www.communityjournal.net 25 Cents BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID VOL. XL Number 3 August 10, 2016 MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN PERMIT NO. 4668 The Milwaukee OMMUNITYOMMUNITYWISCONSIN’S LARGEST AFRICAN AMERICAN NEWSPAPEROUROURELECTIONALNALN WATCH 2016 MCJ 40TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT CShiningC the Light on Beacons of our CommunityJJ THETHE RESULTSRESULTS Senate incumbent Taylor defeats challenger Barnes in hotly contested primaryJason fields to return torace Assembly, Gwen Moore easily defeats challenger Gary George Compiled by MCJ Staff Incumbent state Sen. Lena Taylor handily won the most hotly an- Milwaukee Community Journal Publisher Patricia O’Flynn Pattillo (pictured above seated center behind enlarged replica of the cover from the ticipated, contested and newspaper’s first edition) with 40th anniversary Beacons of Light award recipients.--Photo by Yvonne Kemp discussed political race (Pictured at left and above): Terence N. Thomas Scholarship recipients hold- of the year, defeating ing up the checks which amounted to a combined total of $51,000. her challenger, Rep. Mandela Barnes in the August 9 state primary Sen. Lena Taylor elections. Taylor collected 61 percent (11,420) of the votes in her The Milwaukee Community Journal recently celebrated four decades of feeling fourth district senatorial race. the pulse of the community at its anniversary Jazz Brunch at the Italian Conference Despite heavy financial Center. Forty individuals from various professions and organizations were honored backing and support from the for shining a light on the path of success and service to Milwaukee’s African Amer- predominately white suburb of ican community.--Photos by Yvonne Kemp. Shorewood—and the political action group, Wisconsin Work- ing Family Party, Barnes could only muster 39 percent (7,414) of the votes. In what could best be de- Jason Fields scribed as the second most hotly contested political race in the community, incumbent Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm de- feated Atty. Verona Swanigan. Chisholm received 51,469 Honoree Milwaukee County Circuit votes (65 percent) to Swanigan’s 27,570 votes (35 percent). Court Chief Judge Maxine Waters. MCJ Publisher Patricia O’Flynn Pattillo. Described by local WNOV radio talk show host Sherwin Hughes as “a phoenix rising from the ashes,” former State Saxophonist and band leader Christopher Pipkins of Christopher’s Rep. Jason Fields reclaimed his former District 11 Assem- Project doin’ what he does best. bly seat, narrowly defeating Darrol Gibson. Fields collected 2,930 votes (59 percent) to Gibson’s 2,062 (41 percent). If there were ever a proverbial “cake walk,” it would be the contest between incumbent U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore and former state Senator Gary George. Figuratively speaking (and expectedly), Moore walked all over George in this primary election, receiving 85 per- cent of the votes (55,093) to George’s poultry15 percent (6,508 votes). In the other senate race involving our community, Rep. Honorees holding their lanterns that represent beacons (left to right): Atty. Sheila LaTonya Johnson will succeed Nikiya Harris Dodd in sen- Parrish-Spence, Crystal Owney, Elizabeth Coggs, and Cecelia Gore. ate district six, who stepped down from the position for per- Former MillerCoors executive Larry Waters and retiring Milwaukee sonal reasons. Urban League President/CEO Ralph Hollmon. Johnson defeated two other challengers for the seat, Thomas Harris and Michael Bonds, the former president of the Milwaukee Public School’s Board of Directors. Johnson collected 9,560 votes (61 percent). The race for second place between Harris and Bonds was tight, with Har- ris receiving 3,158 votes (20 percent), and Bonds 3,011 (19 percent). In two other Assembly races in predominately Black dis- tricts, incumbent state Rep. Leon Young retained his District 16 seat defeating Edgar Lin, Brandy Bond, and Stephen Jansen. David Crowley will now represent the 17th Assembly dis- trict, defeating two other candidates, Kim Burns—the Mayor Tom Barrett with honorees Victor Barnett (far left) and Torre Johnson (far daughter of the late legendary lawmaker Polly Williams— Sen. Nikiya Harris Dodd and Catherine Miles of Top Ladies of Disctinction. right). and Marcus Hart. More Anniversary Photos on Page 2•Pulse of the Community will return in next week’s edition (continued on page 7) THE 2016 FELLOWSHIP OPEN GOLF TOURNAMENT FRIDAYAUGUST 19 SILVER SPRING OSCAR DR. JOAN M. PATTY ROBERTSON PRINCE CADORIN Community COUNTRY CLUB Legends Award Civic Leader Leader Award Award N56W21318 Silver Spring Drive (NBA Hall of (Vice Chancellor, (Vice President and Famer) UW-Milwaukee) Senior Advisor, Menomonee Falls, WI BMO Harris Bank) The Milwaukee Community Journal August 10, 2016 Page 2 PHOTOP: SCENES FROM THE MCJ 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Photos by Kim Robinson and Yvonne Kemp The Milwaukee Community Journal August 10, 2016 Page 3 PHOTOP: SCENES FROM THE MCJ 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION I believeCall it was in Him Friend! PERSPECTIVESPERSPECTIVES the fall of 1979 FIRSTFIRST PERSONPERSON in fourth grade at By Delta L. Triplett Racism: An equal Richards School They say the greatest trick the that Craig Coun- opportunitydevil ever pulled off was to convince mental disease sell and I became people he didn’t exist. Maybe right behind that ploy was Ifriends. our belief that all liberals are progres- He and his family had just sive—interpreted everyplace but moved into Whitefish Bay be- Wisconsin to mean racially tolerant, cause his dad took the job as open minded and humane. SIGNIFYIN’SIGNIFYIN’ I used to think that as well. the new head of public rela- White liberals marched beside us By Mikel Kwaku Oshi Holt tions for the Milwaukee Brew- during the civil rights campaigns. ers and I was a kid that was a They were the Democrats who fought for selves an independent based on the reve- The woman is overweight and unat- legislation that bettered our peculiar lations. tractive and I’ve always assumed she part of the Chapter 220 busing predicament, knocked down the walls of * A Black student at an exclusive pri- “settled” for Black men because she held program to integrate schools. apartheid, and weakened the “concrete” vate school in the suburbs was shocked low self-esteem, which does not negate For some reason, it seemed like when one of his White classmates blurted her feelings of White superiority even if ceiling (glass for White women). we became friends instantly. Little did we know that many of them out that all Black teens were thugs and she can’t cash in on it. Being of the “ma- (what percentage is anybody’s guess) young Black girls immoral and breeding jority race”, however, she can benefit While in elementary and were closet racists, or at the very least rabbits (having multiple babies by differ- from White privilege. middle school we always were being patronizing. ent men that they are incapable of rais- On the flip side, there are many promi- played on sports teams to- ing). nent examples in history of supposed It was a hidden, and often excused di- gether. chotomy—that our socially conscience When the Black student asked if he “great men” who advanced legislationo t White friends, and our perceived allies— was included in that analogy, she thought bring about equal rights for Black people Whether it was basketball, viewed us as being intellectually and ge- for a moment before saying no, he was even as they felt Black people were infe- baseball, football, or track, we netically inferior, immoral and one of the few “good ones.” rior. always competed for our teams The young girl, who comes from a You can start with the drafter of the pathological. and against one another. That might sound like a mouthful, and prominent “liberal” family, said her par- U.S. Constitution, Thomas Jefferson, it is. But sadly it’s true for many liberals. ents were going to vote for Donald who while espousing the equality of all But we were very good And it didn’t start yesterday. Trump because he was going to “fix men (but not women), held slaves and friends. In the summer time I I woke to that reality a long time ago. America,” return it to a better time. I wrote that Black people were inferior. would ride my bike or take the don’t know what “time” that is, but im- Then there’s Abe Lincoln who felt In case you’re still in the cloud of denial, bus to Whitefish Bay. consider: ages of Selma and Rodney King come to similarly. And let’s not forget the signer * I had always viewed the suburbs as mind. of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Act, Craig and I would play strike a haven for liberalism. But that theory I make a distinction (since there is one) President Lyndon B. Johnson. The infa- out at the school right across was raped of any reality years ago when between racism and prejudice. And for mous Richard Nixon wrote the executive the street from where he lived Delta Triplett, President of the Ten Group (left) and his that matter, my definitions make a dis- order for affirmative action, but we all I attended a hearing at UWM years ago because it was easy for his childhood friend, Milwaukee Brewers Manager Craig Coun- to seek testimony about a legislative pro- tinction between racism and bigotry—the know what he was. sell at Miller Park before the start of a recent game in which latter being the manifestation or applica- I’m not making this stuff us. Read your mom to keep an eye on us. Also, posal to create cluster districts that would he threw out the first pitch. Ten Group is a Milwaukee-based merge some Milwaukee Public Schools tion of racism. history, you’ll be surprised by what they we were easily able to grab a staffing and recruiting company.