Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: THURSDAY, March 15, 1990 TAG: 9003152552 SECTION: EDITORIAL PAGE: A10 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
Such tip-of-the-tongue answers were readily given regarding racial subjects in America's past. If the question was asked, "When is the time right?" then came a stumble or no answer at all.
African government authorities are now appealing to the abused, oppressed, rejected, dislocated natives of the very soil itself: Forget the past; forget the tragic sickness of these inhuman acts; throw out your history, it doesn't matter. But mainly let us, the authors of your past, decide your future.
Tragic? Yes, as well as sick beyond expression.\ EMORY BURKS\ ROANOKE