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PULSEOF THECOMMUNITYPhotos and question

by Yvonne Kemp

QUESTION OF THE WEEK:QUESTION OF THE WEEK:We asked these four Negro League BaseballWe asked these four Negro League Baseball

legends: legends: “What is your most memorable moment“What is your most memorable momentwhile playing in the Negro Leagues”?while playing in the Negro Leagues”?

Gurdon “Panthers{-PitcherMy memorable momentwas my first game. Ipitched 6 inningsagainst the “EldoradoTravelers”. We won thatgame 5-4. I played from1949 to 1952. When Iwas young, I practicedbatting and catching asif it was part of my life,and it was. I was known to have one of the best fast-balls in the “Negro League”. If I could play ball today,my answer would be “of course”. I would like to givesome advice to the young men today: Do the rightthing, get a job, and don’t depend on anyone.to be aball player, love the game, work hard, and don’t giveup.

WARRENKIRKENDOLL

IndianapolisClowns-PitcherIn 1951: “Jackie Robinson formedan “All Star Team”. HavingBoston’s Sam Jethree,Cleveland’s Larry Doby,and Luke Easter to start. Hethen chose his players fromthe “Negro League”.My memorable momentwas I was selected to playon his “All Star Team”. I was the winning pitcher in the firstgame in the Jackie Robinson Tour in 1951. At the end of thetour, I was selected MVP. I went into the Air Force and playedbaseball and was voted the “Most Valuable Player” in 1954.I played in the Hahn Hawks Germany Austria ConferenceLeague. I joined the Indianapolis “Clowns” in 1957 andplayed thru 1958.”

HERBERTWALKER

Birmingham “BlackBarons”-Outfielder:

“I have two memo-rable moments. InMount Bayou, Miss.1) I hit my first doubleoff a pro pitchernamed Bill Greason. 2)I hit my first home runoff a pitcher namedSmutt of the Memphis ‘Red Sox”.My advice to young players today is to decide onone position and do the work. If this is your goal inlife, the sky is the limit. Don’t let anybody stop youfrom achieving your goal. Love the game.”

ALHOLT

Philadelphia Stars,played 2nd & 3rdbase:“My memorable mo-ment was playingagainst SatchelPaige’s team the“Black Barons”.My uncle, Jim Westplayed with BuckO’Neil on the “Black Barons”, the Cleveland“Buck Eyes”, and the Philadelphia “Stars”. Iloved to play the game of baseball and wouldnot change any part of my life. I would continueif I could today.”

HENRYELMORE

ELECTIONELECTION WATCHWATCH 20182018THE RESULTSTHE RESULTS

Wisconsin candidate for Governor, Mahlon Mitchell, with CNN com-mentator and Democratic firebrand Angela Rye who was in Milwau-kee Sunday to campaign for Mitchell at a GOTV (Get Out The Vote)rally at the Brownstone Social Lounge, 1801 N. Martin Luther KingDrive. Mitchell and the other five candidates lost to DPI SecretaryTony Evers in Tuesday’s election. Evers will face Gov. Scott Walkerin the November general election. —Photo courtesy of MahlonMitchell’s campaign Facebook page

TrailblazerVelPhillipshonoredwithstreet renaming

Fourth Street was renamed in honor of legendary civil rights trailblazer Vel Phillips re-cently as part of Bronzeville Week. Fourth Street will now be known as “North Vel R.Phillips Avenue. The street renaming serves as a memorial to Phillip’s advocacy forsocial justice, fair housing and civil rights. After the ceremony, trolley rides were offeredalong “Phillips Avenue.” Residents, city and civic leaders were on hand to pay one ofthe ultimate tributes a person can receive from the city.—Photos by Yvonne Kemp

Two former Negro Leagues baseball players were honored recently at Miller Park before a game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Colorado Rock-ies. Negro Leaguers Warren Kirkendoll and Herb Walker were recognized for their contributions to Black baseball as part of the Brewers African AmericanHeritage Night (formerly known as Negro Leagues Tribute Night. Kirkendoll and Walker played in the Negro Leagues’ barnstorming years of the 1950s.The Brewers have been honoring former Negro League players since 1997.—Yvonne Kemp photos

The name of the event is different, its focus is the same...Honoring the heritageand legacy of NegroLeague Baseball

Milwaukee County Sheriff’s candidate Earnell Lucas addressessupporters after he defeated interim Sheriff Richard Schmidt inTuesday’s primary election. He is on the ballot for Novembereven though there is no Republican candidate to oppose him.However, there still may be Republican write-ins.—Photo by Kim Robinson

By The Numbers...Here is a numeral break down of who won in Tues-

day’s primary elections. (Votes/percentage of votes)

MORE ELECTION NUMBERS ON PAGE THREE

MKE CNTY SHERIFF LT. GOVERNOR (DEM.)

Earnell Lucas Mandela Barnes62,064

57%326,133

68%

Left to right: Mayor Tom Barret stands under atraffic light bearing the name of Vel Phillips withPhillips’ son, Atty. Michael Phillips, Ald. MileleCoggs, and Cong. Gwen Moore

Left to right: Ald. Russell Stamper, II, Micheal Phillips, and Ald. Coggs hold areplica of the street sign bearing Vel Phillips’ name. With them are Ald. MarkBorkowski and Mayor Barrett

Warren KirkendollHerb Walker Walker and Kirkendoll with Brewers Lorenzo Cain (far left) andJeremy Jeffress (far right)

Past and present honorees with Brewers officials

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1-2-3Read!

You’ve had a long day at work. As soonas you make it home, the first thing onyour mind is to change into a cozy pair ofpajamas while you catch up on your fa-vorite television show.

Before long, you hear these little foot-steps and to your surprise, you see yourlittle toddler. He has a book in his handand you already know what he’s about toask you.

“Maybe another night, but no readingtonight. Mommy is tired,” you say. Littledo you know, every night of readingmakes a difference and skipping just onenight of reading to your child can impactthem in many ways.

Now, you don’t necessarily have to readto your child every night, but according toThe Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and theMelbourne Institute of Applied Economics,children who are read to at least three tofive times a week have an increase in lit-eracy, as well as numeracy skills. (Child

development Institute, LLC) Reading toyour child each night is a small investmentthat will end in capital gain for you as aparent and your child.

The saying “Practice makes perfect,”can be referenced in this scenario. Read-ing is a skill, not everyone can do it. Yourlittle one wasn’t born reading books, butthe more you read to him, the better hegets at understanding concepts andideas.

He learns cause and effect and will soonbe able to use critical thinking to solveproblems, or even predict what happensat the end of the story. In addition to that,other reasons why you should take thetime to read to your child each night in-clude: Building a stronger relationship, In-creasing vocabulary, word choice andsentence structure, and alsofertilizing theirimagination!

We’ve all had nights where the bed wascalling our names. We can all relate tolong nights and early mornings, but onething your child will always be able to re-late to is you.

He will always cherish the time spenteach night, right before he closes his eyesand drifts off to sleep. He will thank you inthe future for investing in his growth andhis learning and you will too.

Now 1-2-3 READ! —Paishance Welch


They call him “Doctor” Smiththese days. 50 summers ago thatwas far from the case. 1968Olympic champion and new worldrecord holder Tommie Smith wasexpelled from the village, bannedfrom the games and stripped of hisgold medal.

He was threatened, repudiated, and ostracized asa traitor and disloyal dissident, an un-American ofthe highest order. Over the next five decades, how-ever, Smith’s “Silent Gesture” would evolve as theiconic origin of the Black Power movement andgain legitimacy as the precise moment in timewhen the call for social justice, instantaneous ac-cess to the universal audience, and the power ofathletic achievement collided.

Dr. Smith arrives in Milwaukee this weekend tocelebrate the accomplishments of the FellowshipOpen golf tournament, signaling a significant mile-stone in the history of this event.

2018 Banner YearThat Smith would choose to visit Milwaukee on

the 50th Anniversary of the 1968 Mexico CityOlympic Games is noteworthy in testimony to theenormous success of the Fellowship Open.

Conceptualized in 2000, the Fellowship Openvision inspired an initial core group of corporatecitizens and community stakeholders to come to-gether and actualize a strategic, forward-thinking,youth-focused, leadership development blueprint.

Over the last 18 years, the event has grown ex-ponentially to annual “SOLD OUT” status andsustained corporate sponsorship, positively im-pacting literally hundreds of Milwaukee’s youngpeople. It is one of the most successful and well-attended events of its kind in the entire region.

The initiative has spawned an alliance of corpo-rate and community organizations producing a col-laboration of companies unlike any otheranywhere.

The MKE Fellows program – a core FellowshipOpen initiative – gained national recognition fromPresident Obama in 2015 and this year the golfevent surpasses $2 million raised and awarded, andover 100 organizations served and supported.

The measurable progress in the development ofWisconsin’s next generation of leaders is bona fideand incubating under the guidance and direction ofteam Fellowship Open. If there were a gold medalfor achievement in community and corporate part-nerships, the Fellowship Open would be the worldclass champion.

Power of SportsBecause days ago, the President of the United

States was publicly engaged in social commentarycriticizing LeBron James, one of the NBA’s mostrecognizable and respected players, Dr. Smith’svisit to Milwaukee is particularly relevant.

Because this week and this season the NFL’snew policy governing player behavior that prom-ises retribution and penalty to individuals andteams that do not comply – a policy testing an in-dividual’s right to peaceful protest seemingly des-tined for the Supreme Court if enforced – Smith’sopinion and perspective are dramatically relevant.

Because just this past weekend, controversialwide receiver Randy Moss was inducted into theNFL Hall of Fame and chose to wear a neck tie dis-playing the names of a dozen African Americanmen and women who have died at the hands of po-lice, and has since received death threats for hissilent gesture, Smith’s place in the conversation isstill vibrantly relevant and compulsory.

Off the fields, courts, diamonds, and tracks theworld over, athletes are seizing the microphone,

the camera, and the moment to de-liver their own messages.

Empowered to speak, motivatedby deteriorating conditions, fueledby their followings, they have gainedpresence, entitlement, and a place ofinfluence due largely to the menupon whose shoulders they stand,Tommie Smith and John Carlos.

The image of Smith and Carlosatop the Olympic podium – headsbowed humbly, feet clad in blacksocks, shoeless symbolizing the in-humane conditions of poverty incommunities across America, fistsblack-gloved, clenched, and thrustdefiantly into the Mexican sky – willindelibly be etched in the minds ofmillions as the universal birth of theBlack Power salute.

The stage, illuminated by thebrightest of global spotlights, was the1968 Olympic Games 200 meter in-dividual medal ceremony.

Ubiquitously speaking, it doesn’tget much bigger than that. World-wide reactionwas volatile and immediate.

They were expelled and sent home by the USOlympic Committee, banned for life and vilifiedpublicly for years following the Games.

They endured unceasing criticism and denunci-ation for their famed protest, the image of whichSports Illustrated has reported is “the most repro-duced image in the history of the Olympics”.

Historically Disenfranchised1968 was a defining year for the civil rights

movement. The assassinations of Robert Kennedyand Martin Luther King, Jr., escalating worldwideprotests against the war in Viet Nam, violentclashes between police and protesters in commu-nities and on streets across America had split fam-

ELECTION WATCH 2018 • THE RESULTS...BY THE NUMBERSGOVERNOR

Tony Evers

Mahlon Mitchellfinished second

with 88,090 (16%)

Will face GOP challengerTim Rogers in

general election. Rogers is Black.

Defeated incumbent

Fred Kessler

224,54442%

U.S. HOUSE DIST. 4

Gwen Moore76,971

89%

STATE ASSEMBLY DIST. 12

LaKeshia Myers3,70959%

Defeated SupremeMoore Omokunde and

three other Black candidates

ST. ASSEMBLY DIST. 16

Kalan Haywood2,32038%

DefeatedTravis Spell

Will face GOP sen-ate challenger LeahVukmir in the No-vember general

election. Baldwinnot challenged in Democratic race.


Evan Goyke4,79775%

Will face off against run-ner-up Matthew Wlder

in the November general election.

MKE ALDERPERSON DIST. 5

Nikiya Dodd2,46647%


David BowenThe three above candidates ran

unopposed. The number of votes they received were not among the final

numbers reported by the city’s daily. (Numbers and percentages listed courtesy of the MJS)


Jason Fields


David Crowley

U.S. SENATE

Tammy Baldwin

Olympian TommieSmith’s Visit Significant Milestone for City,Fellowship Open Event18th annual tournament surpasses $2 millionraised/awarded, set for Friday at Silver Spring Country Club

Tommie Smith (center) andJohn Carlos raised their fistin protest in this famousphoto taken during the 1968Mexico Olympics. Their actwas a defining moment inthe history of social protest.

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RELIGIONRELIGIONSt. Mark AME Church offers CommunityLife-Saving Hope through dynamics ofOrgan Donation EducationCodeR Core Teambrought experts andcommunity together for crucial conversation

Led by its newly developedCodeR Core Team, St. Mark AMEChurch held a community educa-tion session on Wednesday, August1st, to arm its church members andsurrounding community with thefacts about organ, tissue and eyedonation.

Churches for Organ DonationEducation and Registration(CodeR) was launched by theBloodCenter of Wisconsin inMarch 2018 in collaboration withmultiple local churches as an effortto elevate organ, tissue and eye do-nation as a casual conversation inAfrican American communities,while also pressing the importanceof staying healthy and being trans-plant-ready.

“This education session was anamazing opportunity to bond andbuild our knowledge base as a com-munity,” said Richard Lewis, two-time kidney recipient and St. MarkCore Team Captain.

“As people of color, it is impor-tant to understand that the more weknow about this life-saving mis-sion, the more we’ll register to bedonors, and even more lives will besaved through organ and tissuetransplants.”

Lewis received his second kid-ney through a designated donationmade possible by his barber,Gaulien Smith from Gee’s Clip-pers, who connected him to awoman preparing for the death ofher 23-year old son with physicalabnormalities.

“I’m living with a new kidneytoday because of the power of com-munity connections. Thank Godthat Gaulien was educated aboutorgan donation and is a true be-liever of the mission,” Lewis said.

Currently, more than 114,000

people are waiting for organs na-tionally. In Wisconsin, approxi-mately 2,000 people are on thewaiting list and sadly, about 22people die every day because or-gans are not available.

“As a major proponent of organdonation, I was excited to attendthe education session that was re-cently held in my neighborhood,”Senator Lena Taylor explained.

“Without fail, we know that thereare a number of area residents, fam-ily members and friends who arewaiting on some form of organ do-nation.

“We also know that crediblemessengers are needed to help ed-ucate our community on the needfor organ donors.

“Faith organizations, our localbarbers, and others can be trustedsources of information to help in-form our choices and highlight theimportance of this issue” Taylorsaid.

Organ, tissue and eye donationaffects so many across the country,but people right here in Milwaukeeare impacted everyday by donation.CodeR is a platform for Milwau-keeans to discuss how their liveshave been impacted by donationand to urge others to register asorgan donors.

To register to become a donorvisit, donatelifewisconsin.org. Formore information about CodeRcall, 414.937.6648 or email,[email protected].

“Faith organizations,our local barbers,and others can be

trusted sources of in-formation to help in-form our choices andhighlight the impor-tance of this issue(organ donation)”—Sen. Lena Taylor

PHEN expands partnership with nation’s Black churches in theFight against Prostate Cancer tolaunch new social media initiativeat 14th annual summit

NATIONWIDE (BlackNews.com) -- The Prostate Health EducationNetwork (PHEN) has partnered with more than 1,000 African Ameri-can churches to raise prostate cancer education and awareness withintheir communities since 2009.

Churches have hosted PHEN’s Annual Father’s Day Rally, Educa-tional Symposiums, and this year PHEN has further expanded its out-reach efforts with "Daddy's Boys," an entertaining stage play that iswildly acclaimed by audiences for its creative approach in educatingboth men and women. "Our faith-based initiatives have proven to behighly effective in supporting the educational needs of our communi-ties.

However, we are finding a growing call for even more prostatehealth knowledge and we aim to respond to this need," says ThomasFarrington, PHEN Founder and President.

PHEN will launch a "Social Media Initiative" in response to thesegrowing needs at its 14th Annual African American Prostate CancerDisparity Summit in Washington, DC on September 13th and 14th.Findings from PHEN’s faith-based outreach efforts over the years willalso be presented.

"The Social Media Initiative will bring our church partners togetheronline monthly with programming streamed from PHEN meetings andeducational presentations that we have successfully hosted at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA since 2011," states Rev. AdrianBackus, PHEN's Director of Outreach and Partnerships.

"We see enormous potential for churches across the country to col-laborate with PHEN online to further educate their communities, andto take an active lead with us collectively in the fight against prostatecancer," Backus says.

A number of churches will join PHEN in the launch of the SocialMedia Initiative by streaming the summit program live. PHEN invitesall churches to tune into the summit program, and to join the SocialMedia Initiative to help eliminate the prostate cancer crisis within theircommunities. There are no costs for churches to participate.

PHEN's two-day Summit will be hosted at the U. S. Capitol Buildingon Thurs, September 13th and at the Washington Convention Centeras part of the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Con-ference on Friday, September 14th. Both sessions are free and open tothe public.

Thomas Farrington, founder of the Prostate Health EducationNetwork (PHEN)

A Season of Prayer Women ofDestiny will hold a prayer breakfastSaturday, Aug. 25, at Holy RedeemerInstitutional COGIC, 3500 W.Mother Daniels Way.

The event starts at 9 a.m. Thetheme is: “Show Me Your Glory.”

The kenote speaker will be Assis-tant Supervisor Diane Russell.

For more information, contactEvangelist Margaret Adams, 414-554-3888.

Prayer Breakfast atHoly Redeemer

Hallowed MBCreaches out tocommunity

Mahlon Mitchell, can-didate for the Wiscon-sin governorship,poses with membersand children of Hal-lowed MissionaryBaptist Church duringits community out-reach event. Picturedat left is HallowedMBC’s pastor andfirst lady, Rev. Aaronand Merdis Morgan,Sr.—Photo by YvonneKemp


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—FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

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My eighteen percent“white” side!

Think about it: Here I am, a proudAfrican American; a brother with asense of not only who I am, but alsowhat I am; a griot dedicated to Blackempowerment and cultural aware-ness. A survivor of racism, bigotryand, so far, Donald Trump.

Yet, despite that resume, a part ofme—18% to be exact—applauds thedysfunctional and dichotomous par-adigm that is Black America.

Almost one-fifth of me applaudsour cultural impotence.

Indeed, that minority of myessence hasn’t stopped laughingsince our so-called emancipation be-cause it knows a majority of us havefallen for the okeydoke, not only be-lieving that white ice gets colder, butsubscribes to the crabs in the barrelexemplar.

That 18% feels empowered by theunwillingness of Hue-mans to cometogether to end oppression, pimp slapWhite supremacy, or even address(beyond rhetoric) the urban terrorismthat enslaves our community.

For the record, a DNA test I uti-lized revealed that I am 18% white.

But I’m not just any average, run-of-the mill Caucasian. My 18% hasits roots (no pun intended) in a slaveowner headquartered in the Virginiaterritory in the early 18th century.

Which means, the blood of a bigotis in me. The DNA of a rabid racistrapist is part of my ancestry.

But hey, don’t cast your gazedownward at me (and sneer). Most ofus have similar DNA traits in our ge-nealogy.

Chances are great you too have, inyour veins, the blood of Massa’George Washington instead of Mr.Elmer Fudd.

Call up Maury if you want. Buthe’ll tell you the reason you lookmore like Vanessa Williams thanWesley Snipes (in hue) is because aracist roach raped your maternal an-cestor.

And he probably did so while yourgreat, great, great grandfather wasforced to look on in order to plant aseed of powerlessness in him as partof a socialization process that im-pacts us to this day.

I continue to believe the over-whelming majority of White Ameri-

cans are good people, or at least notChristian hypocrites.

And our having the genes of aslave owner (who I believe is roast-ing marshmallows in hell) wasmerely the “unluck” of the draw.

And it’s that evil gene that strivesto maintain White supremacy despitethe darkening of America.

The end of slavery forced the big-ots to amend the stratagems of WillieLynch, to put more emphasis onpropaganda and self-hatred. In a nut-shell, they moved the shackles fromthe wrist to the cranium.

They recognized that in order forthe Bible Belt Bigots to survive,Black America must be either com-plicit, or complacent.

We must be brainwashed into hat-ing ourselves, idolizing whiteness(European standards of beauty, cul-ture and religion), and cut the culturalumbilical cord.

Obviously, they had to give us afew crumbs along the sojourn, toconvince us that we were no longerstanding under the shadow of slav-ery.

Thus, they gave us elemental civilrights, a free miseducation andenough welfare to pay them rent forthe slum houses they owned.

And as Malcolm X once ex-plained, they gave us the illusion ofpolitical power.

Malcolm didn’t live long enoughto explain the truth behind our polit-ical naiveté—the Democrats keep ushappy and poor as they get rich offpoverty, criminal justice and rhetori-cal repentance, while the Republi-cans then rent us televisions for $50a week or give us loans with 200%interest.

So, while the 82% of me is scream-ing for justice, and wearing out my

Black leather as I march around thecastle walls throwing used pampersand beer bottles I picked up litteringthe central city streets, the 18% is re-joicing in the knowledge that it (we)will remain in power until BlackAmerica wakes up, assumes our Godordained place in the universe, ormove toward total miscegenation(when all people on planet earth haveslanted eyes, tan skin and rhythm).

I figure until that day arrives, the18% in me can rest easy knowingthat while the plan was revealed andpublicized, most of us don’t knowabout it because they put it in a book.Hotep.

No ViolenceAllowedMy condolences to all those that lost or

will lose a loved one to Violence. Vio-lence is not only a public health issue.

It’s also a form of population control; kill one andconvict a few. It’s a design that has spread throughoutour inner cities and has been ignored for years. Wecan protest and march until are voices are hoarse and

our feet begin to hurt, but nothing will change untilwe begin to embrace and put in place community eco-nomic development.

Remember people, if nothing changes nothingchanges. It’s been a practice of some of us to cele-brate life by death, to face hate with hate and to onlystand up to it when it peaks or escalate for momentsthroughout a year and let’s not forget, how we re-spond when it’s one of our friends or relatives that’sinvolved.

My condolences to all those that will allow the pro-motion of violence to surround them, then line up inpress conferences and social media posts goingagainst it.

My condolences to those who condone this behav-ior, but know most of the causes are more than oneanswer and really haven’t done anything besides giv-ing it a small amount of attention. Who was that thatsaid, “I am always on negative?” No. I am just keep-ing up with what’s real. The Dialogue must bringforth Action.

Peace. Never Give Up.

URBAN MYDIALOGUEBy Torre “ToeJoe” Johnson

Maxine Waters and the truth about White obsessionwith Black intelligence

NATIONWIDE (BlackNews.com) --On July 19, a large crowd of Black peo-ple gathered at the south central LosAngeles office of CongresswomanMaxine Waters to confront the OathKeepers, a white supremacist organiza-tion that had planned an anti-Watersrally there.

The Oath Keepers failed to appear. Their plannedprotest against the Congresswoman was the latest trendamong Whites to promote blatant racism and to ques-tion Black humanity and intelligence. This followedby two weeks President Trump’s claim that Congress-woman Waters has "a low I.Q."

On May 29th 2018, actress Roseanne Barr tweetedthat Valerie Jarrett, a Black woman and one of Presi-dent Barack Obama's closest advisors, is the productof "Muslim brotherhood and Planet of the Apes."

A few days later, a Black reporter from a cable net-work interviewed a White supremacist, Arthur Jones,who was a candidate for public office in Illinois. Heinformed her that Black people are genetically inferiorto Whites, and the fact that she was bright enough toattend Harvard University was attributable to her"White blood."

The sentiments held and expressed by the OathKeepers, Barr, Jones and the President are not new.From President Thomas Jefferson to clergymen, sci-entists, scholars, historians and the rank and file, WhiteAmericans have contended that people of African de-scent are small- brained, genetically inferior sub-hu-mans with no history prior to slavery and colonialism.

Whites have also constantly compared Black peopleto apes.

Commenting on the perennial White obsession withBlack intelligence, Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, a dis-tinguished African American psychiatrist, wrote thefollowing in the July, 1975 issue of Ebony magazine:"[White people] who cannot cease talking and writingin a negative manner about the genetics of black peo-ple...[are] victims not only of the genetic recessive de-ficiency state of skin albinism but also its componentpsychological disease state of racism (white su-premacy)."

By and large, we as African Americans have longchosen to ignore white claims of our inferiority, andstriven as a group to prove ourselves equal to all otherpeople. But this noble approach has not resulted in acessation of White supremacist propaganda emanatingfrom either the white masses or the White House.

At this juncture, then, we must address these insultshead-on whenever and wherever they appear; lest welose another generation of Black youths to the forcesof racism that have instilled in too many of them asense of hopelessness and inferiority.

First, we should insist that Black people do not re-semble apes. Apes have thin lips, straight hair, hairybodies and flat behinds.

When shaven, apes have pink skin. Black peoplehave thick lips, wooly, curly or wavy hair, smooth bod-ies and protruding behinds. Our skin color ranges fromblack to brown, red and yellow - not pink.

Second, when African Americans experience educa-tional parity with Whites, Black performance on stan-dardized I.Q. tests such as SAT, ACT, GRE, etc. is

virtually equivalent to their White counterparts. Furthermore, since scientists have determined that

Black people are the genetically dominant parents ofthe human family, and Whites insist that one drop ofBlack blood determines that one is Black, how, then,does genetic dominance equate to genetic inferiority?

Third, several studies of Black newborns in Africaand the United States show that, prior to acculturation,Black babies are the most advanced in the world. Com-menting on the discoveries of White specialist Mar-celle Geber, author Joseph C. Pearce has written: “Shefound [in Uganda] the most precocious, brilliant andadvanced infants and children ever observed any-where...Sensor motor learning and general develop-ment were phenomenal. Indeed miraculous.

These Ugandan infants were months ahead of Amer-ican or European children. A superior intellectual de-velopment held for the first four years of life." Theracial comparisons, published by Geber and other sci-entists, are truly staggering.

Finally, authors Robert Bauval and Thomas Brophyhave written that "scientists in the field of geneticshave been pointing out that it may actually be correctto say that the world was created by Black people."

This is borne out by the fact that Blacks appear tohave laid the foundation of civilization. In other words,Africans pioneered in the fields of architecture, art,athletics, government, law, mathematics, medicine,navigation, religion, science, writing, etc.

Their astonishing achievements included not onlybuilding of the pyramids of Egypt, but also construct-ing neighboring temples, some of which containblocks of stone weighing between 200 and 400 tonseach, that were arranged and set up with remarkable

By Legrand H. Clegg II

Maxine Waters Pres. Trump“Commenting on the perennial Whiteobsession with Black intelligence, Dr.Frances Cress Welsing, a distin-guished African American psychiatrist,wrote the following in the July, 1975issue of Ebony magazine: ‘[Whitepeople] who cannot cease talkingand writing in a negative mannerabout the genetics of Black peo-ple...[are] victims not only of thegenetic recessive deficiencystate of skin albinism but also itscomponent psychological dis-ease state of racism (white su-premacy).’"

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SIGNIFYIN’By Mikel Kwaku Oshi Holt

There’s a part of me that revels in the fact theonly book in most Black folks’ home is an in-struction pamphlet for their new cell phone.That part of me is also enthralled by the fact most Black folks shun ed-ucation like it’s a free pass to a Country and Western music concert and“affectionately” refer to each other as niggers and bitches without real-izing they are undermining our culture and spiritual foundation.

“That 18% feelsempowered by

the unwilling-ness of Hue-

mans to cometogether to end

oppression,pimp slap White

supremacy, oreven address

(beyond rheto-ric) the urbanterrorism thatenslaves ourcommunity.”


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precision. Black achievements in antiquity

have led white author Flora Lugardto write that, during that era,"...[T]he leading race of the West-ern World was a black race."

Historian Richard Poe has alsoobserved that, among ancient peo-ple, there was the "presumptionthat dark skin connoted higher in-telligence."

It is past time for white suprema-

cists and their sympathizers, whoare rarely trained in genetics, tocease lying to themselves and to thepublic about the intelligence ofpeople of African descent.

It is also unconscionable for anever compliant media to continuedignifying these racists with gener-ous coverage while ignoring thepowerful evidence that refutes theirmalicious propaganda by revealingthe truth about Black potential andachievements.

Legrand H. Clegg II is the cityattorney emeritus for Compton,California, president of the West-ern Region of the Association forthe Study of Classical African Civ-ilizations, and producer of thedocumentary "When Black MenRuled the World." He may be con-tacted [email protected] or athis Long Beach, CA, law office at562-624-2857 or at his new web-site at www.thesiriuspeople.com.

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White obsession withBlack intelligence

ilies, communities, and countries. Amidst this social and political backdrop, the 1968

Olympic Games in Mexico City hoped to serve as a timeof escape from unrest by unifying athletes under the ban-ner of sports and diversity. The Games, in their purity,were purposefully apolitical, free from exhibition andpoliticization.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) sought torefrain from controversy and focus solely on athleticcompetition but widespread inhumane conditions and so-cial injustice proved to be too much to ignore when thestage and opportunity presented itself to Tommie Smith.

It was under these circumstances and within thisframework that Smith’s spontaneous demonstrationsprung forth. From the classrooms of San Jose State Uni-versity and tutelage of sociologist and noted civil rightsactivist, Dr. Harry Edwards, to the training regimen anddiscipline required in preparation to set world records,through the Olympic journey itself as one of America’spremier African American athletes, Smith’s first placefinish afforded him the spotlight on the podium in Mex-ico City.

His personal expedition of perseverance, from achieve-ment to notoriety to recognition, is gripping. He and de-voted wife Delois have been touring internationallyreflecting upon what happened in 1968 – its significanceand his role in it – because the world wants to hear andseeks to understand.

While athletes raising their fists and voices, takingknees, staying in locker rooms, and speaking out inprotest are now common expressions of social activism,the argument decrying the use of sports for political orsocial commentary is far from resolved. Purists who seesport as sacred and athletic competition as apolitical willbe hard pressed to acknowledge or respect an athlete’sright to use that platform for complaint.

However, the undeniable magnitude of the athleticstage was shown horrifically and solidified in infamywhen only four years later the world witnessed the evo-lution of political and social unrest “live and in livingcolor” from Munich, West Germany.

During the 1972 Olympics, eight Palestinian terroristsentered and occupied the Olympic Village. 11 IsraeliOlympic athletes were taken hostage and killed. FivePalestinians died along with one local police officer. The“Munich Massacre” as it’s come to be known, a protestin response to alleged social and political atrocities,changed the course of the Olympics and the sports worldforever.

Traitor or PatriotIn point of fact, Dr. Smith was a world champion. And

for the record, he was no champion of the average vari-ety. Tommie Smith’s pure athletic accomplishment wasnever denied but never really acknowledged with the truemerit it deserved. Smith was the first man in history tobreak the 20 second barrier in the 200 meters.

To reach that level of performance, to peak at that timeand in that place suggests inspired achievement and prov-idential karma. Imagine the time and effort devoted totraining and preparing to race, all the while trying toweather the storm of social injustice racing inside hishead.

Moved by a growing awareness of the beleagueredconditions and institutionalized racism in his own coun-try and community, Smith chose to run, win and speaksilently. 50 years later, his silence still resonates clearly.

What did the “Silent Gesture” – not unintentionally thetitle of Smith’s autobiography – mean, now and then?

At that moment, in the pre-internet, pre-ESPN, ABCsports network monopoly of 1968, it revealed with stun-ning immediacy the force and influence of the athleticstage. I

nstant reaction exposed the enormity of their universalaudience and their ability to be heard unfiltered.

It unlocked the doors and released the floodgates for

athletes in all sports of all genders and political persua-sions to go beyond the medals, trophies, and accoladeswhen conditions in their respective countries and com-munities needed to be addressed. Many of their own gov-ernments were guilty of racism and discrimination.

Peter Norman, silver medalist on the podium that dayin Mexico City, felt the wrath back home in Australiawhere he returned to hostility and retribution for hisprotest until his death in 2006. Poignantly, both Smithand Carlos traveled to Norman’s memorial service toserve as pall bearers.

And now, with 50 summers of retrospection, that ges-ture is considered to be the moment that bridged sportsand politics, athletics and activism. Colin Kaepernick,the NFL/Owner conundrum, the President’s “Respect theAnthem” decree – perhaps Tommie Smith could speakto these matters. What would he say to the NFL, the own-ers, and the athletes whose personal decision on how andwhere to protest will be scrutinized in the coming days?Civil liberties and individual rights will be put to the teston the field and in the locker room. Questions remain forfuture Olympians, too.

Many from downtrodden neighborhoods, oppressiveconditions, and blighted communities, today’s athletesmust weigh the possibility of reprisal versus their ownrole in addressing injustice and human rights.

Their choice of when to speak out may affect their ca-reers or paychecks but Tommie Smith would say the op-portunity to deliver a compelling message from thewinner’s platform should outweigh individual gain.

The maturing population of Generation X’ers, Y’ers,and Millennials are wrestling with the value of the humancondition versus their own accomplishments and pocketbooks. Never will a clearer definition of individualismversus the “Village” concept emerge based on real worldneeds and real time conditions.

Opportunity or DilemmaDoesn’t the human condition seem more of a com-

pelling reason to abandon traditional protocols and usewhatever means is available to identify and address in-equity and injustice while seeking solutions for thosewho need it most? Those most affected by basic survivalneeds like housing, food, shelter, safety, access to healthservices, educational, vocational and employment oppor-tunities, etc., have become increasingly disenfranchised,measurably homeless, ferociously territorial, and morediverse than ever.

In truth, they need the voices of the athletes, spokes-people and world record setters who have witnessed andembraced their own right to protest the unrighteous andunjust on their own terms. While the story is fascinatingas it unfolds, the potential outcome is profoundly uncer-tain and fraught with dark consequences.

Where will we be 50 summers from today, 2068, 100years removed from those clenched, black-gloved fists,thrust defiantly skyward? Will we be in a better place?Will athletic accomplishment have served to move acommon agenda forward or will we have collapsed intodisrepair, fragmented into exclusion and segregation, de-teriorated into chaos and turmoil? What mark will today’sathlete leave on the world stage?

What responsibility does today’s athlete have in seeingthe world and championing the causes of justice andequality? What must be done to preserve, restore, and en-sure the rights freedom suggests? Can sports and politicspeacefully co-exist? Is athletic competition absolvedfrom social responsibility?

I wonder what Tommie thinks…Billy Young ©2018Billy Young is former General Manager/Air Person-

ality at 1290 WMCS. A 28-year basketball referee, he’sofficiated the Wisconsin State Tournament five times.He relocated to the west coast in 2012 and worked theLos Angeles City D1 Championship this past season.Young is a co-director of the Fellowship Open GolfTournament.

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