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INSIDE:What did Huey, H. Rap, Stokely, and Malcolm have in common? (See pg. 5)

PULSEOF THECOMMUNITYPhotos and question by Yvonne KempQUESTION OF THE WEEK:QUESTION OF THE WEEK:“Why did you attend“Why did you attendthe annual Milwaukeethe annual MilwaukeeUrban League BlackUrban League Blackand White Ball?”and White Ball?”

“I am here toendorse thecause. While Iam represent-ing WISN TV, Iam here as arepresenta-tive of what this cause standsfor. I am beyond impressedwith the sincere comraderie Ihave experienced.”

SHAMIREGOODWIN

“It’s a greattime to honorthe work ofthe Milwau-kee UrbanLeague, andto see the who’s who ofGreater Milwaukee. And whowould miss Sheila E.?”

JAMES E.CAUSEY

“The Milwau-kee UrbanLeague is arepresentationof what posi-tive changeand continuous growth looksand feels like in Milwaukee!Why would anyone NOT cele-brate this living legacy?”

DENISETHOMAS

“I am here atthe MilwaukeeUrban League’sBlack and WhiteBall to have agood time andbecause I fully support their mis-sion. I appreciate the work MULdoes to improve the quality of lifein Milwaukee.”

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ELECTIONWATCH 2018The Candidatesfrom our CommunityBelow is a list of familiar and new African American candidates forstate and national offices

The recent release of additional bodycam footage fromthe Sterling Brown incident has prompted 10 CommonCouncil members to call for a full audit by the Fire andPolice Commission of what occurred.

“The footage provides yet another glimpse into the ac-tivities and comments of some of the police officers in-volved,” read the statement, signed by 10 of the ---

council members. Councilmen who didn’t sign the state-ment were Aldermen Bob Donovan, Mark Borkowski,Terry Witkowski, and Tony Zielinski.

“It is concerning and unacceptable that these clips andothers were not included as part of the initial bodycamfootage shared with the Common Council members overtwo months ago and the public recently,” the statement

continued.Brown, a player with the Milwaukee Bucks, was tased

and arrested in January after parking across two handi-capped parking spots in the parking lot of a NorthsideWalgreens. Brown was not charged.

There was an outcry from the community and electedofficials after the release of the initial video footage. TheMPD conducted an investigation into the incident andfound the officers acted inappropriately. The officerswere disciplined.

In the additional footage obtained by CBS 58 Newsfrom what they called a “different source,” shows Brownbeing loaded into an ambulance. It also shows that afterBrown is brought to the ground and tased, an officer stepson Brown’s ankle. That’s when a different officer realizeswho he is.

Later in the footage, police talk about the potential

With one year awayfrom the National UrbanLeague’s 100 birthday,the Milwaukee chapter ofthe organization held its33rd annual Black andWhite Ball at the Wiscon-sin Center recently. The ball has the dis-

tinction of being one ofthe largest and most rec-ognizable galas in Mil-waukee. The signature fund-

raising event in supportof the Milwaukee UrbanLeague’s programs, thisyear’s ball had specialmeaning because it isleading up to the celebra-tion of the national orga-nization’s centennialanniversary in 2019. That’s why this year’s

ball’s theme was: “Jour-ney to 100.” This year’sentertainment was the in-comparable Sheila E. The protegee’ of

Prince, Sheila E. broughta surprising mix of JamesBrown Funk, mixed withsome Latin flavor...and apinch of the late “PurpleOne.”—Photos by Yvonne

Kemp. (Look for morephotos by Kemp in thisweek’s Weekend Edi-tion.)

STATE PRIMARY ELECTIONGovernor-Mahlon MitchellLt. Governor-Mandela Barnes

STATE ASSEMBLY OF REPRESENTATIVESDavid Bowen (Inc.) Dist. 10Jason Fields (Inc.) Dist. 11LaKeshia Myers-Dist. 12Danielle McClendon-Williams Dist. 16Rick Banks-Dist. 16Supreme Moore Omokunde-Dist. 16Kalan Haywood-Dist. 16Brandy Bond-Dist. 16David Crowley (Inc.)-Dist. 17Travis Spell Dist. 18Charisse Daniels-Dist. 37 (Watertown)

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESGwen Moore (Inc.)-Dist. 4Gary George-Dist. 4

JOURNEY TO 100:MUL holds its 33rd Annual Black & White Ball

Council members call for transparency and accountability by MPD aftermore of Brown video releasedArticle compiled by MCJ Editorial Staff

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Distracted parenting in theage of smartphonesArticle courtesy of CBS - Lansing, Michigan via “The Rundown”

Our obsession, or in most cases for busy parents, reliance on our cell phone is causing many kids to fall victim todistracted parenting. Child experts say, when technology becomes more important, it can truly hurt your kid's devel-opment.

Kendra Moyses, a child development expert with Michigan State University says, she understands the sometimesimpossibility to put down our technology, but the temptation to use it at all times of the day may need some manage-ment.

"Especially for a lot of younger children, like with infants, eye contact is a huge way that they communicate. Thatthey take cues from their caregivers, so when that is not being given, it's a detriment to the infant because they wantto be able to have that interaction."

Playing is essential to great child development and every kid wants their parents to watch, even before the time ofcell phones. Moyses says, kids competing against not only your interest, but also technology can cause several negativeoutcomes.

"If a parent is involved in the cell phone instead of watching what their child is doing, not only is that potentiallydangerous because they are not watching out for unsafe situations, but that child wants that connection with them, soif they are not getting it in one way, they may get it by acting out."

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MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF WISCONSINPROVIDES FREE BABY SHOWER INHONOR OF MOTHER’S DAYMolina Healthcare of Wisconsin and Milwaukee Health Services, Inc. recently

offered a free community baby shower to Milwaukee families in celebration ofMother’s Day. More than200 moms came to theevent.

Parents attended educa-tional sessions on safesleep, infant mortality, den-tal care, nutrition andbreast feeding.

Milwaukee Health Serv-ices, Inc.’s physicians, cli-nicians and benefitcoordinator were present toanswer health and insur-ance related questions.

The mission of Milwau-kee Health Services, Inc. isto provide accessible, quality primary and related health care services to Milwaukeeresidents, with the continuing emphasis on medically-underserved families and indi-viduals. “Helping new moms improve maternal health by increasing awareness aboutthe importance of prenatal and postnatal care is aligned with Molina’s mission of pro-viding quality care to those in need,” shared Babette Honore, director of communityengagement for Molina Healthcare of Wisconsin. “We appreciate the opportunity topartner with Milwaukee Health Services, Inc. to host this baby shower for new and ex-

pecting parents who mayotherwise not have one.”

Parents in attendance en-joyed healthy foods andbeverage, as well as playedbaby shower games to winraffle prizes.

Guests also received giftbags filled with diapers,hand sanitizers, a babybath set, baby wipes, dis-posable bibs, medicinespoons, outlet covers,stress balls, and water bot-tles courtesy of Molina.

Penfield Children’s Center Unveils New Logo

Penfield Children’s Center is launching a new logo as it embarks on itsnext 50 years of serving children and families throughout MilwaukeeCounty. Founded in 1967, this marks the most dramatic rebranding effortin Penfield’s 50-plus year history.

In keeping with tradition, the new logo incorporates the shape of a sun,but with solid-colored triangles and a contemporary font, similar in styleto the logo of our new school, Penfield Montessori Academy. This createsa strong linkage between the two entities and strengthens Penfield’s over-arching brand.

“Our new logo acknowledges our rich history while conveying an exciting vision for our future,” said ChristineHolmes, President and CEO of Penfield Children’s Center. “The sun continues to speak to our vision to provide chil-dren and families hope as we work to create a positive start in life for infants and toddlers in our care.”

Civil rights activists, prominentleaders rally outside NFL Headquarters, scold league for‘dangerous’ anthem policyAmNews Staff Reports | 5/27/2018

MIDTOWN, NEW YORK— Civil rights groups and community leadersserved up a message of defiance outside NFL headquarters in Midtown Fri-day.

The protestors lashed out against the league’s recent decision to fine teamsif players refused to stand for the National Anthem.

Co-founder of the Women’s March, Tamika Mallory said with the new pol-icy, the league drew a line in the sand.

“They are very clear in stating that our oppression is not for the Americanpublic’s eyes,” Mallory said.

“They will not provide for us a platform to talk about the abuse of our menand women,” she continued.

Since 2016, taking a knee during the anthem became a form of protestmeant to highlight social injustices endured by the African American com-munity.

The messaging, however, according to Minister Kirsten John Foy of theNational Action Network, has been misconstrued and politicized by PresidentTrump.

Foy lambasted Trump for his recent remarks where he suggested playerswho don’t stand "shouldn’t be in the country.”

“What he’s really saying is that you black folks can get back on the shipand go back to Africa, if you don’t want to stand up and salute the flag,” Foysaid.

“We call on the NFL players to stand up,” activist Linda Sarsour said atFriday’s rally. “You do not want to look back decades later as elders and saydamn I wish I would’ve stood up.”

Ever since the NFL rolled out its new National Anthem policy, the backlashhas only escalated.

Not only is criticism coming from players but now from other leagues."It's just typical of the NFL,” Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr

said, delivering a scathing rebuke of the new rule.“"Trying to use the anthem as fake patriotism, nationalism, scaring people.

It's idiotic.”One person who has yet to comment on the new policy is the player who

started the conversation – Colin Kaepernick.With so much pushback on the table, some say this is just the beginning of

what will be a long public relations dilemma for the NFL.The damage – if any – will be evident when the season kicks off in the Fall.“We’ll know by then, from the PR sense - are people talking about football

and games, or are we back on concussions or are we still talking about kneel-ing and racial injustice,” branding expert Ian Wishingrad told PIX11 News.

Average gasprices drop11 cents inthe pastweekArticle courtesy ofNBC - Detroit via“The Rundown”

AAA Michigan reportedSunday night average gasprices in Michigan droppedabout 11 cents in the pastweek, the biggest change inthe country for a statewide av-erage price of a gallon of gas.

The auto club, based inDearborn, says the averageprice of gas in Michigan as ofMonday morning was about

$2.99 per gallon. Prices areabout 48 cents more than thissame time last year.

The average price of gasacross the state last week wasabout $3.11.

Michigan's lowest averageprice was in the GrandRapids/Muskegon/Hollandarea, where it was about $2.94per gallon.

The highest average pricewas in the Ann Arbor area forthe fifth straight week, whereit was about $3.05 per gallon.

Metro Detroit's average gasprice is about $3.04 -- a de-crease of six cents from lastweek.

Metro Detroit's average isabout 58 cents more than thissame time last year.

Updated Security Policy inEffect for Summerfest 2018

Summerfest presented by American Family Insurance is implementing en-hancements to its security policies, in line with other major venues and sta-diums around the country, for the safety and security of all of our fans. Thefollowing policies are in effect for Summerfest 2018:

All visitors and employees will enter the festival through metal detectionand should be prepared to comply with other security screening requirements.

All bags will be searched upon entering.NO BACKPACKS OF ANY SIZE are allowed inside Henry Maier Festival

Park.NO LARGE BAGS OVER 9X10X12 INCHES are allowed.Cinch bags or small purse/clutch, maximum size 9”x10”x12” will be al-

lowed. If a guest brings ANY type of backpack or bag larger than 9”x10”x12”,

they will be instructed to empty the contents into a clear bag provided bySummerfest. The prohibited bag may be donated or the guest can return it totheir home or vehicle.

There is no storage on site for prohibited items. Special consideration may be taken for parents with infants and those with

medical needs.Fans are advised to arrive early to minimize wait times to enter the Sum-

merfest grounds and to leave all backpacks at home - the “NO BACKPACK”policy will be strictly enforced.

“The safety of our Summerfest fans is our top priority. We are enhancingthese policies to create a more efficient entry into the festival by limitingitems that can be brought onto the grounds. We encourage our fans to leaveall prohibited items at home. The less you bring in, the more time you saveentering the gate,” said Don Smiley, President and CEO of Milwaukee WorldFestival, Inc.

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Supreme Court rules infavor of baker in same-sex wedding cake caseArticle courtesy of USA TODAY

A divided Supreme Court on Monday absolved a Col-orado baker of discrimination for refusing to create a cus-tom wedding cake for a same-sex couple, ruling that thestate exhibited "religious hostility" against him.

The 7-2 verdict criticized the state's treatment of JackPhillips' religious objections to gay marriage in 2012,several years before the practice was legalized nation-wide.

The justices ruled that a state civil rights commission

was hostile to him while allowing other bakers to refuseto create cakes that demeaned gays and same-sex mar-riages.

As a result, the long-awaited decision did not resolvewhether other opponents of same-sex marriage, includingbakers, florists, photographers and videographers, can re-fuse commercial wedding services to gay couples.

In fact, the court on Monday scheduled a similar caseinvolving a Washington State florist for consideration attheir private conference Thursday.

Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the court's decisionagainst the same-sex couple, Charlie Craig and DaveMullins, departing from his long history of opinions infavor of gay rights dating back a generation. Includedamong them was the court's 2015 decision legalizing gaymarriage nationwide.

100 Black Men of Madison tohold “Take a Youth to Church”event on Father’s Day

The most understated asset in the African AmericanCommunity is the belief in God, and the collateral roleof the Church and its legacy of justice and survival.

The Church has served as a harbor, a shield, an op-portunity of expression, a restorer of dignity, a platformof education and socialization, and above all a clearpath of what is right and what is wrong.

No institution has been more important to AfricanAmerican families, economically, spiritually, sociallyand culturally than the Church.

Please join the 100 Black Men of Madison in supportof "Take a Youth to Church” on Father's Day, Sunday,June 17.

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Friendship MBC to hold 73rd anniversary celebration June 10

Friendship Missionary Baptist Church is invit-ing the community and its surrounding neighbor-hood to join them Sunday, June 10, to celebratethe church’s 73rd anniversary.

The church is located at 905 W. North Ave.Services start at 10:45 a.m. Rev. Joseph HamiltonJackson, Jr. is pastor. Brenda Jackson is the firstlady. Rev. Jackson became pastor of FriendshipMBC in 2013. He believes to be an effectivechurch is to be wholistic ministry.

In the name ofyour Blackness,take a stand andwalkout!By Jamell N.A. Henderson, MPASam Acho, Lorenzo Alexander, Russel Okung,

Richard Sherman, Michael Thomas and Ben-jamin Watson. These six individuals are not onlythe vice presidents of the NFL Players Associa-tion but also the six Black NFL players who arethe voice for all of the NFL players.

According to the NFLPA website, two important factors are a part oftheir mission statement: (1) Represent all players in matters concerningwages, hours and working conditions and protects their rights as profes-sional football players and (2) enhance and defend the image of playersand their profession on and off the field.

Recently, the NFL decided to implement a policy that not only violatesthe First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution by issuing a fine if an NFLplayer decides to kneel during the national anthem, but also is a directassault toward the 80 percent of the NFL players who just happen to beAfrican-American.

Houston Texans owner Bob McNair stated, “The NFL can’t have in-mates running the prison.” (I do not accept that man’s apology whatso-ever because he said what he truly felt.) McNair is not the first NFLowner to think negative thoughts or feelings about the Black NFL play-ers, who by the way are helping this owner and other owners make heftyamounts of money. McNair is among the first to explicitly state his truefeelings about you.

Fellow vice presidents and Black NFL players, I cannot imagine thefame and fortune you must be receiving now that you have fulfilled yourdreams in being in the NFL.

Many of you have changed your lives and the lives of your families,friends and communities. Although I totally empathize with your feelingsand emotions behind the lucrative contracts that you have been givenand earned, there is one thing that I feel is priceless: your integrity as aBlack man.

This idiotic, toxic, megalomaniac of a man who is unfortunately lead-ing this country has said things behind the great podium that are a directslap at you, at me and at the image of who we are in this country:

“NFL protestors shouldn’t be in the country.”“Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody

disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field rightnow. Out! He’s fired. He’s fired!”

“If a player wants the privilege of making millions of dollars in theNFL, or other leagues, he or she should not be allowed to disrespect…our Great American Flag (or Country) and should stand for the nationalanthem. If not, you’re fired. Find something else to do!”

We are proud Americans who have the Constitution behind us in de-fense of our patriotism and our right to express ourselves. Colin Kaeper-nick led the way for you in taking a bold stand by simply kneeling duringthe national anthem.

“I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country thatoppresses Black people and people of color,” he said. “To me, this is big-ger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way.

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The answer is Black Nationalism!Black Nationalism is making

resurgence in America. And it’s nota moment too soon.

Some say the most vocal BlackNationalists went underground orwere drowned out by the chorus ofother people’s equal rights and in-tegrationists at the conclusion ofchapter four of the Civil Rights his-tory book, which in Milwaukee co-incided with the 1976 federal courtschool desegregation ruling.

The fact that the process wasoverseen by an appointed specialoverseer (yeah, that was his apro-pos title) should have revealed tothe naïve that the “integration” rul-ing was a placebo.

Others believe Black National-ism was pushed to the side by mis-sionaries and poverty pimps whotook over the movement whenBlack leaders gave them the keys tothe Freedom Train a decade later.

Another theory is that the elec-tion of Barack Obama signaled anew world order that “we had madeit” and the quest for equality andequal opportunity was at hand.

That later assumption went outthe window with the election ofDonald “The Trumpster” and theresurgence of racial animosity andbigotry, orchestrated attacks oncivil and human rights and thetsunami of police killings of Blackmen (which was occurring withalarming regularity under Obama).

Under closer scrutiny it is obvi-ous that while Black Nationalism isno doubt one of the most misunder-stood—albeit practical—ideologiesfor Black America, its advocateshave been scorned and attacked byenemies of Black self-determina-tion and economic equality in partbecause the message holds the keyto remedying the myriad of ills fac-ing the African American commu-nity then, and now.

Many of those who historicallydenounced “BN” (Black National-

ism) did so in fact because theyknew it was fueled by an Africancultural paradigm that would em-power our community and removeus as pawns in an economic and po-litical chess game played by mis-sionaries and poverty pimps.

Moreover, Black Nationalismwould provide a sense of dignityand self-respect to those who havenot found their way from under thecloud of slavery.

That’s a dangerous combinationif you’re profiting from Black mis-ery.

It was, and is, then incumbentupon those who benefit financiallyto confuse the issues and discreditthose with the wisdom to set ourown agenda.

This game has been played forcenturies, yet only lately has oursituation deteriorated to the pointwhere people are starting to seethrough the fumes.

With smoke clouding our vi-sions, we were blinded into believ-ing that miscegenation was the onlycure for injustice and American-style Apartheid, and that becausewe are (supposed to be) intellectu-ally inferior and immoral by nature,we need the assistance and guid-ance of missionaries to be madewhole, or three-fifths of a man asthe constitution declared.

Supporting our own, building ourown communities and embracing acommunal system of self-determi-nation were contrary to the dreamsof Dr. Martin Luther King.

Dating back to the 1920s, thosewho espoused Black Nationalismwere ostracized and silenced(jailed, deported or killed). MarcusGarvey was a case in point.

Later it was Huey P. (Newton),H. Rap (Brown), Stokley(Carmichael), Malcolm (X), anddozens of other first name leaderswho had the initials “BN” tattooedon their backs.

King was also labeled by the es-tablishment, but actually didn’t fitthe profile other than seekingequality and an end to poverty. Thatlatter goal got him killed (not hisoutspokenness against the VietnamWar).

To achieve a level of creditabilitybefore the major media duringChapter 5, you had to disguise youragenda by calling for the unattain-able goal of integration, or assimi-lation by embracing the welfareparadigm of servitude.

You’ll find the same scenariotoday among the “endorsed” Blackleadership—mostly Black politi-cians, civil servants and radio rev-olutionaries.

Most will, on occasion, espousea nationalistic line and, by neces-sity, a sporadic stroke of righteous-ness while standing under ourbanner.

But generally, their agenda is toattack the conservatives, tout thebenefits of poverty programs andarticulate the problems without of-fering a solution.

Being a BN doesn’t mean you’rea racist, separatist or anarchist.

It does mean you love your peo-ple, recognizing the truth of theAfrican adage, “I am because weare.”

It means you have rejected deni-grating propaganda, do whatever toloosen the shackles of slavery andinferiority, as well as “his-story”.

Being a BN means, as Milwau-

kee’s foremost Griot, Teju Olog-boni often says, “If all things areequal go Black.” In fact, even ifthings aren’t.

BNs understand that we will con-tinue to be subservient and depend-ent until we realize every Blackdollar must touch four Black handsbefore exiting our community.

It means supporting Black insti-tutions, businesses and politiciansexclusively, unless our choices arelimited or another entity supportsus.

It means we hold no blind alle-giance to any political party (unlesswe control it), but we will supportcandidates who advance ouragenda.

Being realistic, we recognize thatthe Democratic Party is far more intune with our issues than are theRepublicans, and that Black candi-dates must run on their ticket to beelected.

But they should never put theirparty before the people, or acceptthe party platform when it doesn’tserve us.

As Black Nationalist PollyWilliams was fond of saying, “wehave no permanent friends, and nopermanent enemies, just permanentinterests.”

Moreover, as historian StephenTillette wrote, the Democrats arenot the good guys. “The differencebetween Democrats and Republi-cans is that the Democrats kiss youfirst.”

Black Nationalists generallyview the world through an Africen-tric lens. We are part of the globalmajority, and of the African Dias-pora. Those of us who have blan-keted ourselves with the cloth ofAfrican culture, subscribe to andpromote the Nguzo Saba, and theprinciples of Maat.

Black Nationalists reject theracist stereotypes that underscorethe goal of apartheid, and vehe-mently question traditional Black(mis) leadership who believe oursalvation will be handed to us bysocial services, governmentschools or either major politicalparty (which are essentially differ-ent wings on the same bird).

We recognize that not everyonecan, or will, embrace our philoso-phy—some out of fear, others outof ignorance.

But we stand on truth and history.That means we know Jesus “the”Christ was not a blond with blueeyes. And Nyame did not give Eu-ropeans a mandate to murder Na-tive Americans and enslave ourancestors (not to mention rape ourmothers).

We know that there is but onerace, and divisions between peopleof different hues and cultures havebeen orchestrated to divide andconquer.

And we also recognize the differ-ence between nationalism (observethe Jews, Asians and Native Amer-icans), and patriotism; conceptsthat Donald Trump has successfullymerged and used to distract and di-vide.

We are not a monolithic people.And there is a diversity of opinionson how to solve our myriad ofproblems; which train to ride on theFreedom track.

My philosophy is grounded in a

They say you will never make it outof the hoodRun, run to a place where you know

there’s goodThey say you will never own your

businessRun, run to the people who’ll believe

and be a witnessLittle black boy, you are a targetFor those who want to stop you, be-

fore you get startedLittle black boy, they are afraidThat if you learn your history, you’ll

have power forever and a dayThey say you are a statisticRun, run from the things found in

their data analyticsThey say you can’t learn in schoolRun, run and tell them only school

education alone breeds foolsLittle black boy, there is so much to

lifeBeyond the rap music, drugs, beyond

all the fightsDo you know there is an issue?Locked away, everyday are little

black boys just like youJudged by the color of your skinYou must not give up, you must not

give inSo, what your father was never

home?Do right by your kingdom, don’t fol-

low his wrongsThey say you’ll never understandWhat it’s like to grow in America,

from a boy into a manThey try to scare your culture with

their gunsRun little black boy, run, run, runYou must not let your anger control

youLittle black boy, stay respectful and

always responsibleTreat all women like the queens they

areFor your very being came right from

her parts.They may have taken our history, our

family, our prideBut the king that you are, shall not

ever die.If you ever find your back against the

wallRun, run to a place where you can

get rid of it allKeep peace within you, keep the light

shining brightYou must not ever get discouraged,

never give up this fight. Paishance WelchMillennial Magic!

MILLENNIALMAGICBy Paishance Welch

LittleBlackBoy, Run

SIGNIFYIN’By Mikel Kwaku Oshi Holt

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There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leaveand getting away with murder.”

I, as a Black political scientist, don’t need to share withyou the historical proof of the aforementioned statement, youare a Black man in America just like me. You see it for your-self.

Kaepernick is 100 percent right. What is happening rightnow is bigger than football, and you can no longer be selfishand look the other way.

There are young African-American men who are from theblock who look up to you and strive to do whatever it takesto get out the hood, to be where you are, but their reality isjust like yours and mine—we have to watch our backs andanything we say or do can be used as an excuse to be shotby the police. That is the reality of being Black in Americain 2018.

Now the news broke out that the NFL commissioner andthe owners of the respected NFL teams (not one is a Blackowner) decided that if you kneel during the national anthemyour team will be fined (but you have the option to not comeout on the field when the anthem is played). The question Ihave to ask you my fellow vice presidents of the NFLPA is,how much are you worth?

Is your contract worth all of that? Is it worth you denyingyour skin, your representation on the global stage of yourcommunities and who we are as Black men and women inour country?

Is it worth pretending it doesn’t apply to you? Is it worthaccepting “Sorry, not sorry” apologies from the NFL ownersand the Goodell administration?

If you know for sure that there isn’t any dollar amount thatcan be put before your Blackness, then in the name of King,Malcolm, Dubois, Parks, Bethune, Baker, Douglass, Truth,Marshall, Tubman, Martin, Garner, Castillo, Bland, Rice, Di-allo, Brown, Pinckney and Obama, urge your players to walkout. Don’t play a single game and don’t stop until youachieve the victory of the respect that you deserve as a BlackNFL player.

We as the community will do our part in boycotting theNFL, from not watching the games, to not purchasing anyNFL paraphernalia, canceling NFL subscriptions and not at-tending any games because we know to hurt the NFL, wehave to hurt their color of green because they don’t see thecolor Black.

We as the community will do our part. It’s on you now todecide: Exercise your power as an American and make thegreat sacrifice or turn the other cheek and deny who you areand your responsibility as an African-American. I pray youdon’t choose the latter.

“Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable…Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suf-fering and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate con-cern of dedicated individuals.” —the Rev. Dr. Martin LutherKing Jr.

In the name ofyour Blackness,take a standand walkout!(continued from page 5)

belief our African roots provide a platform for empowerment. There is a reasonwhy Nyame created life on the continent of Africa, and the commune evolvedfrom that foundation.

I have yet to see any cultural system that is better than the Africentric model.But as we strayed from those tenets, particularly the nuclear family, spiritualityand community economics, our nation within a nation has suffered.

Milwaukee has the highest Black male unemployment rate in the country. Sev-enty percent of Black households are headed by women. We host the lowestBlack reading proficiency rates in the country, and not by coincidence along withthe highest poverty rate in the country.

As I think back to my youth in Milwaukee, it was the exact opposite. Therewere Black banks, groceries stores, auto dealerships, a Black hospital and evenan African American owned brewery. We were segregated, isolated and ostra-cized, but had we maintained those institutions, along with nuclear families anda spiritual foundation we would be much better off today. I guarantee it.

Most of us were Black Nationalists in 1970, as much by necessity as by cul-ture.

But then we brought into the lie, and our cultural and socio-political paradigmwas pushed to the side, save for the few voices who pushed Black empowermentprojects under a different flag.

The School choice campaign was the epitome of a Black Nationalistic move-ment that sought to empower Black people.

And the opposition to that program proved Polly’s point about “friends,” but

also about what happens when Black people come together. School choice wasnot only an example of Harambee—pulling together—but also of how the es-tablishment will respond to our efforts to control the instructions that serve ourcommunity.

The establishment looks at our children as commodities, dollars signs. We lookat them as our family and our future.

One of the best things to happen for those of us who espouse a philosophy ofBlack Nationalism was the election of 45IQ. The tidal wave of racism and big-otry that followed his election is again forcing Black American to wake-up, andseek answers beyond singing “We Shall Overcome.”

Trump’s election not only revealed the level of race manipulation that contin-ues to thrive in America still, but also what we must do to survive, much lessprosper.

Merely supporting the new party of “no” is symbolism at best. Welfare is beingpared down to the bare bones (Neckbones at that), and there is a far greater pos-sibility of you being shot by a Black terrorist than murdered by a cop.

Drugs remain the most successful Black business other than barbershops andthe church, which explains how we can have the highest Black male unemploy-ment rate in the country, and the highest Black incarceration rate at the sametime.

And you can be assured that those negative social indicators will remain unlessand until we seek another engineer for our Freedom Train. Maybe Black Nation-alism isn’t the answer, but if you have a better one, I’m open. Just remember asyou process that question, the old adage about doing the same things over andover and expecting a different result. I think they call that stupidity.

Hotep.

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