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More than a celebration of the extraordinary lives of 40 black men and women, TNJ’s Annual 40-Under-Forty Achievement Awards is public testimony to the black community’s safeguarding of its young. We take note and make a loud noise when our youth are good, just as we take note and make a loud noise when our youth are bad. This year’s list of honorees boasts 22 men and 18 women, ranging in age from 24 to 39. They represent the cream of individuals in a wide swath of public and private sector professions and entrepreneurial endeavors. As usual, we were besieged with nominations, not to mention the number of inquiries and pleas for consideration that came in well after the submission deadline, which, of course, we could not entertain. The number of entries has grown exponentially since the first 40-Under-Forty Awards six years ago, and the achievements of the entrants have become even more jaw dropping. It is almost presumptuous to choose winners, for clearly there are no losers among these candidates. We salute them all—those who made the 40 list and those who did not.
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President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair have ousted the regime of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and the cameras have just about faded to black on that traumatized country. The bombing of Afghanistan to root out Osama bin Laden and his marauding band of cave-dwelling terrorists already is a distant memory. Outrage against Enron and its fellow pillars of corporate greed and deceit has dropped to little more than a lamb’s bleat. And, in New York City, where the sallow national economy and the local budget crisis are pummeling the most vulnerable communities (witness massive job layoffs and transit fare hikes), and where a fear of SARS has cruelly set back Chinatown’s efforts to recover from 9/11’s economic decimation, there is silence on the stories of dreams falling apart.
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| Final Word |
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However the Supreme Court rules on affirmative action in college admissions, Education Secretary Rod Paige says the Bush administration will pursue "race-neutral" alternatives. That's fine with me, although I think a true race-neutral solution to helping disadvantaged students earn college degrees will cost more money than this administration or this Congress has shown a willingness to spend.
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