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“The Donald”...from a Black Perspective!Columnists Mikel Holt and Richard G. Carter give their takes on the controversial billionare Republican presidential candidate

PERSPECTIVESPERSPECTIVES QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “Once youknow who you are, you don’thave to worry anymore.”

--Poet Nikki Giovanni

There’s a story or two behind bil-lionaire and presidential candidateDonald Trump’s profligately racistcomments about Mexicans thatBlack folks should pay heed to. The most obvious relates to the re-

spect--or fear--corporate America,and to a lesser degree, White politi-cians, pay to Hispanics (as opposed to people of a darker hue, i.e. us). And the sidebar to that story is how Hispanics responded to Crumps…err

Trump’s inflammatory statement about immigration and the character andmorality of the Mexican people who illegally cross the border (the final imag-inary line of retreat Mexicans observed from all the land America stole fromthem to expand slavery; but that’s another story).In case you’ve been soaking up the sun at the lakefront during our 10-day

“summer,” (or hiding under your bed in response to daily gun fire), Trumpannounced his candidacy for president (yes, believe it or not, president of theUnited States of America) by lambasting the efforts of Mexicans to secure abetter life for themselves and their families. To be exact, Trump said: “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not send-

ing their best…They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’rebringing those problems with them. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringingcrime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”Not too surprisingly, corporate sponsors ran from Trump’s statement as if

they were three blocks away from the bus stop on 20th and Center Street atmidnight and the last bus for Waukesha was leaving in five minutes.But there was a reason for that, and it didn’t have to do with getting caught

in the central city after dark. It was because every major Hispanic organiza-tion in America denounced his racist tirade. Over 39 Hispanic organizations, including the Hispanic Chamber of Com-

merce and Hispanic Media Coalition called on NBC and other media sponsorsof Trump to drop him like a hot tamale (pun intended). A quarter of a million signatures on a petition put frosting on the cake.Why am I jealous? Because the Hispanic community apparently knows

something we (Black folks) don’t: That there is strength in numbers and unityis essential to progress and respect.Those are lessons anyone with common sense understands, but it’s not

something Black America has embraced. Part of the reason for that is rooted in our apparent reluctance to criticize

our critics including blatant acts of racism. (The exception being the protests and demonstrations in New York, St.

Louis and Milwaukee following the killing of innocent Black men by police.But even then, the protestors primarily consisted of young brothers and sis-ters; the major civil rights groups were too busy doing whatever they do.)White politicians and racist broadcasters have called us lazy, sex crazed

and immoral. To them, we’re all criminals on the public dole and illiterate.They feel comfortable in making racist rants because they know there willbe no blowback.Even those Democrats who say they have our backs, occasionally put their

jokers on the card table. And Lord help us if we respond negatively. We’retold we can’t criticize racist Democrats because they may be patronizing andcondescending, but they remain our only hope to maintain our current socioe-conomic status (which by all measures is abysmal, but better than slavery,they keep telling us).Think I’m exaggerating? Name an incident or comment that sparked a con-

sensus crusade? Tell me of one occasion in which our numbers stopped apolitician in their tracks, curtailed a Wall Street insult, or forced a cowboyJohn Wayne-wanna-be cop to hesitate before shooting a young brother?What happened when Richard Nixon said abortion was necessary if a Black

and white couple had a baby? Or when the late southern U.S. Senator RobertByrd called us niggers (of course he could only offend those Black folks, likemyself, who don’t use the word because we believe it to be offensive).Crump—I mean Trump—wasn’t the only White politician to offend a mi-

nority group. Remember the Missouri senator…who became President…Harry S. Truman, who referred to the White House wait staff as an “army of

“You’re a one-eyed jack around here, Dad. But I‘ve seen the other side of your face…”--Marlon Brando, “One-Eyed Jacks” (1961)

On May 1, 1989, current Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, paid $85,000 for a scurrilous, 600-word, full-page-ad in four Manhattan daily newspapers during the furor over the infamous Central Park Jogger rapecase. He called for the death penalty for five Black and Latino teens accused of raping a 28-year-old White woman.

The ad in the New York Daily News, New York Post, New York Newsdayand New York Times, was headlined in capital letters -- BRING BACK THEDEATH PENALTY. BRING BACK OUR POLICE! Its vitriolic words in-cluded the following:“…the reckless and dangerously permissive atmosphere which allows crim-inals of every age to beat and rape a helpless woman and then laugh at herfamily’s anguish… I want to hate these muggers and murderers. They shouldbe forced to suffer and, when they kill, they should be executed for theircrimes…I am not looking to psychoanalyze them or understand them. I amlooking to punish them…”The 69-year-old Trump has yet to apologize for these race-tinged ads, whichran two years after I joined the Daily News from The Milwaukee Journal. Asa News editorial writer-columnist, I commented on the assault of the jogger,Trisha Meili, an investment banker. In my writing and on “Showdown” -- thenational TV show on CNBC I co-hosted with the late Morton Downey Jr. --I pounced on Trump for his death penalty ads.In the frenzy over the April 19, 1989 attack -- termed “wilding” by the city’snews media -- the accused Black and Latino teens called “The Central ParkFive” were coerced by police into videotaped confessions, convicted andserved eight-to-13 years in prison.Their convictions were thrown out in 2002 when the real rapist -- Matias

Reyes -- confessed in prison that he, alone, at 18, had attacked the jogger.Found in the brush, her skull was smashed and 75-percent of the blooddrained from her body. She remained in a coma for 12 days, left with perma-nent damage and has no memories of the attack.Meili later went public as a motivational speaker and wrote a book. The

guilt of Matias -- a murderer and serial rapist --was confirmed through hisDNA on Meili’s sock.The innocent youths -- Kevin Richardson and Raymond Santana, 14; AntronMcCray and Yusef Salaam, 15, and Kharey Wise, 16 -- filed a wrongful con-viction suit vs. the city after their release. They sought $250 million and wereawarded $41-million in 2014. The Rev. Al Sharpton called it “a monumentalvictory” for the men and their families.“It’s also a victory for those in the community that stood with them from

day one and believed in their innocence in this case,” he continued. “As sup-porters, we were viciously attacked for standing with them, but we were onthe right side of history.”Trump, true to his leanings, vociferously objected to the city’s financial set-tlement with the five young men, despite the fact that they had been proveninnocent. To wit:“My opinion on settlement of the Central Park Jogger case is that it’s a dis-grace. A detective close to the case, and who has followed it since 1989, callsit ‘the heist of the century.’ Settlement doesn’t mean innocence, but it indi-cates incompetence on several levels. This case has not been dormant, andmany people have asked why it took so long to settle? It is politics at its lowestand worst form…The recipients must be laughing out loud at the stupidity ofthe city…”In 2011 -- as now -- the plain-speaking Trump was leading some early na-

tional Republican presidential polls before pulling out to continue his lucra-tive top-rated “Celebrity Apprentice” TV show. While nobody doubts hisbusiness smarts and success, his ego-driven persona and know-it-all rich boyattitude is a turn-off to many.And there’s no way Black people in New York will forget how Trump in-

sinuated himself into the Central Park Jogger case in such a classless, un-scrupulous manner. They all know that his history is replete with public andpersonal negatives.Why did he jettison his Democratic party leanings for the GOP? Why did

SIGNIFYIN’SIGNIFYIN’By Mikel Kweku Osei Holt

Trump comments about Hispanics,and their swift reaction, reveals an uncomfortable truth about our reluctance to use our “Clout”

Remember when…Donald Trump soughtdeath penalty for Blackteen rape suspects

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I liken the Black community to the human body which is made up of a host of systems witheach system being essential to the life of the body and works in conjunction with the other sys-tems and organs (i.e. heart, liver, kidney, lungs, etc.), all under the direction of the brain. When you examine the human body you have approximately nine (9) systems. Some say

there are ten (10) and some say eleven (11) but the actual number of systems is irrelevant tothis discussion. What’s important is that all of the systems are essential to the success of a functional and

healthy body and all of the systems are all inter-connected and they work as one. The systems of the body are: the skeletal, muscular, immune, circulatory, nervous, repro-

ductive, digestive, respiratory, glandular, and senses systems and each one of them are essentialto the survival of the human being – you can’t have one without the other. The human body also has the ability to heal itself and protect itself from disease. You would

be hard pressed to make the distinction as to which system is more important than the other be-cause they all serve a purpose that supports the human body function. In many respects theBlack community is like the human body made up of a number of systems that also operateunder a “structured” leadership. Some of those systems are: family, political, religious, public safety, economic, education,

cultural, etc. All of these systems and more are needed to provide for a quality of “community”for its residents. Unlike the systems in the human body that function under the leadership of the human brain

that has been programed by the Creator to regulate all of the systems, at some point, even thebrain and all of the human systems are led by the intelligence and wisdom of the individual –the “mind.” With human growth the mind governs all functions of the body. The mind informsthe body how it will operate and it will treat the body. If the mind treats and respects the body, the systems of the body performs well at the mercy

of the mind. If the mind mistreats and dis-respects the body, the systems of the body are hurtand undermined which could lead to system failures that ultimately threaten the life of the

human. The community is similar in that it needs leadership to truly function and without it, you

have chaos. Unlike the human body, it doesn’t have the capacity to heal itself and protect itselffrom community disease – the people must do this. They do this through community leadership which is represented by a combination of public

and elected officials, private corporate, business, civic, and religious leaders, and the culturalvalues that community has adopted. If the community doesn’t have good leadership, then theycan’t have the organization needed for community prosperity. Let me make a few comparisons between what I believe are systems that serve the human

body that have the same or similar functions for the community. • Human Skeletal System (Physical Community Structure) – The skeletal system is the in-

ternal framework of the body. It is composed of more than 206 bones and serves six majorfunctions; support, movement, protection, production of blood cells, storage of ions and en-docrine regulation. I liken this system to the physical structure of the community – its roads,streets, highways, housing, community amenities, retail and commercial corridors and openspaces. • Digestive System (Community Policing, Safety, Code of Conduct) –The digestive sys-

tems involves the intake and breakdown of food into smaller and smaller components whichcan be absorbed and assimilated into the body. In addition to the saliva and the enzymes thatit contains, the digestive system is able to extract from the food all of the nutrients that the food

“...Name an incident or comment thatsparked a consensus crusade? Tell meof one occasion inwhich our numbers stoppeda politician in theirtracks, curtailed aWall Street insult,or forced a cowboy JohnWayne-wanna-becop to hesitatebefore shooting ayoung brother?”

“As one who wasactively on the

New York mediascene in the late1980s when Don-

ald Trumpspewed hatred inthe Central ParkJogger case, I

can attest to hismean-spirited-ness. It ain’t

pretty -- whichAmericans fromcoast-to-coastnow are finding

out.”

By Richard G. Carter

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Donald Trump

The Black community is like the human body;And we’re dying within

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Not For SolaceOnly, But ForStrengthThe readings for Sunday, August 9,2015 are: 1 Kings 19: 4-8, Eph-esians 4: 30-5: 2, and John 6. 41-51.

The first reading takes up the storyof Elijah after he won the contestwith the priests of Baal and then hadthem all murdered. Jezebel was nottoo pleased with Elijah. He fled forhis own life. He is in the desert, a broken man,

praying for death. God said he stillhad work to do, so miraculouslybread and water appear. Reluctantly Elijah eats and drinks

and continues the forty-days journeyto Horeb, the mountain of God. Thesimple food and fresh water sus-tained him. And Elijah lives on andproclaims a good and gracious God.The reading from 1 Kings was

chosen, I’m sure, to fit with theGospel story. The folks were stillgathered around Jesus in Capernaumafter feeding them on the other sideof the lake. They found him and instead of giv-

ing them more bread that will perish,he told them He is the bread fromheaven. After a little “murmuring”they listen.They listened and Jesus preached.

Jesus said: “No one cancome to me unless DRAWN by theFather who sent me; and I will raisethat person up on the last day.” So,not on our own can we see the lightand come to God. We are “drawn” by God to see

God. “And they shall be taught byGod,” we are told. Again, what an awesome thought

that our Father is our teacher and thecreator of all is closer to us than weare to ourselves. And the teachinggoes on as long as we live.And from the depths of our hearts

we come to long more and more forthe God who created and sustains us.And God teaches us to go to Jesus,the Bread of Life. And from the Welcome Table, we

not only receive the peace that comesfrom knowing we will be saved andlive forever, but the strength tospread that message to all we meet.“The bread that I will give for the

life of the world is my flesh.” The bread and wine, the Body and

Blood of Jesus, is not given only forour salvation, but to strengthen us tobring that Good News to others. Youbecome the instrument that “draws”others to God through Jesus, “for thelife of the world.”And the “life of the world” is not

just a spiritual life. This bringing

“Good News” to others is not justpious words and good feelings. It istruly bringing life were there is noneor where it has been snuffed out.Jesus didn’t give us His Body andBlood to make us feel good. He didit so we can bring life to the world.Jesus did not get in trouble with the

political and religious leaders be-cause He went around saying “Thisis my Body, this is my Blood.” He got in trouble and got murdered

because he said everybody is ofvalue, everybody is God’s child. Hepointed out the selfishness and arro-gance of the leaders, those whoplaced burdens on people and wouldnot lift a finger to help. If He were here now He would say

“Black Lives Matter.” Not for solaceonly, but for strength to speak out, dowe receive the Bread of Life.We must love others as we love

ourselves. Paul says in Ephesians:“Put away from you all bitterness andwrath and anger and wrangling andslander, together with all malice, andbe kind to one another, tenderhearted,forgiving one another, as God inChrist has forgiven you. Therefore be imitators of God, as

beloved children, and live in love, asChrist loved us and gave himself upfor us, a fragrant offering and sacri-fice to God.”


Statement by the Rev. Dr. OtisMoss, III, Pastor of TrinityUnited Church of Christ onthe Rollout of PresidentObama’s Clean Power Plan“I applaud President Obama on the historic rollout of the Clean Power Plan.

The plan sets forth the first-ever federal limits on carbon pollution from ex-isting power plants, slowing down the process of climate change, and lower-ing the amount of health problem-causing toxins released into the air. This isgreat news for all Americans, and particularly for African Americans who, aswe know, disproportionately suffer negative health consequences.The decisions made today directly impact African Americans’ tomorrow.

For the sake of their most vulnerable residents, governors should movequickly to implement the Clean Power Plan. The pollutants released by powerplants can worsen asthma and upper respiratory health. By 2030, the plan willsave communities across the country billions of dollars on their energy bills,and is also anticipated to create jobs.As we continue working together toward equality, we would be remiss not

to include environmental justice and protecting the air that allows for our veryexistence. These protective measures are essential.”

The St. Mark AME Church Evan-gelism Ministry will be sponsoring aCommunity-Wide Prayer Luncheonas one of its Evangelism EmphasisMonth activities. The luncheon will

be held, Saturday, September 12,2015 in the fellowship hall of St.Mark AME Church at 1616 W.Atkinson Ave. from 11:00 am until2:00 pm. The theme of the luncheon

will be “A Clarion Call to Make aDifference; Christian Discipleship”presented by Pastor Mark E.Crutcher, the Senior Pastor of Mt.Olive A.M.E. Church located in Or-

lando, Florida. He is a ministerial visionary,

anointed preacher, gifted teacher anda man of integrity. Pastor Crutcher is leading the tal-

ented and energetic membership ofMt. Olive to fulfill its vision of beingan innovative growing ministry thatprovides transforming experiencesfor the members, the community, andbeyond.There is no charge for the lunch-

eon; however reservations must becalled in advance to the church officeat 414-562-8030 before August 31,2015.In 1985, Pastor Crutcher answered

the call of God and entered the min-istry of the African Methodist Epis-

copal Church. He has served faithfully as pastor

of several churches throughout NorthFlorida. Equipped educationally, Pastor

Crutcher holds a Doctoral of Philos-ophy degree from Florida A&M Uni-versity in Tallahassee, Florida inEducational Leadership. He is the author of two books,

“The Flaming Sword” and ”Operat-ing In The Fulfillment Of DivinePurpose” which were written to helpbelievers in their spiritual growth anddevelopment. Currently, Pastor Crutcher occu-

pies several other roles includingserving as the Director of Worshipand Evangelism for the 11th Episco-

pal District of the A.M.E. Church,serving on the 11th Episcopal Dis-trict Board of Christian Education,and Co-Dean for the AfricanMethodist Episcopal Church Con-nectional Seminar on Church Growthand Development. He attended the Interdenomina-

tional Theological Center in Atlanta,Georgia. He is currently occupying leader-

ship roles in various religious organ-izations of the Central Conferenceand the Orlando District. Pastor Crutcher will also be the

guest preacher at the 11:00am wor-ship service at St. Mark AMEChurch, 1616 W. Atkinson Ave., onSunday, September 13th.

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Hamilton, Charles L. Sr.Age 91 yrs. July 18, 2015. Beloved father of Ethel L. (Andrew)Key, Es-trellia Parker, Jamon Hamilton Sr., Charles L. Hamilton Jr., RosalynH. McElvain, Katherine J. Davis, Lamont F. (Lavon)Hamilton andBrett J.(Geneva)Hamilton. Funeral services will be held on Monday,July 27 at 11AM. Visitation Monday 10AM until time of services at:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

Sumlin, Robert L. Jr.Age 67 yrs. July 19, 2015. Funeral services will be held on Saturday,July 25 at 11AM at Zion Rock Baptist Church 10230 W. Fond du LacAve. Visitation Friday 3-6PM(Family hr. 6-7PM) at:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

Meatheney, Louis R.Age 55 yrs. July 13, 2015. Funeral services will be held on Friday,July 24 at 5PM. Visitation Friday 4PM until time of services at:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

Mallette, Robert L. IIIAge 37 yrs. July 14, 2015. Funeral services will be held on Thursday1PM. Visitation Thursday 12 Noon until time of services at:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

Cherry, Sylvester Sr.Age 90 yrs. July 14, 2015. Funeral services will be held on Friday,July 24 at 11AM at Northside COG 4858 N. 19th St. Visitation Friday10AM at the CHURCH until time of services. The family is served by:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave (414)462-6020

Wilks, James W.Age 82 yrs. July 16, 2015. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday,July 21 at 11AM. Visitation Tuesday 10AM until time of services at:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

Altheimer, Gwendolyn L.Age 61 yrs. July 31, 2015. Funeral services will be held on Saturday,August 8 at 11AM. Visitation Saturday 10AM until time of services at:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

Tucker, Mrs. Willie L.Age 69 yrs. July 29, 2015. Beloved mother of Steven Tucker. Also sur-vived by a host of other loving relatives and friends. Funeral serviceswill be held on Friday, August 7 at 11AM at Zion Rock Baptist Church10230 W. Fond du Lac Ave. Visitation Friday 10AM at the CHURCHuntil time of services. The family is served by:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

Cross, JeremiahAge 79 yrs July 31, 2015. Funeral services will be held on Saturday,August 8 at 1PM at Holy Redeemer COGIC 3500 N. Mothers DanielWay. Visitation Saturday 12:30PM at the CHURCH until time of serv-ices. The family is served by:Northwest Funeral ChapelO'Bee, Ford & Frazier6630 W. Hampton Ave. (414)462-6020

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BREADIN THE WILDERNESSBy Fr. Carl Diederichs,All Saints Catholic Church

RELIGIONRELIGIONSt.MarkAME to holdcommunity-wide prayerluncheon focusing onevangelism Pastor Mark E. Crutcher

Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church will hold its annual Women’s Day Sunday, August 16, at10 a.m. at the church, located at 1825 W. Hampton Ave. The guest speaker for the event will beRev. Judith T. Lester, pastor of Fellowship of Love Baptist Church. The theme of the Women’sDay observance is: “Christian Women Living a Purposeful Life” (Acts 9:36-41. Sis. DelechiaJohnson is the chairlady.

Women’s Day at Zion Hill MBC August 16

Homegoing serviceswere held Thursday, July30, at Word of Life As-sembly of God forCatherine Mary McPhan.Word of Life Assembly ofGod is located at 2327 N.52nd St. Larry Drake offi-ciated.


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IMPORTANCE OF BACK-TO-SCHOOL VACCINATIONSChildren Should Be Immunized to Protect TheirHealth and Prevent Classroom OutbreaksAs children return to school, it’s important all children are up to date on all

their vaccinations for vaccine-preventable diseases, such as measles, mumpsand pertussis. What better time for parents to ensure that their children’s – andtheir own – immunizations are up to date, before children and germs gather inthe classroom.Vaccines are the most effective means of protecting children from potentially

serious infectious diseases and stopping the spread of disease. Outbreaks ofvaccine-preventable diseases once thought to be well controlled, includingmeasles and pertussis (whooping cough), are still occurring in this country. Lastwinter’s multi-state outbreak of measles that began in a California amusementpark sickened more than 170 people, most of whom were unvaccinated.[1]Outbreaks of pertussis have been affecting schools. More than 28,000 cases

of this highly contagious disease were reported in 2014 in the United States,many in school-age children.[2] Children with pertussis can develop a severecough that lasts for weeks or even months. Infected children also can pass per-tussis onto unvaccinated infant siblings, who face the greatest risk of seriousillness and death. Per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC)recommendations, pregnant women, family members, and caretakers alsoshould be vaccinated to protect infants, especially those too young to get theirown immunizations. The flu season also follows fast on the heels of the new school year. The flu

can be serious, and each year about 20,000 children younger than 5 years ofage are hospitalized with flu complications.[3] The best way to protect against the flu is to get vaccinated each year.[4] The

CDC recommends that everyone 6 months of age and older get a yearly fluvaccine, with rare exception.[5] This is especially important for pregnantwomen who face a higher risk of flu complications for themselves and theirbabies, according to the CDC.“A back-to-school check-up is an ideal time to make sure that your child’s

immunizations are all up to date,” says Courtney Rogaczewski, Associate StateDirector of the March of Dimes Wisconsin Chapter. “The more children whoare fully immunized, the less the risk of exposure to vaccine-preventable dis-eases.”The March of Dimes has a long history of supporting vaccines. The organi-

zation was founded in 1938 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, himselfa polio survivor, to combat polio. At the time, polio was an epidemic diseasethat paralyzed or killed up to 52,000 Americans, mostly children, every year.[6]The March of Dimes funded the development of the first safe and effectivepolio vaccine by Dr. Jonas Salk in 1955, followed by the oral vaccine developedby Dr. Albert Sabin in 1962. Nearly every baby born today receives a lifesavingpolio vaccine.The March of Dimes fully supports school immunization requirements and

advocates against non-medical exemptions to vaccination. More informationon childhood vaccines is available from the March of Dimes web site:http://www.marchofdimes.org/baby/your-babys-vaccinations.aspx.Since 2009, the March of Dimes has been working with Sanofi Pasteur to

help inform the public about the burden of infectious disease and the value ofvaccines through two unique campaigns: Sounds of Pertussis® and Word ofMom: Celebrating Generations of Healthy Advice. For more information, visitwww.vaccines.com.The March of Dimes is the leading nonprofit organization for pregnancy and

baby health. For more than 75 years, moms and babies have benefited fromMarch of Dimes research, education, vaccines, and breakthroughs.

August 11Booster andCar Seat SafetyCheck EventStatistics show only 1 in 5 car seats is used correctly.

Is your child riding safely? Safe Kids Southeast Wisconsin Coalition, led by Chil-

dren’s Hospital of Wisconsin, will host a Booster and CarSeat Safety Check at Sommers Automotive. Volunteer, certified child passenger safety technicians

will assist families to ensure children are riding safely. Alimited supply of low-cost child safety seats will be avail-able for purchase at the event. Child and vehicle must be present to purchase a seat.

When making an appointment, please indicate interest inpurchasing a seat. To make an appointment, call (414) 231-4896. The

event will be held Tuesday, Aug. 11, from 3 p.m. to 6p.m., at Sommers Automotive, 7211 West Mequon Road,Mequon WI.

At the safety check event, volunteer certified child pas-senger safety technicians will make certain seats are cor-rectly installed and appropriate for the age and size of thechild and will demonstrate how to correctly use the har-ness. To make an appointment, call (414) 231-4896 or formore information call (414) 231-4894.“When installed and used correctly, child safety seats

and safety belts can prevent injuries and save lives. Childsafety seats can reduce fatal injury by up to 71 percentfor infants and 54 percent for toddlers ages 1 to 4,” saidLisa Klindt Simpson, coordinator, Safe Kids SoutheastWisconsin. “Children should ride in a car seat as long as possible,

as long as the child is within the height and weight re-quirements described by the manufacturer. Always followmanufacturer’s instructions.”For more information about child passenger safety, go

to safekidswi.org. A member of Safe Kids Worldwide,Safe Kids Southeast Wisconsin works to prevent acciden-tal injuries, the leading cause of death among childrenage 19 and younger. The four-county (Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington,

Waukesha) coalition combines the expertise of commu-nity agencies and individuals to prevent childhood in-juries through collaboration, education, policy andadvocacy initiatives. Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin isits lead agency.

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contains and passes it through intestines with the waste being dis-charged. In many respects the community function of this is the polic-ing, enforcement, and code of conduct system. • Muscular System (Community Economy) -The muscular sys-

tem is an organ system consisting of skeletal, smooth and cardiac mus-cles. It permits movement of the body, maintains posture, and circulatesblood throughout the body. The muscular system is controlled throughthe nervous system. Together with the skeletal system it forms themusculoskeletal system, which is ultimately responsible for movementof the human body. I equate this system to the community economy.The stronger your muscular system, the more weight you can pick upand activity you can undertake. Simply put, the more muscles youhave allows you the opportunity to conquer the physical environment.Equally as important is the community economy – if that economy isstrong it can do so much for the residents. • Immune System (Community Culture) -The immune system

protects and fights for the body against disease. To function properly,an immune system must be able to detect a wide variety of viruses,worms, and germs. No matter how the virus mask itself, the immunesystem can detect it and go to war to eliminate the virus from the body.When you have an immune disorder in the body, the entire body is at-risk every minute of the day – a very simple virus could kill the humanbeing. Disorders of the immune system can result in recurring andlife-threatening infections (i.e. HIV/AIDS, SCID). Like the body’simmune system, the community’s culture also defends and protectsthe community from unwanted and disease-like ideas and values. When the human body’s systems don’t function properly, they will

produce a host of symptoms that impact the quality of life for the in-dividual. Equally, when the community’s systems don’t function prop-erly, they will produce a host of symptoms that impact the quality oflife for the whole community. For example, if your nervous systembegins to fail you, you might not be able to move your arm, leg, orsome part of your body. If this affliction is not diagnosed quickly andremedied – not only can the damage become permanent and the personis permanently handicapped, this disorder will disrupt every other sys-tem within the body and threaten the overall quality of life and/or causea quicken and premature death. We seek the attention of a physician with the hope that we can get

to the “root” of the problem and that he can offer a remedy that willeliminate the symptoms and cure you of the “root” illness. Let’s be very clear about the healing process: First) we must be in

tune with our bodies and be discerning enough to recognize the symp-toms – every expert speaks to the earlier the detection the better yourchances of recovery; Second) we are able to listen to our bodies andseek medical attention – too many of us try to self-medicate and thisapproach only increases our risk of causing more harm; Third) themedical diagnosis is correct and the prescription is as well – it’s notautomatic that the medical solution is the correct one and/or the remedyis correct as well. If you examine the systems that make up the Black community (i.e.

family, political, religious, public safety, economic, education, cultural,etc.) and the deplorable symptoms that are manifested in a number ofways, you must wonder how the Black community is still alive. What do the community symptoms look like? Let me give you just

a few examples that are symptoms in the Black community: last hiredand first fired with the highest level of unemployment and underem-ployment; highest academic failures especially amongst the Black

males; highest poverty rates with the fastest dilution of middle classand the largest population of children living in poverty; highest incar-ceration rates of any other group; lowest number of business startups,business loans, and the circulation of dollars within the community;highest level of murders and Black on Black crime; highest levelblighted and dis-appreciated neighborhoods, lowest level of wealth,etc. etc. etc.What more evidence do you need to acknowledge that the Black

community is very ill? Trust me, this is not a knock against the Blackcommunity, this is just the process we must go through to fix it. If theBlack community were a human patient that finally paid a visit to thedoctor – the doctor would say “it’s too late.” The doctor couldn’t helpbecause all of the systems within the body is failing and the doctorwould have only one course of action and that is to place the patient inhospice and recommend that the patient gets his/her human affairs to-gether because he/she would only have a short time to live. If we’re fortunate enough to acknowledge that the Black community

is extremely unhealthy (sick) and needs immediate attention, the ques-tion is where do we go to get help and expert attention? Or do we thinkthese symptoms are normal? If we think they are normal, we’re evensicker that the illness because we’re in denial. We are sick because wehave been made to be sick. We are sick because we have been dam-aged by the nearly 450 years of chattel enslavement, Jim Crow, segre-gation, and outright racism of our ancestors. We are sick emotionallyand physiologically because the damage that this type of behavior hascreated a climate and culture of terrorizing the Black community. Weremain sick because every American system still functions today withextreme racist outcomes that I call “structural racism.” This new racismis masked under the concept of a free market and maintains that we’rea “free market” society (this model is void of any responsibility forwhat America has done to the Black man and that because I say it –the playing field is leveled). The Black community has been made sick and now the sickness is

being used to enslave the Black man differently but is just as effective.Nothing is clearer than the mass incarceration of our most neededBlack men (i.e. ages 18 – 35) at a rate the world has never seen before.If you want to destroy a community, you take the man out of circulationand you undermine the family unit at every level. The internationalhuman rights organizations sight America as the worst human rightviolator on the planet because of this unfair and racist incarceration ofBlack men. The Black community is sick because it must defend itself from,

not only the structural racist systems, but it must defend itself againsta media that is relentless in portraying Blacks as inferior, weak andworthy of the plight that it faces. The White media says “see, how they behave” when there is no

context for anything and in many respects – the outcomes we see, whilenot accepted, are to be expected. The Black community is economi-cally sick because we’re unable to chart our own destiny (self-deter-mination) and we are at the same place in economic ownership(wealth) that we were at the time of the emancipation (we own lessthan ½ of 1 percent of the nation’s wealth). The Black community must come to grips with the fact that, as a

people, we have been seriously damaged internally and now the com-munity systems that we need to defend we don’t have – BLACK CUL-TURE. The Black culture, which is full of greatness, achievement,and accomplishment, has helped to propel and fuel our movement,and in spite of the enormous struggle that we’ve encountered and con-tinue to encounter in America we’ve made tremendous progress. Un-fortunately, that system is failing us today and the Black culture hasbeen hijacked and is no longer defends itself against community dis-eases that are crippling us. Like the human body when its immunesystems fails, a common cold can kill it. In my next article, I provide more information around the Black

“Cultural” demise and what we can do to not only fix this most neededcommunity system but to also save ourselves and save our people.

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[2] CDC. Pertussis: Outbreaks.http://www.cdc.gov/pertussis/outbreaks/trends.html. Accessed April22, 2015.

[3] CDC. Influenza (Flu). Children,the Flu, and the Flu Vaccine.http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/children.htm. Accessed April 22,2015.

[4] CDC. Influenza (Flu). Key FactsAbout Seasonal Flu Vaccine.http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/keyfacts.htm. Accessed May 8, 2015.

[5] CDC. Influenza (Flu). Vaccina-tion: Who Should Do It, Who ShouldNot and Who Should Take Precau-tions.http://www.cdc.gov/flu/pro-tect/whoshouldvax.htm. AccessedMay 8, 2015.

[6] CDC. Vaccines and Immuniza-tions. Polio Disease – Questionsand Answers.http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/polio/dis-faqs.htm. AccessedApril 22, 2015.

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Attorney Michael Hupy Receives Distinguished Service Award from Milwaukee Bar Association

On Thursday, June 18, 2015, the Milwaukee Bar Association (MBA) heldits 157th Annual Meeting & Luncheon and honored Attorney Michael Hupy,President of Hupy and Abraham, S.C., with the Distinguished Service Award. Every year, the Milwaukee Bar Association recognizes outstanding accom-

plishments of members of the legal community at this premier celebration.Out of the thousands of lawyers in the community, Attorney Hupy was se-lected as this year’s Distinguished Service Award recipient. The MBA pres-ents the award to a member of the bar whose extraordinary service over theyears has helped to support and better the legal profession. Attorney Hupyhas surpassed normal expectations for his work with his legal peers and thecommunity. He has been involved with several lawyer-run organizations and is a mem-

ber of the National Trial Lawyers, the Association of Trial Lawyers of Amer-ica and a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Additionally,Attorney Hupy is past president of the Wisconsin Association of CriminalDefense Lawyers and the Trial Lawyers Board of Directors.Attorney Hupy is well known for believing that the best way one can sup-

port the community is by giving back to the people served. He has made nu-merous efforts to ensure that organizations made to assist disadvantagedmembers of society continue to thrive. These efforts include donations ofmore than $100,000 to Marquette University Law School and $150,000 tothe Milwaukee Justice Center as a founding member and supporting the LegalAid Society of Milwaukee.The law firm of Hupy and Abraham, S.C. congratulates Attorney Michael

Hupy for receiving this well-deserved honor, and for being a dedicated phi-lanthropist in the Milwaukee community.

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Enriching andeducationalBronzeville Weekevents on taptoday, ThursdayBronzeville Week 2015 is in full

swing as tonight’s festivities are setto kick-off (Wednesday, August 5).Alderwoman Milele A. Coggs invitesresidents to partake in an unforget-table night of soul-healing art at “ANight in Bronzeville: Heal Your SoulArts Night” today (Wednesday Au-gust 5) from 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. at TheBig Eazy, 2053 N. Dr. Martin LutherKing Jr. Dr. The art night will includework from Ankinyomi Courtney,Britney Freeman, Calvin Turner,Nicole Watson, Heal the Hood andBrit Nicole.For those who are more interested

in seeing Bronzeville’s unique archi-tecture and landscape, there will alsobe the “Bronzeville Trolley Ride”today from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Atten-dees will meet at “Skybox SportsBar,” 2213 N. Dr. Martin LutherKing Jr. Drive.Tomorrow’s (Thursday, August 6)

events will begin with the“Bronzeville Housing Lunch-N-Learn” at the Growing Power Cafélocated at 2719 N. Dr. Martin LutherKing Jr. Drive. The lunch will com-mence at 11:00 a.m. and conclude by1:00 p.m.Tomorrow’s Bronzeville activities

will be headlined by the “BronzevillePaint-N-Sip,” hosted by Michelle Al-lison and guest artist WilliamMuhammad. The “Paint-N-Sip” willbe held from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. at theBest Friendz Klubhouse, 2722 N. Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. (limitedseating!). Admission is free and paintbrushes, utensils, canvases and drinkspecials will all be provided. For more information about

Bronzeville Week visit: www.Mil-w a u k e e . g o v / B r o n z e v i l l e ,www.friendsofbronzeville.com orcall 414-286-8640.

Children’s Community Health Plan to support Fondy Food Center to increase the amount of fresh produce for eligible consumersChildren’s Community Health Plan is joining a Fondy Food Center-led pro-

gram to double the amount of fresh produce that eligible consumers can buywith their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, at theFondy Farmers Market. Customers using vouchers from SNAP – also knownas FoodShare – or the WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program will be able topurchase more produce because of the match provided by this program.“Incentive programs are a win-win all around – people will get more fresh

vegetables, and small farmers will see an increase in their sales, making themmore economically sustainable for the long term” said Young Kim, executivedirector of Fondy Food Center.Fondy Food Center, which works to fill the need for fresh, locally-grown

food on Milwaukee’s north side, has been offering a match for SNAP and WICfor years but the popular program has run out of funds quickly– in 2014,$20,000 in WIC match dollars were used in two weeks. The expansion of thematch program to include SNAP participants is funded by the United StatesDepartment of Agriculture, in partnership with Wholesome Wave, with addi-tional support from Children’s Community Health Plan, Wheaton FranciscanHealthcare and others.“Children’s Community Health Plan is pleased to support this farmers market

incentive program, because it supports the health of community members,” saidMark Rakowski, Children’s Community Health Plan vice president. “Incentiveprograms across the country have been shown to increase participants’ con-sumption of fruits and vegetables.”SNAP offers nutrition assistance to millions of eligible, low-income individ-

uals and families and provides economic benefits to communities. SNAP is thelargest program in the domestic hunger safety net.Since 2000, Fondy Food Center has been committed to its mission of con-

necting neighborhoods to fresh local food – from farm to market to table – sothat children learn better, people live healthier, and communities embrace cul-tural food traditions. The funds issued to Fondy Food Center will increase affordable access to

fresh fruits and vegetables for SNAP consumers in Milwaukee, while also sup-porting local agriculture.

A number of local artists from our community were onhand to show their creations with help from one of theMCJ anniversary honorees during the newspaper’s cele-bration at the Italian Conference Center located onChicago Street in the city’s Third Ward. (Photo by Yvonne Kemp)

Atty. Michael Hupy

contains and passes it through intestines with the waste being dis-charged. In many respects the community function of this is the polic-ing, enforcement, and code of conduct system. • Muscular System (Community Economy) -The muscular sys-

tem is an organ system consisting of skeletal, smooth and cardiac mus-cles. It permits movement of the body, maintains posture, and circulatesblood throughout the body. The muscular system is controlled throughthe nervous system. Together with the skeletal system it forms themusculoskeletal system, which is ultimately responsible for movementof the human body. I equate this system to the community economy.The stronger your muscular system, the more weight you can pick upand activity you can undertake. Simply put, the more muscles youhave allows you the opportunity to conquer the physical environment.Equally as important is the community economy – if that economy isstrong it can do so much for the residents. • Immune System (Community Culture) -The immune system

protects and fights for the body against disease. To function properly,an immune system must be able to detect a wide variety of viruses,worms, and germs. No matter how the virus mask itself, the immunesystem can detect it and go to war to eliminate the virus from the body.When you have an immune disorder in the body, the entire body is at-risk every minute of the day – a very simple virus could kill the humanbeing. Disorders of the immune system can result in recurring andlife-threatening infections (i.e. HIV/AIDS, SCID). Like the body’simmune system, the community’s culture also defends and protectsthe community from unwanted and disease-like ideas and values. When the human body’s systems don’t function properly, they will

produce a host of symptoms that impact the quality of life for the in-dividual. Equally, when the community’s systems don’t function prop-erly, they will produce a host of symptoms that impact the quality oflife for the whole community. For example, if your nervous systembegins to fail you, you might not be able to move your arm, leg, orsome part of your body. If this affliction is not diagnosed quickly andremedied – not only can the damage become permanent and the personis permanently handicapped, this disorder will disrupt every other sys-tem within the body and threaten the overall quality of life and/or causea quicken and premature death. We seek the attention of a physician with the hope that we can get

to the “root” of the problem and that he can offer a remedy that willeliminate the symptoms and cure you of the “root” illness. Let’s be very clear about the healing process: First) we must be in

tune with our bodies and be discerning enough to recognize the symp-toms – every expert speaks to the earlier the detection the better yourchances of recovery; Second) we are able to listen to our bodies andseek medical attention – too many of us try to self-medicate and thisapproach only increases our risk of causing more harm; Third) themedical diagnosis is correct and the prescription is as well – it’s notautomatic that the medical solution is the correct one and/or the remedyis correct as well. If you examine the systems that make up the Black community (i.e.

family, political, religious, public safety, economic, education, cultural,etc.) and the deplorable symptoms that are manifested in a number ofways, you must wonder how the Black community is still alive. What do the community symptoms look like? Let me give you just

a few examples that are symptoms in the Black community: last hiredand first fired with the highest level of unemployment and underem-ployment; highest academic failures especially amongst the Black

males; highest poverty rates with the fastest dilution of middle classand the largest population of children living in poverty; highest incar-ceration rates of any other group; lowest number of business startups,business loans, and the circulation of dollars within the community;highest level of murders and Black on Black crime; highest levelblighted and dis-appreciated neighborhoods, lowest level of wealth,etc. etc. etc.What more evidence do you need to acknowledge that the Black

community is very ill? Trust me, this is not a knock against the Blackcommunity, this is just the process we must go through to fix it. If theBlack community were a human patient that finally paid a visit to thedoctor – the doctor would say “it’s too late.” The doctor couldn’t helpbecause all of the systems within the body is failing and the doctorwould have only one course of action and that is to place the patient inhospice and recommend that the patient gets his/her human affairs to-gether because he/she would only have a short time to live. If we’re fortunate enough to acknowledge that the Black community

is extremely unhealthy (sick) and needs immediate attention, the ques-tion is where do we go to get help and expert attention? Or do we thinkthese symptoms are normal? If we think they are normal, we’re evensicker that the illness because we’re in denial. We are sick because wehave been made to be sick. We are sick because we have been dam-aged by the nearly 450 years of chattel enslavement, Jim Crow, segre-gation, and outright racism of our ancestors. We are sick emotionallyand physiologically because the damage that this type of behavior hascreated a climate and culture of terrorizing the Black community. Weremain sick because every American system still functions today withextreme racist outcomes that I call “structural racism.” This new racismis masked under the concept of a free market and maintains that we’rea “free market” society (this model is void of any responsibility forwhat America has done to the Black man and that because I say it –the playing field is leveled). The Black community has been made sick and now the sickness is

being used to enslave the Black man differently but is just as effective.Nothing is clearer than the mass incarceration of our most neededBlack men (i.e. ages 18 – 35) at a rate the world has never seen before.If you want to destroy a community, you take the man out of circulationand you undermine the family unit at every level. The internationalhuman rights organizations sight America as the worst human rightviolator on the planet because of this unfair and racist incarceration ofBlack men. The Black community is sick because it must defend itself from,

not only the structural racist systems, but it must defend itself againsta media that is relentless in portraying Blacks as inferior, weak andworthy of the plight that it faces. The White media says “see, how they behave” when there is no

context for anything and in many respects – the outcomes we see, whilenot accepted, are to be expected. The Black community is economi-cally sick because we’re unable to chart our own destiny (self-deter-mination) and we are at the same place in economic ownership(wealth) that we were at the time of the emancipation (we own lessthan ½ of 1 percent of the nation’s wealth). The Black community must come to grips with the fact that, as a

people, we have been seriously damaged internally and now the com-munity systems that we need to defend we don’t have – BLACK CUL-TURE. The Black culture, which is full of greatness, achievement,and accomplishment, has helped to propel and fuel our movement,and in spite of the enormous struggle that we’ve encountered and con-tinue to encounter in America we’ve made tremendous progress. Un-fortunately, that system is failing us today and the Black culture hasbeen hijacked and is no longer defends itself against community dis-eases that are crippling us. Like the human body when its immunesystems fails, a common cold can kill it. In my next article, I provide more information around the Black

“Cultural” demise and what we can do to not only fix this most neededcommunity system but to also save ourselves and save our people.

“Somebodyonce said wenever knowwhat is enoughuntil we knowwhat’s morethan enough.”--Jazz Singing Legend Bille Holiday


coons.” Take that Forrest Whitaker. More recently, South Carolina State Senator Jake

Knotts referred to President (of the United States ofAmerica) Barack Obama as a “raghead. “Did Florida Black parents feel offended a couple of

years ago when Florida state Senator Ralph Arza calledthe Black school superintendent, “a Negro mierda” (thatmeans ‘Black piece of sh—in English). Let’s not leave out our Democrats.In 2012 presidential rival Hillary Rodham Clinton said

she believed Obama's team had used out-of-state support-ers to win the Iowa caucuses and had intentionally ex-ploited Obama's race. She said the country faced "aterrible choice" between Obama and Republican nomineeJohn McCain.Her husband (who put into place the then new criminal

code that resulted in the widest disparity in Black andWhite prison incarceration in U.S. history), former Pres-ident Bill Clinton, boldly declared that years earlier,Obama would have been serving the pair coffee.How did we respond? Was there a collective cry of

protest? Did the NAACP, SNCC, National Action Net-work, Rainbow Push Coalition, New Black Panther Partyand others civil rights groups take any of those politiciansto task? How about threating, much less coordinating, a boycott

of Fox News sponsors to protest that network’s utilizationof neo-racists, ultra, nearly falling-off-the edge-of-the—flat-- world Right Wingers (several of whom feel com-fortable calling us everything from the Antichrist to a“Kaafa” (which is Dutch Afrikans for the “N”-word).The Hispanic community understands that you respond

to power with power. Hispanics are not only a significantvoting block, but equally important, an organized bloc

with economic power.Ironically, Black folks have potentially more power,

but we have yet to figure out how best to harness it polit-ically, economically or socially. That’s why we’re always dissed.Look at the local Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

There are far more African Americans, and Black busi-nesses in Milwaukee than there are Hispanics or Hispanicbusinesses. We have two chambers versus their one. YetHispanic businesses get more public and private contractsthan we do! They serve on more boards, and play moregolf with corporate heads then we do (not counting thoseof us who are caddies…of course).And when it comes to economic clout? Well, they sued

the city and ended the disadvantaged business program,the primary avenue for securing public city contracts!Where was the uproar? How did we respond? The silence was deafening, even though research

showed we get fewer contracts than any other ethnicgroup, despite being 40% of the city’s population.Hispanics divide votes between the two major parties.

But we give all of ours to the Democratic Party, eventhough we are often dissed by them (note Bill Clinton’sracist statement above). We still haven’t figured out howthe game is played. If we did, we would demand our fairshare of the pie, and form our own independent politicalparty.That’s why I’m envious, jealous, and even a little bit

angry with the Hispanic community. They are still nearthe bottom, but moving up fast. We’re sliding down theeconomic and political pole without realizing there’s afire pit at the bottom.We better wake up or else we’re gonna' get our butts’

burned.Hotep.

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he say “motherfu..er” several times during a high-profilespeech? Why did he use the term “the Blacks” when re-ferring to African-Americans? And what’s up with histhree marriages?And how about when Trump demanded that Barack

Obama produce a birth certificate for where he was born,and claimed that Obama needed affirmative action to getinto Columbia and Harvard? And how he routinely

ridicules the president’s leadership? Ugh!Do Trump’s recent put-downs of Mexico and some of

its illegal aliens, and his tasteless disrespect of Sen. JohnMcCain’s long Vietnam captivity, qualify him for seriousconsideration as a presidential candidate? I think not.As one who was actively on the New York media scenein the late 1980s when Donald Trump spewed hatred inthe Central Park Jogger case, I can attest to his mean-spiritedness. It ain’t pretty -- which Americans fromcoast-to-coast now are finding out.Can 69-year-old Trump become a viable nominee for

president? Not likely. Might he run as a third-party can-didate? Possibly. Can he be elected president in 2016?Probably not. But as a wise man once said, “never saynever.” And that’s a scary thought.--Milwaukee nativeRichard G. Carter is a freelance columnist

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