European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 02, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thi  i fact strip to monday. June 2. 9eo modern Livi the disparities behind Miami s trouble unemployment rates 1979 null to Tyr. In Peic enl the ghetto blight total Blacks and Ottar by David e. Rosebaum now York times n till Surkau. There Lias been enormous Progress since the  riots of the late 1960s, la is a Salt and pc ppr workforce now that pours out ill Lunchi inic from the steel Glass and Concrete so scrapers that have come to dominate downtown America. There is hardly an office Wilhour Black professionals hardly a Community without a Black Man or woman an Choring inc television news hardly a cily without a once poor neighbourhood being renovated by inc Well to do. Inside the go Clos however the blight remains Lor the majority of americans who normally pay Little attention to lie big City slums the trouble in Miami was a reminder of How Linle some things have really changed. Consider the following income. In 1969, the median family income in Central cities was k3 percent of the income of people living in the suburbs by 1977, according to a census Bureau study released inn May it had fallen to 79 per cent. During that period the income of suburban families kept Pace with inflation while thai of families in inc cities did not. Furthermore the proportion of Black families with incomes below the poverty line remained steady Al Between 25 and 30 percent. La would be incorrect to say there was no improvement in the economic Stalus of Blacks said Ber Nard i Anderson an economist who is director for social sciences at the Rockefeller foundation. Some persons achieved notable Progress and moved closer to the enjoyment of economic Security. Such per sons however represented inc minority of Blacks for the Community As a whole the decade at Best was a stand off to us. Throughout i he 1970s, in Boom limes and busts the unemployment rate among Blacks was twice that of whiles and never lower than 8 percent. Inc unemployment Rale of Black  was Well Over 30 per cent throughout the decade. More and More factories moved out of the cities each year and manufacturing jobs histor Neaily the first step into the Job Market for the Miami s population Miami Boston Detroit los Angeles new York City Philadelphia san Francisco Oakland Washington . And Central cities 1mb 1mo 1970 ism projection do a no  cum Milt. Sown do Cox Maui Loev loan it auf fior Ify Black labor Force Miami s Job distribution in percent source 0ixmuo i tax Slatis Bot  Aurban Pou to know i hate Neier seen a Bride talk Dunn the aisle i hate Neter Wen a choir or a graduate in � processional i Bate nor seen the victim of a inns Len  he was Mur dered. I hate nod seen a parking lot jammed with penile. I hate Niter Wen the first race of a daily double or a football team in clean uniforms. The other night i had it out with my husband. Look i am in the prime time of my life and i have never heard the first 30 seconds of the minute Wall. Does t thai Lell of something Svi iat arc you trying to say he asked. I am saying that once before i die i would like to Sec a Church with empty  we be been through All this  he signed. Sil Ling around before an event begins is a Complete waste of Lime when you could be spending it sleeping. Reading. Working. Don t forget dirt Long around the Block looking for a parking place. I Don t understand you at All i continued. Don t you get curious so what they put into tint Claren t of just a my envious of people Nho Don t Hoe to jump onto Moling trains Aren t of tired of Silling Down to a 44-Minule egg for breakfast each morning i set my alarm clock every night. What do you want from me i have seen you set your alarm clock. When you want to get up at 6 30 you set it for 5 30. Then you smack it and say. Don t Tell me what to do. Buddy then you reset it for six. At six when it goes off you hit it again and shout a a i was Only kidding. I got another half hour you reset it for 6 30, at which time you throw our body on it and say i Don t need you. 1 Don t need anybody. Then you go Back to  i Jusi happen to believe there is no virtue in being Early. What time is it it s eight o clock. You re supposed to be at work at  yes. Lucky i be got 20 minutes to  i have a feeling i will go through life and never again hear the Star spangled Banner