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...incredibly low and the hours are incredibly long," says JoAnn Lum, program director for the Chinese Staff & Workers' Association in New York City. She tells of one garment-district employee who worked 36 hours straight, then was docked for taking a one-hour nap. Nonpayment of wages is also rampant. According to Lum, one group of 35 workers is owed $120,000 in back pay by their employers. "They are slaves, pure and simple," says a U.S. immigration official. "Many end up in bondage, forced to become gang enforcers or drug couriers...
...revelations about the department's handling of the security controversy continue to mount, rumors run rampant about a major shake-up at the department, perhaps in the security unit. General Counsel Margaret H. Marshall is currently conducting a probe of the alleged discrimination in that unit...
Bloch agrees. "The pace was slower. Crime wasn't as rampant. There was relatively little racism that I noticed. What there was was a deep hatred of what Germany and Hitler were doing and what it was all about...
Like many black activists and socialists, West rails against white racism, powerful corporations and rampant consumerism. But because of his passion for moral consistency, he also insists the fight against sexism and homophobia must be on an equal footing with the battle against racial oppression. "A lot of black brothers and sisters think talking about homophobia and sexism will dilute the attack on racism," says West. "But black culture is unimaginable without James Baldwin, the poet Audre Lorde or ((civil rights activist)) Bayard Rustin, and I won't even begin to talk about black gay brothers and sisters...
Yoshimi Ishikawa, author of several books on Japan and America, believes a change from the rampant secrecy surrounding imperial life would be a very healthy thing. "Masako Owada has the capacity to be a star. The Japanese like people who study hard -- her educational career gives her charisma." He thinks she has a chance to open up a closed world. "The prince loves her so much that if she wants change, he may help. If Masako Owada can make a good bridge between the family and the people, maybe we can create a new era of Japanese history." Eloquently stated...