<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3323"><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3387" style="margin: 6pt 0in;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3386" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3385" face="Calibri">“Perhaps most
intellectually debilitating of all is a third assumption: namely, that any
situation involving people of European descent and people of African descent
automatically falls under the heading ‘race relations’. Argument by definition
and tautology thereby replaces argument by analysis in anything to do with
people of African descent. Probably a majority of American historians think of
slavery in the United States as primarily a system of race relations—as though
the chief business of slavery were the production of white supremacy rather
than the production of cotton, sugar, rice and tobacco. One historian has gone
so far as to call slavery ‘the ultimate segregator’. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He does not ask why Europeans seeking the
‘ultimate’ method of segregating Africans would go to the trouble and expense
of transporting them across the ocean for that purpose, when they could have achieved
the same end so much more simply by leaving the Africans in Africa. No one
dreams of analyzing the struggle of the English against the Irish as a problem
in race relations, even though the rationale that the English developed for
suppressing the ‘barbarous’ Irish later served nearly word for word as a
rationale for suppressing Africans and indigenous American Indians. Nor does
anyone dream of analyzing serfdom in Russia as primarily a problem of race
relations, even though the Russian nobility invented fictions of their innate,
natural superiority over the serfs as preposterous as any devised by American
racists.</font><a name="_ednref9" href=""><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">”</font></a><font face="Calibri">--- </font><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3388"></o:p></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3323"><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3391" style="margin: 6pt 0in;"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3390" face="Calibri"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3389" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Barbara Jeanne
Fields, “Slavery, Race and Ideology in the United States of America</span>”</font><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3444"></o:p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3323"><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3408" style="margin: 6pt 0in;"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Calibri">News-Gazette
question: Describe what you would do concerning race relations.</font></span></b><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3407"></o:p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3323"><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3409" style="margin: 6pt 0in;"><font face="Calibri">Deb Frank Feinin: </font><o:p></o:p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3323"><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3384" style="margin: 6pt 0in;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3383" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3382" face="Calibri">“I will continue
to support the community coalition, the summer youth employment program, and
efforts by our Police Department to engage with the public. I support increased
diversity training and cultural sensitivity training in all departments at the
City. I will continue to actively engage people one on one, by attending
meetings, and at community events. I will continue to support economic
development aimed at minority contractors and minority-owned small businesses
as well as working to improve infrastructure in lower-income neighborhoods. I
will continue to support breaking public works projects and other contracts
into smaller bids when we can in order to provide a better opportunity for
smaller businesses and minority-owned businesses to bid.”</font></span><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3410"></o:p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3323"><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3411" style="margin: 6pt 0in;"><font face="Calibri">Karen Foster</font><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3412"></o:p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3323"><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3380" style="margin: 6pt 0in;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3379" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3378" face="Calibri">“My strengths in
building partnerships and community coalitions will play a key role in
improving race relations throughout our city. Currently, I have been working
with diverse groups in the city to listen to their concerns and work with city
departments to help them. I believe a concentrated effort of economic
development with small and minority businesses will create an environment of
economic prosperity for all people in our community. I would participate in the
Community Coalition as an active member. I would continue to attend as many
meetings and events as possible to be a presence so that citizens would be able
to speak with me on an individual less formal level, if necessary. I believe
that communication is the key and I have excellent communication skills. Plus,
I already know personally many of the minority community leaders such as
members of the NAACP, Community Coalition, and others which will serve as a
pathway to address concerns as they come up, and to collaborate with to find
solutions to those issues.”</font></span><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3381"></o:p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3323"><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3377" style="margin: 6pt 0in;"><font face="Calibri">Don Gerard</font><o:p></o:p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3323"><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3375" style="margin: 6pt 0in;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3374" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3373" face="Calibri">“During my tenure
I have spent a great deal of time working to dignify everyone in the city to
the point of being told by a very conservative friend, "the Republicans
feel like you're not doing anything for them because you're always in the black
churches and neighborhoods." I would say that was a bit of an exaggeration;
however, it does reflect the change I have made in how the role of mayor is
perceived. I am proud to have appointed an unprecedented number of people of
color, women and young people to boards and commissions as I feel those bodies
should reflect our community's population. I am proud to have been mayor as we
welcomed Chief Cobb and believe his backing of the Community Matters program
will help us all continue to bring together our entire community. We must keep
moving forward together.”</font></span><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3376"></o:p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3323"><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3420" style="margin: 6pt 0in;"><font face="Calibri">Joe Petry</font><o:p></o:p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3323"><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3423" style="margin: 6pt 0in;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3422" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3421" face="Calibri">“A lot of good
work has been done but there is still a great deal that needs to be done
concerning race relations. I believe that a continuing dialogue between the
community and the city is imperative. There is a need to develop trust and
mutual respect and not just when there is a crisis or situation. I would
continue to work with elected officials and community members to make sure
their voices were being heard and that needs were being addressed in a way that
was meaningful and productive.”</font></span><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3424"></o:p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427486759654_3323"><font face="Times New Roman">
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