t h i r d was a n o t h e r ve ry o l d one. It was d a r k and s i l e n t and I c o u l d n ' t b r i n g i t t o l i f e a t a l l . The f o u r t h w a s a l i t t l e 12- incher t h a t had been dropped on t h e f l o o r and I could do n o t h i n g f o r t h a t , e i t h e r .

I w a s happy t o look a t a l l of t h e s e and s o r r y about my f a i l u r e s b u t I hope p a t r o n s w i l l remember t h a t I ' m a l s o ready t o t r y t o improve r e c e p t i o n where TV's a r e p r o v i d i n g a p i c t u r e and sound b u t maybe poor q u a l i t y . No 1, cha rge - no g u a r a n t e e s .

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L i t t l e one, l i t t l e one, j u s t b a r e l y two Two wobbly f e e t , and chubby hands. You look q l l q4oune w i t h * i n n o c e n t e y e s Cur ious ly wondering about each l i t t l e sc

L i f e f o r you h a s j u s t begun.

Right now a s I hug you I ' m s o aware t h a t f a r away Another c h i l d i s screaming w i t h t e r r o r

and p a i n a s around him bombs boom & explode.

perhaps t o n i g h t h e ' l l be k i l l e d o r maim l i v i n g & miss ing a l imb o r an eye.

L i t t l e one l i t t l e one J u s t b a r e l y two This poem of peace

i s f o r you.

I f we d o n t L become a world a t peace you too w i l l d i e from war.

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nd.

Dear S teve Rose,

\qe apo log ize f o r t h e February 1st p u b l i c a t i o n of a r e p l y t o your a r t i - c l e "P lease , someone has go t t o h e l p me!'' S e v e r a l changes a r e underway t o e n s u r e t h a t such an i n c i d e n t does not occur aga in .

We encourage submiss ions from every- one. The m a t e r i a l we r e c e i v e , inc lu - d ing comments on our p o l i c y , h e l p us and t h e whole community become more aware.

Thank you f o r your c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o t h e News le t t e r and a l s o f o r your i n p u t a t l a s t n i g h t ' s meeting.

S i n c e r e l y , The Carnegie News le t t e r Review Panel

G r e e t i n g s - A s Canada is now f u l l y i n v o l v e d i n

t h e I r a q war, many Canad ians a r e wor- r i e d t h a t t h e i r o p p o s i t i o n t o a n o f f - e n s i v e r o l e o f Canadian t r o o p s is n o t hea rd . For t h i s r e a s o n , I a m e n c l o s - i n g a p e t i t i o n t h a t I would u r g e you t o c i r c u l a t e and s e n d back t o m e . P l e a s e be a s s u r e d t h a t I w i l l p r e s e n t you r p e t i t i o n i n t h e House of Commons ds soon a s p o s s i b l e .

Thank you f o r y o u r h e l p i n g i v i n g c i t i z e n s o f Vancouver a n o p p o r t u n i t y t o v o i c e t h e i r o p p o s i t i o n t o o u r p r e - s e n t i nvo lvemen t i n t h i s c o n f l i c t .

S i n c e r e l y , Marga re t M i t c h e l l MP

(Note : The p e t i t i o n i s a t t h e f r o n t A2 d e s k on t h e 1st f l o o r . )

Boor suffer in war. To Thc Editor,

The Child Powt y Act~on C om- ~nittrc has struggled l'or years to gct money for a food program to l'ced hungry schqel children i n Vancouver. #

We haven't been able to con- vince the provincial and federal governments to contribute any money to these programs.

How much does i t cost to buy a bomber or send a Canadian sol- dier to the Persian Gulf for a day?

I t costs $500 million a day for ammunition for the Gulf War. I G - costs about $50,000 a year to fqed

a school full of children. Obvious-' ly our government doesn't make good economic choices.

We as poor mothers would rather have the government spend money on a program that will nourish than a war that will'kill other mothers' hungry children.

The Conservative Government should clean up its own back yard and end poverty before i t cleans up after the Americans.

The Child Poverty Action L committee

To o u r r e a d e r s ,

Over t h e p a s t f o u r y e a r s we h a v e s ~ a r t e d t o d e v e l o p a n e d i t o r i a l p o l - i c y which s i m p l y s a y s t h a t we p r i n t a n y t h i n g o f i n t e r e s t t o t h e p e o p l e i n o u r community and t h a t we d o n o t p r i n t p e r s o n a l a t t a c k s o r m a t e r i a l hat is l i b e l l o u s , s e x i s t , r a c i s t o r condones b r u t a l i t y .

We welcome y o u r s u g g e s t i o n s , con- I

1 t r i b u t i o n s , c r i t i c i s m s , c a r t o o n s . . .

The C a r n e g i e N e w s l e t t e r Review P a n e l •˜

~ S S S S S b S S S 2 S S ~ S S S S ~ S 3 3 b S S b b > b b S b S > 3 S ~ b > b b S > S b S b S S S S S S b S b b b b b b b S S S S S S S S S 13.9 WOMEN FOR BETTER WAGE$ money without suffering through the time

I WHO ARE WE?

Women for Better Wage$ is a coalition that has individual and group members. We are women active in unions, community and women's groups and anti-poverty groups. We meet monthly to discuss better pay for women and to plan actions that will help us get it. We have organized a lobbying trip of women and children to Victoria, and a mee- ting with Social Credit MLA Carol Gran.

Women for Better Wage$ will pay bus fare and childcare expenses of women so they can afford to attend our meetings.

WHAT WE WANT Women for Better Wage$ wants more

money for women. . WELFARE: Welfare rates should be raised to at least the poverty line so women can

'afford to live in dignity and have enough money to give their children what they need. The poverty line for a single parent with m e child is about $16,000 a year.

MINIMUM WAGE: 80% of people who work for minimum wage are women. The minimum wage should be raised to $8 an hour. This is about what it would be today if it had increased with the cost of living since 1975. The present minimum wage of $5 an hour leaves even full time workers

and expense of job evaluation. Employers* should be required to set aside a certain amount of money to raise women's wages. Some people call this pay equity.

WHY WOMEN NEED MORE MONEY Poverty for women and children in Can-

ada is increasing. The major reason is that women's wages are too low.

065% of single female parent families in BC are poor. .Single parent women often end up suppor- ting children on 60% of the wages men make or living on inadequate income assis- tance rates. 071% of the elderly poor are women. Poor people :-. ' *drop out of school sooner. .are unemployed more. *go to prison'more,_ _ - - - .get sick more and die sooner.

Single parent women often end up suppor- ting children on 60% of the wages that men make. Poverty causes a host of problems. Poor people drop out of school sboner, are unemployed more, go to prison more, get sick more and die sooner. Poor women in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside die 17 years younger than other women in the City and have the same life expectancy as peo- ple in Guatemala.

about.$3000 a year below the poverty line for a single person or a single parent with WHAT YOU CAN DO one child would be $10,000 below the pov- 1.

erty line.

CLOSE THE WAGE GAP: Laws should be passed that end wage discrimination bet- ween men and women. Wage discrimina- tion based on irrelevant factors such as gender, race, or disability should be illegal. working women, whose wages now average about 60% of men's, should get more

Get involved with us or with other groups that are fighting to get more money for women. Call 879-2996 for information about our next meeting. Contact your MLA and support our dem- ands for welfare rates, minimum wage and closing the wage gap. Vote for politicians who support our demands.

Produced by Women for Better Wage$

with

* CARNEGIE POETS * HADANI * KEN LESTER * FIRST NATIONS DRUMMERS & SINGERS (TBA)

* OPEN MIKE

Saturday -

Feb. 23

with

* Ald. L i b b y Davies

* Pat Chauncey (ELP)

* Meredith Wadman (Converting war toys)

Sunday, Feb. 24

Carnegie Centre Main & Hastings

The cost of one Canadian rnissle would buy lunch for a schoolful of hungry kids for five years.

Nine minutes of the war would pay for open-heart surgery for every cnergenc patient in B.C.

Hal r a day of war would clean up B.C.'s pulp mills; three days would reforest every clear-cut in B.C.

i o n , i n t e n d e d t o h e a r o p i n i o n s of Can- a d i a n s on what n a t i o n a 1 , c o u r s e Canada s l ~ o u l d t a k e i n t h e f u t u r e , met i n Van- c o u v e r . I w a s i n v i t e d L O a t t e n d and 14 o t h e r s , s i m i l a r l y i n v i t e d , and one nlCntber of t h e Commission were t h e r e .

b e s i d e s making some v e r b a l c o n t r i b u - Lions , I p r e s e n t e d a t y p e w r i t t e n b r i e f wliicli t h e Commission member s a i d s h e would s h a r e w i t h h e r fellow-members.

'l 'l~c f o l l o w i n g is a summary of i t : L i k e Canada, t h e S o v i e t Union i s a

n a t i o n made up of d i f f e r i n g n a t i o n a l i - L i e s . So l o n g as a l l o f them s h a r e d lie common n a t i o n a l pu rpose of "bu i ld - i n g Soc ia l i sm" t h o s e n a t i o n a l i t i e s ap- peared conLent t o sLay Loge the r . Mow- e v e r , when Mikha i l Gorbachev p u t an end t o t h a t n a ~ i o n a l p u r p o s e , Lhe Sov- i e t f e d e r a t i o n began t o come a p a r t .

'l'lle l e s s o n t h i s o f f e r s u s , I s a i d , w , l s t h a t v a r y i n g n a t i o n a l i L i e s b r o u g h ~ ~ o j ; e t l i e r i n t o one c o u n t r y ( s u c h a s t h e USSR o r Canada) need a common n a t i o n a l I 'urpose, one s h a r e d by a l l , LO ho ld Llicm t o g e t h e r .

Canada h a s no n a t i o n a l pu rpose , I s a i d , and is no more t han an economy t a k i n g p l a c e w i t h i n a g e o g r a p h i c a l l y - dc f i ned a r e a .

L went on L O s a y t h a t t h e p r e s e n t ( h l f war r e s u l ~ s from t h e c h a o t i c and u n d i s c i p l i n e d i n t e r n a t i o n a l arms t r a d e w l ~ i c l ~ saw I r a q a b l e LO b u i l d up mass- i v e s t o c k s of modern weapons, i n c l u d - i n g po i son g a s . I blamed t h e a rming

of I r a q on p o l i ~ i c a l b l u n d e r s and s h o r ~ s i g h t e d n e s s on t h e p a r t o f rnany n a t i o n s and g r e e d f o r p r o f i t s on he p a r t of i n d i v i d u a l s and c o r p o r a t i o n s /

I p o i n t e d o u t t h a t ~ a n a d a ' s r e c o r d on t h e i n t e r n a ~ i o n a l s c e n e , i n c l u d i n g i t s p r o v i s i o n many t i m e s o f peacekeep- i n g f o r c e s h a s g a i n e d i t he r e s p e c t o f m o s ~ c o u n t r i e s o f t h e w o r l d .

I urged t h a t Canada ' s peacemaking - a c t i v i t i e s s h o u l d be expanded. I sug- g e s ~ e d t h a ~ Canada t a k e t h e l e a d i n t h e Uni ted N a t i o n s i n u r g i n g f o r m a t i o n of a UN commit tee Lhat would m o n i t o r and c o n t r o l t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l arms t r a d e , which u n t i l now h a s been com- p l e t e l y u n c o n t r o l l e d . ThaL commi t t ee , I s a i d , s h o u l d a l s o m o n i t o r t h e s t a t e of UN member c o u n t r i e s armed f o r c e s and compel a h a l t t o t h e i r a rming be- f o r e t hey r e a c h t h e over-armed s t a t e r eached by I r a q . I s u g g e s t e d t h a t Canada c o n t i n u e i t s

e f f o r t s i n t h a ~ d i r e c t i o n w i t h an a i m of f i r s t c o n t r o l l i n g , t h e n r e d u c i n g and e v e n t u a l l y e l i m i n a t i n g t h e arms t r a d e between n a t i o n s w i t h a f i n a l g o a l o f a wor ld w i t h o u t arms - a wor ld where i n t e r n a t i o n a l problems were s o l v e d by m e d i a t i o n and n e g o t i a - t i o n r a t h e r t h a n war . .where c o u n t r i e s would s o l v e i n t e r n a l problems by demo- c r a t i c means i n s t e a d o f armed o p p r e s s - i o n of t h e i r own p e o p l e s .

I e x p r e s s e d my c o n v i c t i o n t h a t , t hanks t o modern c o ~ n r n u n i c a ~ i o n s ( s a t - e l l i t e s , TV, e t c . ) a l l Canadians would know OF and come LO f e e l a p a r t o f Canada ' s peacemaking programme t a k i n g p l a c e on Llle i n t e r n a t i o n a l s t a g e . Thai programme would g i v e Canad ians o f e v e r y n a t i o n a l i t y a s e n s e o f h a v i n g a s h a r e d n a t i o n a l p u r p o s e , a n a ~ i o n a l i d e n t i t y a s a naLion of peacemakers . T h i s would s e r v e t o h o l d Canada toge- t h e r , 1 s a i d .

By ERIC ERICKSON

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By LAWRENCE WILKINS (Kitchen Volunteer)

Racism is a concept which a t t r i b u t e s d i f f e r e n c e s be tween human be ings , whe th- er such d i f f e r e n c e s a r e r e a l o r imagin- a r y , t o b i o l o g i c a l causes. Mow a r e such a t t r i b u t i o n s made and i n what forms a r e they mani fes ted? Are t hese a t t r i b u t i o n s cons t an t temporal ly and s p a t i a l l y , o r do they vary between d i f f e r e n t c u l t u r e s ? Fu r the r , what a r e t h e c r i t e r i a which one would use t o d i s c e r n a pe r son ' s r ace? Is t h i s c r i t e r i a c o n s t a n t , o r is i t subjec- t i v e depending s o l e l y on popular , s o c i a l parameters . Simply p u t , a r e r a c i a l t r a i t s produced g e n e t i c a l l y o r is one encul tured t o a s c r i b e t o t h e a p p r o p r i a t e r a c i a l s t e r e o t y p e based on one ' s phys i ca l fea- t u r e s o r e t h n i c background? I f one is en- c u l t u r e d t o a s c r i b e t o a p a r t i c u l a r rac- i a l s t e r e o t y p e what a r e t h e means by which such an event t akes p l ace? What r o l e does t h i s media p l ay i n such a pro- c e s s ? What i s t h e s o c i a l outcome of such an e n c u l t u r a t i o n process and what conse- quences a r e encountered by those who a r e a f f e c t e d by i t ?

The human mind, t o more e f f e c t i v e l y process t h e immense amount of d a t a i t rr- ce ives , c o n s t r u c t s schemata t o s t r u c t u r e t h e d a t a i n t o a more e a s i l y understand- a b l e form. When we look a t o r pe rce ive something f o r t h e f i r s t t ime, o r indeed every subsequent time, we au toma t i ca l ly c a t e g o r i z e i t . The same process i s app l i - c ab l e w i th r e s p e c t t o human beings. Un- f o r t u n a t e l y such c a t e g o r i z a t i o n s a r e usu- a l l y c r a s s g e n e r a l i z a t i o n s t h a t l e a d t o misunderstandings concerning, o r misin- t e r p r e t a t i o n s o f , t h e o r i g i n a l t op i c . This p roces s a l s o occu r s w i th r e s p e c t t o humans.

The g e n e r a l i z a t i o n s t h a t appear i n wes tern , i n d u s t r i a l i z e d socieLy a r e con- cerned p r i m a r i l y w i th t h e co lour of one ' s sk in . This has r e s u l t e d i n c l a s s i f i c a - t i o n s l i k e yel low, b lack , wh i t e , red o r brown, bu t such broad c a t e g o r i e s a r e in- a p p l i c a b l e because ". . . c o l o u r c l a s s i f i -

c a t i o n does n o t i d e n t i f y groups a s races" (Leinward, p.17) . The u s e of t h e word ' r a c e ' i s j.n i t s e l f n o t an a p p r o p r i a t e term. It would be a c c u r a t e t o u se t h e word e t h n i c . ". . . e t h n i c is de r ived from t h e Greek word e thnos which o r i g i n a l l y meant a t r i b e , people, na t ion o r group." (Montagu p.4) . E thnic groups s h a r e a common c u l t u r a l h e r i t a g e and, assuming t h a t any such group co-existed i n a comon environmental reg ion r e l a t i v e l y i s o l a t e d from o t h e r g e n e t i c pools , they would over a pe r iod of time tend t o ex- h i b i t shared phys i ca l c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s .

The t h r e e an th ropo log ica l c l a s s i f i c a - t i o n s of humans a r e Negroid, Mongoloid and Caucasoid. There does no t e x i s t with- i n any o f t h e s e c l a s s i f i c a t i o n s an i d e a l type. For example, Negroid may inc lude many d i v e r s e phys i ca l t r a i t s from da rk s k i n w i th kinky h a i r t o p a l e s k i n w i th long , q t r a i g h t blond h a i r .

S i m i l a r l y , Caucasoids may inc lude peo- p l e s of t h e sub-continent o r Aus t r a l i an abo r ig ines . Unfor tuna te ly , western soc i - e t y u se s a dec idedly less s c i e n t i f i c means of c l a s s i f y i n g humans i n t o groups. These groupings a l s o i nc lude many sub- groupings which a r e e r roneous i n n a t u r e on t h e i d e a of r ace .

One such subgrouping con ta in s t h e i d e a t h a t one ' s r a c e is equa teab le wi th one ' s n a t i o n a l i t y . Thus e t h n i c t r a i t s a r e a t t - r i bu t ed t o people who l i v e w i t h i n n a t i o n s t a t e s even though they may be p a r t of a completely d i f f e r e n t c u l t u r a l background. It is i n t h i s way t h a t we a r e encu l tu r - a t e d t o b e l i e v e t h a t a l l I t a l i a n s a r e a l l members o r r e l a t i v e s of t h e Mob. That they are a l l named Vinni , o r t h a t a l l It- a l i a n women e i t h e r l ook l i k e Sophia Loren o r a 100-pound sack of po t a toes w i th a mustache. The same p r i n c i p l e i s app l i c - a b l e t o Ir ishmen, who a r e perceived a s two-fis ted drunkards , o r t o Canadians, who a r e e i t h e r huge lumberjacks named Jacques o r Anglos who s u f f i x t h e i r sen- tences w i th t h e ph ra se "eh". These former examples i l l u s t r a t e a human propens i ty f o r c a t e g o r i z a t i o n s t h a t a r e u l t i m a t e l y more obscure than t h a t of s imply co lour . A s i m i l a r g e n e r a l i z a t i o n occu r s w i th r e s - pect t o r e l i g i o n .

Jews a r e o f t e n r e f e r r e d t o a s a r ace . This i s no t t r u e . They a r e a r e l i g i o u s group and a s such t h e p h y s i c a l and c u l t - u r a l c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s of t h e members of the Hebrew f a i t h a r e as d i v e r s e a s t h e lands from which they come. Yet, accord- ing t o popular misconception, Jews a r e money-hungry and e a s i l y i d e n t i f i e d by t h e i r hooked noses . Perhaps t h e f i r s t modern r e f e r e n c e t o t h e Jewish s t e r e o t y p e appeared i n "The Merchant of Venice", by William Shakespeare. The c h a r a c t e r "Shy- lock", a Jew, is po r t r ayed a s ". .an e v i l inhumane, greedy moneylender whose l u s t f o r gold i s all-consuming'' (Leinwand, p.30). A s i m i l a r c h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n appears i n Char les ~ i c k e n s ' " 0 l i v e r ~ w i s t " i n t h e form of t h e c h a r a c t e r "Fagin" who t eaches c h i l d r e n t o p i c k pockets and s t e a l f o r him. Even though "Fagin" is s l i g h t l y en- dea r ing ( a t l e a s t I found him so ) he i s n e v e r t h e l e s s plapedyas a s o c i a l o h t c a s t .

The subgroupings t h a t have been d i scus - sed s o f a r a r e more popu la r ly known a s r a c i a l s t e r e o t y p e s . Perhaps t h e b e s t kn- own r a c i a l s t e r e o t y p e i n NorthAmerica is tha t of Lhe Afro-American male. This s t e -

/ reotype i s a l s o an example of one t h a t has not r e m ~ i n e d c o n s t a n t over time.

P r i o r t o t h e American c i v i l r i g h t s move- ment a b lack male i n t h e U.S. was per- ce ived by whi te , middle America as s t u p i d & s h i f t l e s s & l azy . .perhaps b e s t personi- f i e d by t h e c h a r a c t e r of "Jim" i n Mark wain's he Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". S ince t h e c i v i l r i g h t s movement b lacks have been perceived a s h o s t i l e and aggress ive . Another s t e r e o t y p i c a l percep- t i o n of t h e b lack male t h a t has changed wi th time is t h e no t ion of a t h l e t i c sup- e r i o r i t y . The p rev ious ly he ld s t e r e o t y p e was t h a t b l acks were i n f e r i o r a t h l e t i c a l - l y i n comparison t o t h e s t e r e o t y p i c a l white . For example t h e primary o b j e c t i o n t o t he g r e a t b a s e b a l l p l aye r J a c k i e Rob- i n s o n ' s p lay ing i n t h e then a l l -wh i t e league was no t s o much t h a t he was b lack but t h a t they f ea red he would lower t h e q u a l i t y of t h e g r e a t American passt ime.

Often people a r e encu l tu ra t ed t o assume s t e r e o t y p i c a l r o l e s based on the r ace t h a t one is perce ived by o t h e r s t o belong to . A l a r g e p a r t of t h i s e n c u l t u r a t i o n process must be c r e d i t e d t o t h e media. I n our p re sen t s o c i e t y most of our cha rac t - e r i z a t i o n s a r e c r e a t e d by t e l e v i s i o n . We

t h u s view urban b l acks and o t h e r e t h n i c m i n o r i t i e s a s v i o l e n t and dangerous ....

drug a d d i c t s , o r angry garbage men who rob banks and r ape wh i t e women. ~ ~ l ~ v i s i o n a l s o c r e a t e s t h e o p p o s i t e and l a r g e l y p o l a r i z e d v e r s i o n of t h e b lack , American male i n what i s popular ly known a s an Oreo-cookie c h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n . V i sua l ly b l ack t o s o o t h t h e m i l i t a n t , he is one who a c t s i n a manner t h a t i s guar- anteed no t t o o f f end t h e o l d p a i r a t home. ~t is f o r t h i s reason t h a t a Per- son l i k e t h e l a t e , g r e a t b lues g u i t a r i s t

Stev ie Kay Vaughn was b i l l e d a s a whiLe b lues g u i t a r i s t . The f a c ~ t h a t Plr. Vaughn was an e x c e l l e n t and i n t u i t i v e b lues g u i t a r i s t was due t o h i s l i f e exper ience and no t t o h i s p a r e n t s ' g e n e t i c s t r u c t u r e .

Whatever t he m a n i f e s t a t i o n s of racism i t is important t o mention t h e causes be- hind the d i v e r s i t y of human appearance. The primary cause is b i o l o g i c a l adapta- t i o n t o t h e environment and a g e n e t i c s e l e c t i o n based on those adap ta t i ons . For example t h e d i f f e r e n t shades of s k i n co lour may be seen a s a b i o l o g i c a l r e s - ponse t o t h e amount of u l t r a - v i o l e t l i g h t cha t h t e body r ece ives . The body, t o coun te rac t t h e e f f e c t of t h e l i g h t produces a pigment i n t h e s k i n c a l l e d melenin. Thus one would no t be s u r p r i s e d t o l e a r n t h a t a Sudanese goat-herder has a d i f f e r e n t s k i n pigmentat ion than does a fishmonger i n B r i s t o l . I t is a l s o im- p o r t a n t t o po in t o u t t h a t one does n o t simply c r o s s t h e s t r e e t , r i v e r , mountain range t o f i n d t h a t everybody looks d i f f - e r e n t . There a r e no d i s t i n c t boundaries wi th r e s p e c t t o s u p e r f i c i a l human appear- ance. Changes a r e g radua l i n occurance. Although c e r t a i n b i o l o g i c a l t r a i t s may be more adap t ive t o l i v i n g i n t h e envi r - onments i n which they a r e found, i t does no t i n d i c a t e a q u a n t i t a t i v e o r q u a l i ~ a - t i v e a b i l i t y f o r having what i t t a k e s LO

be human. We may a l l have been c r e a t e d i n God's image b u t God never had t o spend 30,000 y e a r s hunt ing monkeys i n e q u a t o r i a l A•’ r i c a .

" ~ o d e r n concepts of popu la t i ons and g e n e t i c p roces se s can n o t be - conc i l ed wi th t h e t r a d i t i o n a l d i v i s i o n of t he s p e c i e s i n t o t h r e e o r f o u r major races" (Har r i s , p.103). For t h i s reason humans c a n ' t be t y p i f i e d by such pe rve r se terms a s b l ack o r white . Seldom a r e t h i n g s eve r j u s t b l ack o r wh i t e i n any realm of thought , l e t a l o n e wi th r e s p e c t t o such complex c r e a t u r e s a s human be ings . I f one draws an anology between humans and t r e e s , one s e e s t h a t t h e r e a r e indeed many d i f f e r e n t k inds of t r e e s ; some a r e q u i t e s i m i l a r i n appearance . .o thers no t s o , each having developed i n t h e environ- ment i n which i t - k a s a b l e t o adapt and f l o u r i s h . Yet we 'do n o t doubt t h a t a l l a r e t r e e s no r do we, f o r t h e most p a r t , p l ace judgements of worth on t h e t r e e s i n any o t h e r s e n s e than t h a t of t h e p i t i - f u l one o f monetary. They a r e a l l j u s t t r e e s . From Yellow Cedar, t o White P ine , t o Black Oak, t o C a l i f o r n i a Redwood, a l l l i k e humans combined t o make up d i f f e r - e n t l y f o r e s t e d a r e a s throughout t h e world. D i f f e r ences between human be ings should be c e l e b r a t e d , no t s u b j e c t e d t o l i b e l and r i d i c u l e .

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The day b e f o r e y e s t e r d a y w a s Mary's b i r ~ h d a y . Her husband, Alex, had a r r - anged a p a r t y i n t h e i r home f o r t h e purpose o f c e l e b r a t i n g h i s w i f e ' s b i r - thday and i n v i t e d a few f r i e n d s t o en- joy i t .

Before t h e p a r t y , t h o s e . g u e s t s were s i t t i n g on t h e c h a i r s and had a c h a t . K u ~ h was one of t h e g u e s t s . She t a l k e d w i ~ h Mary i n a low v o i c e i n s e c r e t . She s a i d t o Mary, "I h e a r i n f o r m a t i o n abou t a community s c h o o l t h a t w i l l be opened i n t h e n e a r f u t u r e - t o t e a c h t h e immigrants E n g l i s h and a t r a d e s k i l l i n o r d e r t o h e l p them t o g e t m j o b s e a s i l y . I '

I 1 1s i s rue?" asked Mary, "I am n o t k i d d i n g you," Ruth answered h e r , " t h a t news j u s t comes from t h e h o r s e ' s mouLh." Mary s a i d , "It i s c e r t a i n l y good news f o r me i f my husband would a i l o w me."

A few days l a t e r , i n t h e e a r l y morn- i n g , Mary took a walk t o S t a n l e y Park and saL a l o n e i n m e d i t a t i o n . She knew t h a ~ Alex was a man who was n o t o n l y s tubborn b u t a l s o c r i t i c a l , He cou ld n o t pe rmi t h e r t o go t o s c h o o l a g a i n , She planned t o c a r r y o u t a n e f f i c i e n t method t o nag him day by day u n t i l h e r husband gave up h i s i d e a .

Three weeks l a t e r Mary came a c r o s s Ruth i n t h e d a f e t e r i a of King Edward Campus. Ruth asked , "Mary, how d i d you pe r suade your husband t o l e t you go t o schoo l?"

t h a t he is a ha rd n u t , but'-now t h a t nut was c racked by m e . ~ e * l e t s me go t o schoo l . I may s a y t h a t I g o t a b i g k i c k o u t of i t . "

A f t e r l i s t e n i n g t o Mary's h r i e f speak ing , Ruth s a i d , "Time f o r change; you shou ld c a t c h up t h e t i m e . You a r e t r u l y t o be admired. I knew you would do i t from t h e beginning. Congratula- t i o n s ! "

"Thanks. I am most g r a t e f u l t o you f o r your h e l p , " s a i d Mary.

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the p u b l i c s e c t o r " and "a f r e e z e on s a l a r i e s and b e n e f i t s f o r members of t h i s government and i t s s e n i o r p u b l i c o f f i c i a l s . "

t r The i d e a l t i m e t o p r a c t i c e wage r e s t r a i n t is i n nego-

t i a t i o n s , a t which t h i s government h a s f a i l e d t a x p a y e r s m i s e r a b l y (wi t - n e s s t h e d o c t o r ' s p e n s i o n ) . The gap between p u b l i c and p r i v a t e s e c t o r wage s e t ~ l e m e n t s h a s narrowed t o 0.7% (6.8 compared t o 6 .1) w i t h o u t B i l l Vander ~ a l m ' s i n t e r f e r e n c e . There seems t o be a Socred double s t a n d a r d when i t comes t o r e s t r a i n t . The same n i g h t Vanderzalm was demanding lower s a l a r i e s f o r n u r s e s and o t h e r p u b l i c s e c t o r workers , i t was r e v e a l e d Soc- r ed c a b i n e t m i n i s t e r s have handed t h e i r own p o l i t i c a l a i - e s s a l a r y h i k e s between 12 and 20% i n j u s t Lhe l a s t s i x months a l o n e .

" T o t a l budgetary spend ing w i l l be t i e d t o growth i n

t h e economy. "

Days a f t e r t h i s promise. government o f f i c i a l s s t i l l

d i d n ' t know what t h e premier and h i s f i n a n c e m i n i s t e r meant by economic growth. I f we assume i t ' s B C ' s GDP ( g r o s s domes t i c p r o d u c t ) , t h i s govern- ment ' s spend ing i n c r e a s e of 12.2% f o r t h e budget y e a r h a s a l r e a d y s u r p a s s e d t h e p r e d i c t e d GDP of 8.4%. Recent ly t h e growth f o r e c a s t was reduced t o 7.4% and some spend ing c u t s o r d e r e d , b u t no m a t t e r how you s l i c e i t t h e Socred government i s n o t a n example.

Obviously t h e f a c t s h a v e n ' t g o t t e n i n t h e way i f t h e l a t e s t round of Socred promises . Once a g a i n , t h i s gov- ernment i s a c t i n g on p o l i t i c a l , n o t p u b l i c p r i o r i t i e s . The sooner BC h a s a n e l e c t i o n , t h e sooner we can pu t t h e i n t e r e s t s o f working men & women on t h e f r o n t b u r n e r and g e t t o work on your b e h a l f .

By MIKE HARCOURT

To THE EDITOR OF THE CARNEGIE NEWS LETTER: WE HOPE YOU W I L L P U B L I S H T H I S LETTER WHICH EXPLA INS WHO WE ARE AND OUR PROPOSED ENDEAVOUR FOR RESPONSE FROM YOU AND YOUR READERS.

FLOYD HAS BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE FOR OVER 1 5 YEARS NOW, WHERE HE WAS RAISED AND HAS WORKED AT VARIOUS JOBS. HE HAS ALSO BEEN A VOLUNTEER FOR THE CARNEGIE LEARNING CENTRE FOR OVER A YEAR AND A HALF, CO- ORDINATING AND TUTORING IN THE COMPUTER ROOM. FLOYD HAS BEEN VITAL IN RESEARCHING AND ORGANIZING THE BEACON AND HAS U T I L I Z E D H I S V I T A L TECHNICAL A B I L I T I E S .

I, ON THE OTHER HAND, HAVE LIVED IN VANCOUVER FOR A LITTLE LESS THAN A YEAR NOW; AND ALTHOUGH 1 HAVE BEEN TO MANY C I T I E S , 1 W I L L NEVER FEEL MORE AT HOME I N ANY OTHER PLACE. 1 ALSO HAVE SOME GOOD COMPUTER EXPERIENCE AND HAVE BEEN REGULARLY TEACHING CLASSES AT THE CARNEGIE FOR SOME MONTHS NOW. ALSO LIKE FLOYD, 1 HAVE THE PLEASURE OF HELPING TO ORGANIZE THE BEACON AND HER RESOURCES. WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT DOING P O S I T I V E THINGS FOR OURSELVES AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE F E E L OUR COMMUNITY HAS G IVEN US SO MUCH.

THE BEACON (THE SHINING LIGHT)

THE BEACON, I N OUR PERSPECTIVE, I S A S H I N I N G L I G H T AND HOPE FOR IMPROVEMENT. WITH T H I S PERSPECTIVE I N MIND, WE PROPOSE TO KEEP OURSELVES AND OUR COMMUNITY INFORMED OF THE BENEF ITS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US THROUGH A NON-PROFIT PERIODICAL (OR NEWSLETTER), FREE TO THE PUBLIC. THE BEACON WOULD LIST SERVICES AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. IT WOULD ALSO HAVE A D E T A I L E D VIEW OF ONE OR MORE OF THESE SERVICES PER ISSUE, AND PROVIDE ANY HELPFUL INFORMATION I N CONCERT WITH HER THEME. UNTIL T H I S DATE, THERE HAS BEEN NO OTHER PERIODICAL THAT HAS SOLELY CONCERNED I T S E L F W I T H THE COMMUNITY SERVICES AND SELF IMPROVEMENT. WE INTEND TO KEEP OUR READERS WELL INFORMED AND UP-TO-DATE.

THROUGH THE HELP OF SOME OF THE PEOPLE WE HAVE ALREADY RECRUITED, WE HAVE ACCESS TO TOP QUALITY PRINTING EQUIPMENT. HOWEVER WE HOPE TO EVENTUALLY OBTAIN OUR OWN EQUIPMENT AND BECOME SELF-SUPPORTING.

WHAT WE PRESENTLY NEED ARE PEOPLE.

PEOPLE TO SEEK AND OBTAIN THE INFORMATION WE WISH TO PUBLISH. PEOPLE TO WRITE ABOUT T H I S INFORMATION I N A MANNER THAT CAN BE E A S I L Y UNDERSTOOD BY THE READERS. AND FINALLY, ARTISTS TO HELP PORTRAY THIS INFORMATION CREATIVELY.

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D E R A HAS B E E N SERVLNG THE DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE FOR 1 7 YEARS.

0 0 Dear E d i t o r

I ' v e been r e a d i n g your paper f o r a- bout 3 y e a r s now, and have enjoyed t h e wide v a r i e t y of s t u f f e v e r y t ime. I t ' s r e a l l y n i c e t o g e t something i n t e r e s t - i n g t o look through, never knowing what Lo expec t .

A coup le of i s s u e s ago t h e r e was t h i s s t o r y by S t e v e Rose and a f t e r r e a d i n g i t I w a s k ind of u p s e t . I ' v e been involved i n ~ a t i v e / G o v e r n m e n t I I n e g o t i a t i o n s " o f f and on f o r about

20 y e a r s and heard t h e q u e s t i o n s Rose a s k s a g a i n and a g a i n . I t l i s a lmost a l - ways someone who h a s n ' t had p a t i e n c e o r t h e i n t e r e s t t o even t r y t o s e e t h e Na t ive s i d e ; q u e s t i o n s asked seem L O be based on i d e a s o f Na t ive l i f e and h i s t o r y t aken from "white" h i s t o r y books and cowboy movies.

Rose s a i d t h a t h i s h i s t o r y and r o o t s should coun t ; t h a t he f e e l s as oppres- s e d a s any Na t ive and t h a t h i s ances- t o r s had a s ha rd t i m e s as Nat ives bu t he h a s n e x t t o n o t h i n g i n t h e way of r e d r e s s f o r h i s g r i e v a n c e s . Na t ives make l a n d c l a i m s and t o him t h i s i s somehow u n f a i r , l i k e s a y i n g , "Where's t h e j u s t i c e i n t h i s ? ' '

I n t h e n e x t i s s u e Bob Kiyoshk wro te a r e sponse . For t h e f i r s t h a l f any- way h e slammed Rose and, by c a r r y i n g i t on i n your mind, a l l t h e "white" people who say i n thousands of ways: "You have no r i g h t t o a s k o r demand any t h i n g . I /we s u f f e r too." Kiyoshk t r i e d t o c o n t r o l h i s o u t r a g e . Being a Nat ive , he knows t h e c e n t u r i e s of s u f -

q u e s t i o n s more than t h i s . He

Rose a s k s d o n ' t g i v e much token acknowledgement o f e q u a t e s h i s t r o u b l e s w i t h

Na t ive t r o u b l e s and Kiyoshk, i n my o p i n i o n , saw t h i s a s comparing a n i cecube t o a n i c e b e r g .

Now I can s e e where Rose may f e e l he is " j u s t a s k i n g , j u s t wants t o under- s t a n d " b u t Kiyoshk, l i k e thousands of Na t ives , h a s been f i g h t i n g t h e r e a l b a t t l e s f o r y e a r s and i t seems t o m e t h a t he d i d n ' t want t o s tar t a t t h e o u t e r l a y e r o f a n o t h e r on ion and p e e l i t c a r e f u l l y . N a t i v e s have been pro- found ly p a t i e n t b u t t h e i r t r a v a i l h a s been go ing on f o r FIVE HUNDRED YEARS;

An apology h a s been demanded b u t no apology is needed. I t h i n k t h e E d i t o r ' d i d a r e a l good s e r v i c e by p r i n t i n g Kiyoshk 's a r t i c l e . We a l l have t o t a k e a l o n g h a r d l o o k a t t h e assumpt ions we base o u r q u e s t i o n s on.

'Mac'

Those who would r e p e a t t h e I

lpast must c o n t r o l t h e

t e a c h i n g of h i s t o r y .

f e r i n g NaLives have gone through ... hunted f o r s p o r t , massacred by t h e thousands , g iven small-pox l a d e n blan- k e t s , t r a d i t i o n s and ceremonies out- lawed, l a n d s t o l e n and occupied by "white" peop le , f a m i l i e s broken up w i t h t h e r e s i d e n t i a l s c h o o l 'program' where Na t ive c h i l d r e n were whipped f o r speak ing t h e i r own language ... and t h e

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! We choose where we go on t h e f r e e day-

i ngs and s o on. See ' a t h a n i e l f o r t h e l ist

/ f ~ ~ f j / \ q S 3%- of suggest ions & p o s s i b i l i t i e s .

MAIN STREET/HASTINGS STREET INTERSECTION

Because of concerns about t h e s a f e t y of our corner , t he Assoc ia t ion ' s Comm- un i ty Re la t i ons Committee, t h e Sen io r ' s Support Group and many o t h e r s made sugges t ions and demands f o r immediate changes t o C i ty Hal l . These r e s u l t e d

' i n a l e t t e r from M.P.Brown, A s s i s t a n t C i ty Engineer i n Transpor ta t ion . ( 1 ) No mom? l e f t t u r n s i f you are going south on Main. ( 2 ) I f you a r e going toward downtown on Hast ings and want t o t u r n l e f t onto

Main, t h e r e w i l l be a f l a s h i n g arrow. ( 3 ) I f you a r e going n o r t h on Main and want t o t u rn e a s t on to Hast ings, you

w i l l have a r i g h t - t u r n arrow. ( 4 ) The times between red l i g h t s i s longer t o l e t walkers g e t c l e a r . (5) Buses t h a t run yellow l i g h t s : t h i s w i l l be watched by p o l i c e & t r a n s i t .

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Paul Taylor i t o r , Carnegie Newslet ter .

bear M r . Taylor

i In t he Feb . l s t / 91 Newslet ter Sandy ameron had a most i n t e r e s t i n g and e l l -wr i t t en a r t i c l e on t h e " P o l i t i c s f the hea r t . " In another a r t i c l e by Bob Kiyoshk,

le r e f e r s t o "our Ed i to r f o r e d i t i n g u t some very d e r i s i v e a d j e c t i v e s t h a t lr. Rose had included.

How is i t t h a t i f a s M r . Kiyoshk ays, you e d i t e d S teve Rose's a r t i c l e o e l imina t e c e r t a i n un fo r tuna t e com- ents about t h e Nat ive people , t h a t r. Kiyoshk knew what was e d i t e d , o r as he j u s t surmising.

On the o t h e r hand, M r . Riyoshk uses d e r i s i v e remarks i n r e f e r r i n s t o i4r. Rose,

A s E d i t o r of t h e Carnegie Newslet ter you were redundant and I f i n d i t rep- r ehens ib l e t h a t you chose t o e l i m i n a t e c e r t a i n words o r s t a t emen t s from M r . Rose's a r t i c l e but i t would appear , d e l i b e r a t e l y neglec ted t o omit such deroga tory phrases by M r . Kiyoshk.

I f t h e Newsletter i s despe ra t e f o r news o r a r t i c l e s t h a t you a s Ed i to r have t o p r i n t some of t h e garbage t h a t appears from time t o t i m e , and i n k u r t i c u l a r , such name c a l l i n g .

I realize there's such a thing as freedom of speech and freedom of the press, but is uncalled for in print and should be totally unnecessary. Little wonder that the Newsletter hasn't the respect or taken too ser- iously outside the community. If you choose to include such words

or name-calling as referred to at least be fair by printing both sides of the story, with or without editing, by both writers.

Sincerely, Ed Burroughs

Bob Kiyoshk dropped into Carnegie a few days after Steve Rose's article was printed. He asked about who was the author and said a response was sorely needed. I mentioned the ex- clusion of the "unfortunate comments" and, upon learning this, Bob's comm- ittment to respond got firmer. I told him the deadline for the next issue and left it at that. It didn't occur to me that the edited parts were sac- rosanct..secret..and others besides yourself have criticized this. It happened, but knowing what Kiyoshk is up against in his work, I didn't feel compelled to hide the nature of the comments from him. Bob Kiyoshk is a director of a new

transition house for battered Native women in Vancouver, working with the Helping Spirit Lodge.

I haven't remembered how to read minds yet, but knew that such casual use of "unfortunate comments'' was a daily reality for him and many Native people. In his response, Mr. Kiyoshk used Mr. ~ose's format of putting "whitet' in quotation marks to, as he said later, show that it wasn't his terminology but was used in the same sense as he felt Rose used it.

are questioned innocently by many people; they are also questioned "in nocently" by many others. Bob con- cluded that Steve was in the latter group and responded in &I manner th he felt was appropriate at the time. Reaction has been about the only

response to either article so far. The questions are in many peoples' minds. Some are put with the hopes of learning..some are put with barbs and hooks already attached. If you feel that something in the

paper is garbage that's your problem Everyone has a right to express opin ions and it's rare that a piece of writing or poetry is not printed. Most people read what they write be- fore submitting it however. A final point about the respect

accorded the Carnegie Newsletter: I the 4 years that I've been editor it gone from 16 pages and 300 copies to 24-40 pages and 700-800 copies.. . 1t' gone from being read by some people in Carnegie to being read by people all over Vancouver, in the Lower Mai land, in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Man- itoba, Ontario, the States, Mexico, England, and it's been seen in Israe Germany, New Zealand and China. It' course in two schools, two Adult Lea ning Centres, and has a mailing list