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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, September 11, 1980

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                White doily Magazine my Rii i Kwh my  by Tkv of a my in new York times he flight of Middle class american and jobs from of jobs that the unskilled and poorly educated could till the growing concentrations of four Blacks in be a Cantril cities and the advancing Lifton of the stick underclass from the More productive Middle class of both Blacks and Whites Bate been under Way for so Cag since lie Early 1960. Hat they Are Nan being perceived As a Perma Imbt condition. A number of Blacks interviewed in various cities Over the last few weeks said that this condition exacerbated by recession government budget Reil saints and the Polit ical climate had brought about More than the usual amount of unrest this summer. There have been outbreaks of violence in five cities Wichita Miami Chattanooga Philadelphia and Orlan do Fla. So fur ibis year. All followed jury or police action that Blacks believed to have been racially motivated Bat in Alt five there were reports that the anger against whiles extended to the economic and social conditions described by the Black leaders. Reports of riling ten Iaru elsewhere have been More frequent and More widespread than in recent tummers. For example in Omaha which Hai a 13 percent Black population and isl not usually considered a Center of racial strife a Black minister the Rev Wilkinson m. Harper Ial in the basement of nil Church and told a visitor we Are facing a very very dangerous situation Here. Omaha could blow at any time. And it would not be in the Black Section. It would be elsewhere. The people who would do it Don t care what happens to them. They just Don  Omaha the paint of conflict this summer is an unusually abrasive dispute Between Blacks and the police who hive been accused of icing and systematic abuse and of Bealing and killing i towns without cause. The police have denied the charges and la  
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