Word: ghettoes
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...past year has been deeply troubling for South Africa. The rioting that began last June in Johannesburg's black ghetto of Soweto (pop. 1.2 million) and quickly spread to other black townships around the country has taken 500 lives so far-and sputters on. Guerrilla raids continue in the northern portion of Namibia, which South Africa has administered (as South West Africa) since 1920. Under international pressure, South Africa is now trying to set Namibia free, but only under a moderate government that would cause the South Africans no trouble. The hitch is that the only Namibian political group...
...news can be told verbally rather than visually in instances of violence. Viewing immoral social ills, like ghetto conditions, can lead some of us to positive action. But watching violence can only breed violence...
...worst thing I ever did was win an election, says William H. Bailey, 40, the first black ever elected to the Rhode Island state legislature from the ghetto district of south Providence. Until his election last November, Bailey was riding high as the prosperous owner of four apartment buildings. Now his long criminal record has been revealed, and he faces the prospect of serving up to four years in a Michigan prison for larceny...
...million Americans currently out of work, more than half are under age 24, according to Carter. Joblessness among 16-to 19-year-olds runs 18% or more, v. a national average of 7.5%; in urban ghetto areas the figure skyrockets to 40%. To cut into this widespread unemployment, Carter offered a four-part program that contains something old, something new and more than a little borrowed from previous administrations. His proposals...
...justification of Pentagon programs on economic grounds is a sham--it panders to the economic sectors least in need of government aid; those who would lose jobs if the Vought plant in Dallas closed are likely to find jobs more easily than the permanently unemployed of the Dallas ghetto. The central question, as always, is the ordering of governmental priorities, not the preservation of economic interests for their own sake...