MILWAUKEE COMMUNITY JOURNAL FORFOR THETHE VOL. XXXIII NO. 46 MAY 6, 2016 50 CENTS NEWS AND VIEWS FOR EDITIONBULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN PERMIT 4668 OUR BLACK KINGS EDITION “Would you let me comb your Like most fans, I knew BROTHERShair, could I make you break- that there would come BROTHERS How Prince’s Life Redefined fast sometime, maybe we can a day when Prince just go to a move and CRY to- WEEKENDRogersWEEKEND Nelson would gether,” was one of my early die — but I never imag- WTH moments. Cry? At a ined that it would come move? With a girl? If Prince said such was cool, then it so soon. must be ok. When I heard that the leg- Ditto to “Adore,” the most endary artist was dead at 57, hauntingly beautiful R&B love I rushed home and sat glued ballad ever written, where the to the television for hours refrain ‘Love is too weak to watching old videos and news define, just what you mean to coverage, mourning with fel- me” inspired my belief that low fans on social media. true love is far more meaning- While the major media fo- ful than a roll in the hay. cused on Prince’s influence Because of that influence, as a singer, musician and there was no surprise that businessman, I could not help when I and my core group of but think about how he influ- friends began to marry in the enced my path to becoming a late 90s, “Adore” often was proud, and unapologetically the first song played at the black, man. wedding receptions. This last point — Prince as Following Prince’s death, to a man — was subject to de- my chagrin, some of the more bate throughout his life. negative social media chatter Whether wearing make-up, centered around whether he high heels and lace on stage was gay or bi-sexual. Prince or raising his naturally deep trolled his critics on this topic voice into a brilliant falsetto, in his early 80s hit “Contro- Prince often challenged the versy” wher he asked “am I orthodoxy of how black man- black or white, am I straight or hood was defined. gay.” As a nine-year-old listening But such foolish debate be- to my older siblings and lies the most important aspect cousins play such hits as “Lit- that I will take from Prince’s tle Red Corvette” and “Private well-lived life, which is that Joy,” I was hooked to the even if he was gay or bi-sex- groves long before I (as one ual at some point in his life, so who still naively believed that what? Black men have to the stork delivered babies) push pass this archaic notion would learn the more racy as- Opinion by Chuck Hobbs for theGrio.com, posted April 22 that one’s sexual preference pects of the lyrics. determines whether they are By the time some of those BLACK MANHOOD a “real man.” same cousins snuck me into “...most important aspect that I will take from Prince was a real black the theater to watch “Purple man, one who being keenly Rain” in 1984, my then 12- Prince’s well-lived life, which is that even if he aware of the black struggle year-old mind was more ad- for civil rights, who stook res- vanced with respect to the olute against Warner Brothers theroretical concepts of love was gay or bi-sexual at some point in his life, so in 1993 during his battle to and sexuality. control his creative content. By my understanding of what? Black men have to push pass this archaic For two decades, he did not those two distinct topics--love relent until just this past year, and sex--was unmistakably he won the battle with the influenced by older male rela- notion that one’s sexual preference determines company. tives, some of whom were Prince, a real black man, very macho, aloof and, to an whether they are a ‘real man.’” quiet ly donated money to civil extent, condescending toward women. Such attributes, in their most potent rights causes, including the family of Trayvon Martin. He held a concert in forms, serve as incubators to imbalanced “love” relationships where sexual honor of Freddie Gray and Baltimore protestors. Prince, a real black man, also gratification is the ultimate goal--if not primary purpose--of the opposite sex. was focused on ensuring that young black kids had the resources to thrive as Make no mistake, Prince was the ultimate purveyor of sexual graification entrepreneurs in the Information Age. among his peers. Songs like “Darling Nikki,” a favorite of mine at 12, and In the single, “Sign of the Times,” Prince suggests that “some say a man isn’t “Erotic City,” my favorite by 13, piqued my curiosity about the joys of sex. But happy truly, until a man truly dies.” Whether this is true or false, it is something at the age of 15 in 1987, when my now deceased best friend, Chris Henry, we all will learn when the “grim reaper comes knocking” on our doors, as he brought Prince’s brand new cassette tape, “Sign of the Times,” for our squad sang in “Let’s Go Crazy.” Until then, Prince’s musical legacy, vision of manhood to listen to after school, two songs off that album helped shape my views about and love for his community will remain with his adoring fans “until the end of manhood. time.” The first song, “If I Was Your Girlfriend,” described friendship between a man --Chuck Hobbs is a trial lawyer and award-winning writer who lives in and woman--with no limits--as the true pate to deeper intimacy. As a young Tallahassee, Fla. man whose dad often reminded me that “men don’t cry,” to hear Prince ask The Weekend Edition/For The Brothers May 6, 2016 Page 2 Famous Brothas PAUL ROBESON! He spoke 25 languages!...8 Afrikan languages!...His bearing alone threatened white supremacy!...He stood 6'5" a stone solid 240!...Known as Robeson of Rutgers in his college days, a football legend, he may have been our first All American athlete! He graduated valedictorian!...A Columbia University trained lawyer! A giant of the stage and screen! Lifted our spiritual to high classical art just as Europeans did the same with classical music with his booming baritone voice!!...the defining Othello!... A champion of peace...his song of peace in the Spanish civil war made both sides pause for the cause!... A pioneering Pan Afrikanist!...One of our strongest anti-lynching voices!...Pictured below presenting petition to the United Nations charging the u.s. gov't with genocide!...Banned by the United St ates for his audacious anti-im- perialist, anti fascist international solidarity...an enormous legend of the global working class!...Let me make it plain, we had none greater!...Today, April 9th is the birth anniversary of the unconquerable Paul Robeson! MILWAUKEE COMMUNITY JOURNAL Phone: 414-265-5300 (Advertising and Administration) • EDITIONWEEKENDWEEKEND414-265-6647 (Editorial) • Website: communityjournal.net • Email: Edito- [email protected]/[email protected] MCJ STAFF: Colleen Newsom, Patricia O’Flynn -Pattillo Classified Advertising Publisher, CEO Jimmy V. Johnson, Sales Robert J. Thomas Rep. Assoc. Publisher CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Todd Thomas, Vice Pres. Fr. Carl Diederichs, Mikel Holt, Assoc. Publisher Rev. Joe McLin, Thomas E. 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