I don't think the kids even know what Scientology is. Roxbury Youth Works, however, allowed World Literacy Crusade workers to tutor teenagers there three years ago, but had second thoughts after learning more about the group's links to Scientology, said Roxbury Youth Works administrator Dave Wideman. We as an organization were a little apprehensive. The target group was the particular population we serve, predominantly young black men and women. It's like Mr. Watson.
Somebody has to be bright enough to want it.
Virtually every top Scientology official is white, according to ex-members and photographs of church leaders. Any non-Scientologist youth who is taught Study Technology is ripe for recruitment, Coates said. Other programs are in Washington, D.C., Denver, and throughout California. The church was not allowed to use the school facilities again. In the inner-city Los Angeles neighborhood of Compton, more than 700 black children, including gang members, participated in the World Literacy Crusade and the program saved their lives by giving them an alternative to street life, Jentzsch said.