Tuesday, December 11, 2001
'Neighbor' talks key to solution, man says
By Allen Howard
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Marcus Ware will attend his third “Neighbor to Neighbor” meeting this week in North Avondale, where he lives.
Mr. Ware, 75, plans to attend several more of the next 30 meetings scheduled. It's important, he said, for people of different backgrounds and neighborhoods to talk about race.
“I want to hear ideas from others and look them in the eye while they express them,” he said.
“And I want to give my ideas while they can look me in the eye. That is how you learn about and get a feel for who they really are. And that is the way to start to understand each other.”
Last month Mr. Ware attended Neighbor to Neighbor meetings in Deer Park and Hyde Park.
He likes attending in the suburban neighborhoods, he said, because he thinks that is where there is less communication between blacks and whites and thus more misunderstandings. What bothers him is there aren't enough blacks showing up.
“The Deer Park meeting was good, because there were people from Kenwood, Silverton, Deer Park, Amberley Village, North Avondale and Evendale,” he said. “There were a lot of blacks there. In Hyde Park, there were only three blacks.”
Mr. Ware says talking, reaching an agreement and starting an action are key to resolving race issues. He thinks the talking should be done by representatives of every neighborhood.
Mr. Ware is comfortable communicating with words as well as music. He played trombone in the Navy band in World War II.
In 1979, he was part of a group that formed an 18-piece jazz band. He was its director from 1980 to last year, when he retired.
Now he is a business agent for the American Federation of Musicians. Mr. Ware was also an employee of the U.S. Postal Service.
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