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INSIDE:Why there is no such thing as a voucher school!

PULSEOF THECOMMUNITYPhotos and questionby Yvonne KempQUESTION OFQUESTION OFTHE WEEK:THE WEEK:

“A Black Coalition“A Black Coalitionis proposing a is proposing a

community board tocommunity board tooversee North oversee North Division HighDivision High

School so the Black School so the Black community can community can

control the school.control the school.Do you support itDo you support it

and why?”and why?”“I wholeheartedlysupport control anddevelopment ofNDHS by the Blackcommunity as aschool of excellencein Milwaukee. Wehave enough cre-ativity, talent anddedication within our own community tocreate a vibrant learning environment thatis based on a rich past and can secure a vi-brant future for our own children.”

JACQUELYNHEATH

“Yes. I sup-port thecoalition.Our kidsneed a positivechange to prepare them for a better future.”

MICHAEL ROSS

“I do support aBlack coalition tooversee North Divi-sion High School sothat our Black com-munity can controlthe school becausewith a coalition ofpeople from thecommunity in-volved with the decision making and at-taining resources, as well as the academicgrowth of our children coming from itsown community. It empowers our children to be better pre-pared to compete on a local, national andglobal level academically. Who better un-derstands a culture of people than thosewho have grown up and lived within thiscommunity.”

SHERYLMARABLE

“I think a Blackcoalition can puttogether a strongcommittee andan empoweringstaff of teacherswho not onlycare about their wages, but are trulydedicated to the education, welfareand future of our children.”

ROBINADKINS

The Milwaukee Common Council votedTuesday to approve a settlement of a federallawsuit against the city by a group of Blackand Latinx Milwaukee residents which willcontain sweeping police reforms to end theMilwaukee Police Department’s unconstitu-tional “stop-and-frisk” program against peo-ple of color.

The agreement would also require the city to overhaulMPD policies, implement training, supervision, accounta-bility, and community engagement. The Black and Latinxresidents were represented by ACLU (the American CivilLiberties Union), theACLU of Wisconsin,the law firm of Cov-ington & BurlingLLP.

The case, Collins v.City of Milwaukee, challenged the MPD’s vast stop-and-frisk program. Stop records show that over the past decade,the program failed to show officers had resonable suspi-cion, as required by the U.S. Constitution, for hundreds ofthousands of pedestrian and traffic stops conducted by the

The community is asked to be on the lookout for Glen-dale teenager Teenasia Scobey-Polacheck, an Afr-icanAmerican junior student at Dominican High School inWhitefish Bay who has been missing since July 1 after run-ning away from home.

Teenasia, a Glendale resident, was last seen Sunday, July8, in the area of 15th and Center Street. A woman who livesin that Center Street neighborhood called the Glendale Po-lice Department after she saw Teenasia’s story on televisionnews.

She told Glendale police she remembered seeing Teena-sia walking through the neighborhood and looking “as ifshe didn’t belong.”

Teenasia is a dark-complexioned, 16-year-old female,standing 5 foot-5 inches tall, weighing an athletic 160 Ibs.due to her involvement in school sports, according to hermother, Annemarie Scobey-Polacheck. She is also wearingher hair in a natural style.

Scobey-Polacheck revealed, in an MCJ interview, herdaughter rode off angrily on her bicycle after her parentstook her cell phone from her to prevent her from commu-nicating with a 30-year-old African American male.(Though the male has been identified, the family and policewon’t reveal his name because no charges have been filedagainst him and the family doesn’t want any retaliatory ac-

MISSING!MISSING!Community asked tobe on the lookout forGlendale teenager

City aldermenapprove settlement with ACLU that ends “Stop-and-Frisk”

“OLD“OLDSCHOOL”SCHOOL”AND “NUAND “NUSKOOL”SKOOL”MIX IT MIX IT UP ATUP ATTHETHE‘FEST‘FEST

Christopher Pipkins, Founder/Saxo-phonist of Milwaukee’s Christopher’sProject wailing away on one of themany stages at Summerfest.

Singer Janelle Monaeon the BMO HarrisPavillion stage.

Members of Black Violin

The legendaryFrankie Beverly(above) of thegroup Maze.

A member of theWhalers performing.

Ronny Starr, amember of theTerry Sims Band,checks the timeon his watch dur-ing the group’sperformance.

Local band, Streetlife w/ Warren Wiegratz, the founder, keyboardplayer and saxophonist; and the group’s lead singer, Joe Jordan

Photos by Francesca Guyton-Johnson and

Kim Robinson (continued on page 3)

Teenasia Scobey-Polacheck

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See editor’s note onpage five to find outwhy this article isusing the word“Latinx.”

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"2018: THE YEAR OF THE CHILD: A GAME CHANGER” IN EMPOWERING CHILDREN THANK YOU MILWAUKEE.

CHILDREN MATTER.

In the eyes of a childYou are their hero

The person who makesit all better

When everythingseems to go wrong

You are the bandagefor their scars The tissue for

their tears The relationship that

manifestsWill be that of many years

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no mistakeEven when you feel Like you can provide

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will be cherishedIn the eyes of a child

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In the Eyes of a Child

For baby’sbrain to benefit,read the rightbooks at theright timeArticle courtesy of The Conversation.comFirst posteed December 9, 2017

Parents often receive books atpediatric checkups via programslike Reach Out and Read and hearfrom a variety of health profes-sionals and educators that readingto their kids is critical for support-ing development.

The pro-reading message is getting through to parents,who recognize that it’s an important habit. A summaryreport by Child Trends, for instance, suggests 55 percent

of three- to five-year-old children were read to every dayin 2007. According to the U.S. Department of Education,83 percent of three- to five-year-old children were readto three or more times per week by a family member in2012.

What this ever-present advice to read with infants does-n’t necessarily make clear, though, is that what’s on thepages may be just as important as the book-reading ex-perience itself. Are all books created equal when it comesto early shared-book reading? Does it matter what youpick to read? And are the best books for babies differentthan the best books for toddlers?

In order to guide parents on how to create a high-qual-ity book-reading experience for their infants, my psychol-ogy research lab has conducted a series of baby learningstudies. One of our goals is to better understand the extentto which shared book reading is important for brain andbehavioral development.What’s on baby’s bookshelfResearchers see clear benefits of shared book reading

for child development. Shared book reading with youngchildren is good for language and cognitive development,increasing vocabulary and pre-reading skills and honingconceptual development.

Shared book reading also likely enhances the qualityof the parent-infant relationship by encouraging recipro-cal interactions – the back-and-forth dance between par-ents and infants. Certainly not least of all, it gives infantsand parents a consistent daily time to cuddle.

Recent research has found that both the quality andquantity of shared book reading in infancy predicted laterchildhood vocabulary, reading skills and name writingability. In other words, the more books parents read, and

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tion taken against it). Mrs. Polacheck said the family could not get a restraining order against the

man because Teenasia reportedly liked and welcomed the attention the mangave her.

Teenasia met the man at her summer job, after which he repeatedly textedher on her cell phone and flirted with her. Though Teenasia’s father and Glen-dale police warned the man to stop contacting her, he continued.

Four days after she ran away (July 5), the family received two emails fromTeenasia telling them she was safe. They haven’t heard from her since.

On Sunday, July 8, police called the Polachecks telling them they hadlearned their daughter had ridden her bike to the home of a Whitefish Bayfamily. Teenasia reportedly knew one of the children in that family. She toldthem she had been kicked out of her house.

Police then told the Polachecks Teenasia asked the Whitefish Bay familyto drop her off at the 15th and Center Street location, which they did.

If you have any information regarding Teenasia’s whereabouts, contact theGlendale Police at (414) 228-1753.

Youth Gain Experience AsSt. Ann Center BuddiesBuddy Program Connects the Generations

Too old for after-school pro-grams. Too young to get a job.What to do? One good option isthe Buddy Program at St. AnnCenter for IntergenerationalCare.

The program brings togetheryouth ages 11 to 15 with clientsfrom St. Ann Center and Mil-waukee-area senior centers,teaching youth how to interactwith older adults and peoplewith physical and developmen-tal disabilities.

“It builds mutual understand-ing and respect between the gen-erations, and results in somewonderful friendships,” saidDavid Kenny, St. Ann Center di-rector of the program.

Lily Wohlt, 14, has participated in the program during summer and theschool year. “We play games with the adults, pass out lunch trays, do karaokeand chat with the clients,” she said.

Nevaeh Hern said being a Buddy is an amazing experience. “The olderclients share stories of what life was like when they were our age,” she said.“And they enjoy hearing what we have to say about the world.”

Buddy Reece Decorah, 14, likes feeling that he’s making a positive differ-ence. “I’m really energetic, which helps the people I work with want to getup and start doing things,” he said. “I think someday I’d like a career helpingpeople.”

The program includes a stipend for service, and teaches the youth othervaluable skills, like a strong work ethic and budgeting. “We’re also encour-aging their commitment to do good things for others and give back to thecommunity,” Kenny said.

Applications are being taken for the fall Buddy Program atstanncenter.org/children/buddy-program. For more information, contactKenny at 414-977-5075.

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Potawatomi Hotel & CasinoCommunity AppreciationDay Offers Free Admissionto Black Arts Fest MKE

Organizers of Black Arts Fest MKE today announced a partnership withPotawatomi Hotel & Casino for the inaugural festival at the Summerfestgrounds Saturday, August 4 from noon until midnight. Potawatomi Hotel &Casino Community Appreciation Day offers the opportunity to members ofthe community to enjoy the festival for FREE.

On Saturday, August 4, between noon and 3:00 PM, the first 1,500 peoplethat visit the Potawatomi Hotel & Casino tent at the mid gate will receive FREEadmission to the festival. Those who receive a ticket for FREE admission willalso get an offer for FKC Reward Play. Tickets for admission are only validbetween noon and 3:00 PM.

“Potawatomi Hotel & Casino’s Community Appreciation Day extends awonderful opportunity for the pubic to engage in Black culture,” said PatriceHarris, executive director of Black Arts Fest MKE. “We are thankfulPotawatomi Hotel & Casino is a sponsor. Their engagement with Black ArtsFest MKE clearly demonstrates they recognize the importance of the festivalto our community.”

“As one of the area’s largest employers represented by team members ofmany backgrounds, celebrating the diversity of our community is a priority forus,” said Rodney Ferguson, CEO and General Manager of Potawatomi Hotel& Casino. “We’re proud our sponsorship will allow free admission to the first1,500 attendees who are sure enjoy what promises to be a fantastic new event.”

Black Arts Fest MKE will take place Saturday, August 4 from noon untilmidnight at Henry Maier Festival Park (Summerfest grounds). From the timethe gates open until they close, fest goers will enjoy traditional and contempo-rary dance forms, drumming, culturally focused activities for kids, a market-place, contemporary music and more. Headline entertainment includes BobbyRush, Tony! Toni! Tone, and MC Lyte at the Miller Lite Oasis. Headliners forthe Johnson Controls Sound Stage will soon be announced.

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the more time they’d spent reading,the greater the developmental bene-fits in their 4-year-old children.

This important finding is one ofthe first to measure the benefit ofshared book reading starting early ininfancy. But there’s still more to fig-ure out about whether some booksmight naturally lead to higher-qualityinteractions and increased learning.Babies and books in the labIn our investigations, my col-

leagues and I followed infants acrossthe second six months of life. We’vefound that when parents showed ba-bies books with faces or objects thatwere individually named, they learnmore, generalize what they learn tonew situations and show more spe-cialized brain responses.

This is in contrast to books with nolabels or books with the same genericlabel under each image in the book.Early learning in infancy was also as-sociated with benefits four years laterin childhood.

Our most recent addition to this se-ries of studies was funded by the Na-tional Science Foundation and justpublished in the journal Child Devel-opment. Here’s what we did.

First, we brought six-month-old in-fants into our lab, where we could seehow much attention they paid tostory characters they’d never seenbefore. We used electroencephalog-raphy (EEG) to measure their brain

responses. Infants wear a cap-like netof 128 sensors that let us record theelectricity naturally emitted from thescalp as the brain works. We meas-ured these neural responses while in-fants looked at and paid attention topictures on a computer screen. Thesebrain measurements can tell us aboutwhat infants know and whether theycan tell the difference between thecharacters we show them.

We also tracked the infants’ gazeusing eye-tracking technology to seewhat parts of the characters they fo-cused on and how long they paid at-tention.

The data we collected at this firstvisit to our lab served as a baseline.We wanted to compare their initialmeasurements with future measure-ments we’d take, after we sent themhome with storybooks featuring thesesame characters.

We divided up our volunteers intothree groups. One group of parentsread their infants storybooks thatcontained six individually namedcharacters that they’d never seen be-fore.

Another group were given thesame storybooks but instead of indi-vidually naming the characters, ageneric and made-up label was usedto refer to all the characters (such as“Hitchel”). Finally, we had a thirdcomparison group of infants whoseparents didn’t read them anythingspecial for the study.

After three months passed, thefamilies returned to our lab so wecould again measure the infants’ at-tention to our storybook characters.It turned out that only those who re-ceived books with individually la-beled characters showed enhancedattention compared to their earliervisit. And the brain activity of babieswho learned individual labels alsoshowed that they could distinguishbetween different individual charac-ters. We didn’t see these effects forinfants in the comparison group orfor infants who received books withgeneric labels.

These findings suggest that veryyoung infants are able to use labelsto learn about the world around themand that shared book reading is an ef-fective tool for supporting develop-ment in the first year of life.Tailoring book picks for maxi-

mum effectSo what do our results from the lab

mean for parents who want to maxi-mize the benefits of storytime?

Not all books are created equal.The books that parents should read tosix- and nine-month-olds will likelybe different than those they read totwo-year-olds, which will likely bedifferent than those appropriate forfour-year-olds who are getting readyto read on their own. In other words,to reap the benefits of shared bookreading during infancy, we need to bereading our little ones the right books

at the right time.For infants, finding books that

name different characters may lead to

higher-quality shared book readingexperiences and result in the learningand brain development benefits wefind in our studies. All infants areunique, so parents should try to findbooks that interest their baby.

My own daughter loved the “Patthe Bunny” books, as well as storiesabout animals, like “Dear Zoo.” Ifnames weren’t in the book, we sim-ply made them up.

It’s possible that books that includenamed characters simply increase theamount of parent talking. We knowthat talking to babies is important fortheir development. So parents of in-fants: Add shared book reading toyour daily routines and name thecharacters in the books you read.Talk to your babies early and often toguide them through their amazingnew world – and let storytime help.

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Every charter school in Wisconsin is a public school.The many Democrats running for governor should memorize this

fact, because some of them are getting it wrong.Charter schools should not be confused with voucher schools,

which are mostly private religious schools that receive public moneyfor lower-income students to attend.

The two are very different.Former state Rep. Kelda Roys, one of eight Democrats seeking

her party’s nomination for governor Aug. 14, said in a recent inter-view she opposes “private charters.”

“We need to stop privatization because that money comes rightoff the top and it’s only what’s left over after the charters have gottentheir money that goes to our public schools,” Roys told WORT-FM(89.9) in Madison. “That’s wrong.”

Actually, Roys is wrong.As Politifact Wisconsin noted in an analysis of her interview last

week, all charter schools in Wisconsin are public schools.“Every charter school is entirely publicly funded, open to any stu-

dent, and free to any student,” the fact-checking journalism websitenoted.

Of 234 charter schools in Wisconsin, the vast majority — 211 —are operated within public school districts. Only 23 are “indepen-dent” charters, meaning they have the freedom to do what theywant, outside the control of local school boards.

But even those are public schools. And they are authorized bypublic entities, such as the city of Milwaukee or UW-Milwaukee.Nonprofits run these few schools under contract and must meet per-formance targets to continue to operate.

Roys faulted fellow Democratic candidate for governor Tony Eversfor securing a large federal grant for charter schools in Wisconsin.Evers is the state superintendent of public instruction, overseeingWisconsin’s more than 400 school districts.

Evers should be credited, not criticized, for collecting $95 millionin federal money for public charter schools last year to encourageinnovation and improvement in public schools.

Roys objects to the small number of public charter schools thatare allowed to operate independently of local school boards. But in-novation sometimes requires the ability to try new things outside thebounds of the status quo.

Evers’ position makes the most sense — and brings in more fed-eral money — for the cause of public education in Wisconsin.

The Nuestro Mundo charter school in Madison, for example, hashelped hundreds of children — some native Spanish speakers, oth-ers English speakers with no Spanish skills — become fluent in bothlanguages. And now the school’s “dual language immersion” modelhas expanded to other Madison public schools.

Moreover, some of the federal money Evers’ DPI is distributing tocharter schools this year will help economically disadvantaged stu-dents get off to strong starts at One City Senior Preschool, a charterstarted by Kaleem Caire, former CEO of the Urban League ofGreater Madison.

Democrats who hope to become governor this fall should em-brace the cause of public charter schools, rather than pretendingthey privatize education.

City aldermen approve settlement withACLU that ends “Stop-and-Frisk” policyMPD.

In addition, those stops targeted Black and Latinx people at much higherrates than they targeted White people, suggesting racial and ethnic profilingcitywide.

“I was stopped by Milwaukee police and treated like a suspect when Iwasn’t doing anything wrong,” said Charles Collins, lead plaintiff in the law-suit and a resident of Milwaukee for more than 50 years. “This agreementgives me hope that the police will change the way they treat me and that Iwill be able to leave my home and be free of suspicion.”

For the agreement to become final, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett mustsign the resolutions the council passed, and then the city attorney must signthe agreement itself. The agreement will then be filed with the court for itsapproval. The agreement would require the Milwaukee Police Departmentand Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission to end unlawful stops and frisks;institute new and enhanced data collection policies, training, supervision, andcorrective measures; and foster accountability to the public for implementinglaw enforcement reforms.

The agreement would require the Milwaukee Police Department and Mil-waukee Fire and Police Commission to:

• Change policies regarding stops and frisks;• Document every stop and every frisk conducted by officers, the reason

for the encounter, and related demographic information, regardless of the out-come of the stop;

• Improve training, supervision, and auditing of officers on stop and friskand racial profiling issues, and provide for discipline of officers who conductimproper stops or fail to document those stops;

• Release stop-and-frisk data regularly to the public;• Expand and improve the process for the public to file complaints against

police officers;• Maintain the Milwaukee Community Collaborative Committee, which

will seek community input policing strategies and their impact on the publicto improve trust between law enforcement and city residents, and seek diverserepresentation on the committee;

• Use an independent consultant to evaluate whether the city, the police de-partment, and the Fire and Police Commission are making sufficient progressin implementing the reforms and identifying and correcting unlawful stopsand frisks.

“When police stop people on the basis of race or ethnicity, it doesn’t helpsolve crime and instead harms the communities the police are sworn to pro-tect,” said Jusrat Choudhury, senior staff attorney with the ACLU’s RaicalJustice Program.

Choudhury said the agreement would guide Milwaukee police away frombias-driven stop and frisk practices that “are increasingly discredited nation-wide and move the department toward evidence-based policing.

“The Milwaukee Police Department—like every other police force in thecountry—must protect and serve everyone, regardless of race and ethnicity.”

Traffic and pedestrian stop rates in Milwaukee are more than six times

higher for Black people than for White people. This disparity was found aftercontrolling for crime rates and other factors that can influence stop rates.Searches of Black and Latinx drivers are more than 20 percent less likely tolead to the discovery of drugs than searches of White drivers.

“The Milwaukee Police Department’s work must be guided by evidenceand the rule of law, not by the color of someone’s skin,” said Karyn Rotker,senior staff attorney with the ACLU of Wisconsin.

“Under the agreement, the department would take specific steps to ensurethat officers have reasonable suspicion as required by the Fourth Amendmentwhen they conduct stops and frisks. The agreement’s measures would alsoguard against the unfair treatment of Black and Latinx people prohibited bythe Fourteenth Amendment.”

Between 2010 and 2017, the Milwaukee Police Department conductedmore than 350,000 pedestrian and traffic stops for which they have no recordof reasonable suspicion of criminal activity or a traffic or vehicle equipmentviolation, as required by the Fourth Amendment.

Said Jason Williamson, deputy director of the ACLU’s Criminal Law Re-form Project: “With this historic agreement, the city of Milwaukee wouldmake a commitment to its people to break the pattern of baseless, unlawfulpolice stops and frisks and racial and ethnic profiling. We hope this sends amessage to other cities about the need to advance fairness and equal treatmentin policing.”

“In this agreement, the city would agree to rigorous monitoring of officers’stops and frisks by an independent entity that will publish its findings for thepublic,” said Chris Ott, executive director of the ACLU of Wisconsin. “That’scrucial for the success of the reforms. Milwaukeeans must have a neutral ac-counting of the department’s progress. And the department itself needs an ac-curate picture of what’s working and what isn’t in order to improve.”

Said Shanya Dingle of Covington & Burling, “This agreement would re-quire the city to safeguard the constitutional rights of Black and Latinx peoplein Milwaukee. It represents a turning point for the Milwaukee Police Depart-ment, which will now take meaningful steps to ensure that unlawful stops andfrisks become a thing of the past.”

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Given the misinformation, falsehoods and out-and-out lies coming from various local special interests whoseself-serving opposition to parental empowerment for North Divi-sion High School has tainted the debate over charters in Milwau-kee, we thought this editorial from the Wisconsin State Journal inMadison would be appropriate. This editorial is particularly timely given the opposition to commu-nity attempts to present a proposal to the Milwaukee School Boardto create a community control paradigm at North Division.

Editor’s Note on “Latinx”:We have not misspelled Latino...or Latina! Latinx (/ləˈtiːnɛks, læ-/)

(plural Latinxs) is a gender neutral term sometimes used in lieu of Latinoor Latina (referencing Latin American cultural or racial identity). The -xreplaces the standard o/a ending in Spanish and Portuguese formingnouns of the masculine and feminine genders, respectively. The ACLU,in this article, used the term in press information supplied to the Com-munity Journal to describe Latinos...or Latinxs.

And, yet, while many people are using the term and identifying as Lat-inx, there are still others who may look at the word with skepticism andconfusion.

In recent months, HuffPost Latino Voices has incorporated usage ofLatinx into some of its articles to reflect this change. (Source:Wikipediaand The Huffington Post)

GUEST EDITORIALDon't confusecharterschools withvoucherschoolsEditorial courtesy of the Wisconsin State Journal, Madison•First published July 8, 2018

This week some of ya’ll have lost your damn minds and turned your backson Maxine Waters, our patron saint of side-eyes, social justice, and snatchingthe wigs off all things including the one on Donald Trump’s head.

I am here to tell you very respectfully: cut that ish out. Right now.This past weekend, after White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee

Sanders was asked to leave a restaurant by its owner because of her associa-tion with the Trump administration and her role as the President’s officialmouthpiece. Rep. Maxine Waters addressed that incident during a rallyprotesting the Trump Administration’s policy of separating migrant familiescrossing the border.

“Let’s make sure we show up, wherever we have to show up,” she told at-tendees in Los Angeles. “If you see anybody from that cabinet in a restaurant,in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you cause a crowd,and you push back on them, and you tell them they’re not welcome – any-more, anywhere – we’ve got to get the children connected to their parents,the children are suffering.”

Now, I don’t know what MAGA edition of the constitution everybody elseseems to be reading, but in the version I was forced to learn in school, theFirst Amendment says that there is legally nothing wrong with what Waterssaid.

Auntie Maxine told us to tell our elected officials who support oppressive,bigoted, and inhumane policies that they are not welcome. Meanwhile Pres-ident Trump supported and enforced the policy that continues to keep childrenof color in cages like rabid dogs.

And ya’ll think she crossed the line?If this is Earth as we know it, someone needs to get me a ticket to Mars be-

cause the world has just officially stopped making the last semblance of anysense.

Why are we acting like telling people they aren’t welcome isn’t as Ameri-can as apple pie and baseball?

White people tell us we’re not welcome all the time; to our faces, at barbe-cues in public parks, at public pools, outside of stores, at Starbucks, taking anap on a college campus or generally just while breathing.

They shout “YOU’RE NOT WELCOME N***ER” from pick up trucks inthe south and on buses in New York City. They imply it as they grab theirpurses and cross the street, or hold up an #AllLivesMatter signs at rallies be-cause just the visual of the word “Black” makes them see red.

We are very violently, “not welcome” simply for the color of our skin, thekink of our hair, the breadth of our noses and the fullness of our lips. We losejobs for looking too “ethnic,” speaking too “urban,” or dressing like a “thug.”They’ll use codes words in public to call us the N-word so as to not take on

the added burden of being called outas a genuine American made racist.

In the midst of all that, this fly ass,80 year old Black goddess of awomen with a spine strong enough tohold up the Empire State Building,stands before a crowd mourning themistreatment of children.

There she reminds us that it’s timeWE tell crooked, oppressive andproblematic politicians that they arethe ones who are no longer wel-come… and ya’ll really have a prob-lem with that?

You have got to be kidding me.When it comes to issues of social

justice or politics, this weak as water,turncoat mentality is exactly why I’mhesitant to mess with you “I don’t seerace” ninjas to begin with.

Not seeing race may sound like acute thing to say while you’re stand-

ing in line at Whole Foods, but in practice, it often leaves people of colorfeeling invisible.

Race isn’t the problem geniuses, racism is!Some of you want so badly to appeal to the white gaze that you have dis-

tanced yourself from the stereotype of the radical Black activist who needs atherapist more than a picket line, run clear to the extreme other side and endedup standing outside of Ben Carson‘s house asking for directions.

To put it bluntly, I refuse to let ya’lls Drake-like emotions slow down therevolution and stand very staunchly with Auntie Maxine Waters.

Full stop.She’s fighting for freedom during a time of her life when most elders would

be sunbathing in Florida and eating hard candy in the shade. She’s trying tocreate a better world she may not even get to see, but that our grandchildren’sgrandchildren will truthfully enjoy.

Are you ungrateful bammas really about to sit here and pull away from herjust because she had a little bass in her voice and (much more eloquently)said something that you watch white men say all the time without even flinch-ing?

I’mma have to pass on jumping on this particular bandwagon.Donald Trump may be alarmingly blasé about the likes of Kim Jong-un,

but even he is rocked by the ferocity of Maxine Waters. If that doesn’t tellyou you’re on the wrong side of history, I don’t know what will.

The greatest irony is if her efforts work, many of her fair-weather support-ers will be the first ones in line shouting, “Yaaaaas. Auntie did that.”

Have we not learned by now to listen to Black women?Did the polling data in several recent elections not already illustrate to you

how collectively unstoppable we are when it comes to shouldering move-ments others are afraid to take on?

We’ve all heard that old saying, “When a women’s fed up, there ain’t noth-ing you can do about it.”

And the only thing more formidable than a fed up woman, is an older, fedup Black woman who stopped giving a damn about your feelings a long timeago.

Maxine Waters is #BlackElderMagic in full flight. Put some respect on hername. Period.

PS – For those of you who don’t understand the difference between AuntieMaxine asking you to figuratively “push back” and tell your local represen-tatives how you feel about their dehumanizing polices, versus Donald Trumptelling his goons to literally attack minorities from a place of hatred… belowis a video of her reading a list of times Trump has called for violence.

Stop falling for fake news fam. It serves no one.

Ya’ll Tripping!:Maxine Waters andthe “Angry Auntie”antics are EXACTLYwhat we need tofight Donald Trump!Race isn't the problem, racism is!By Blue Telusma, opinion courtesy of thegrio.com

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GENESEE DEPOT, WI – TenChimneys Foundation is proud to an-nounce Stephen McKinley Hender-son as the 2018 Master Teacher forthe nationally acclaimed Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship Program at theHistoric National Landmark, TenChimneys.

Since its inception in 2009, theLunt-Fontanne Fellowship Programhas brought the nation’s top regionaltheatre actors to Ten Chimneys towork with a world-renowned MasterTeacher.

The 2018 program will occur theweek of July 15th through the 21stand will include ten specially chosenAmerican theatre actors from the na-tion’s top regional theatres to workwith Mr. Henderson in an intensiveMaster Class at the estate of theaterlegends Alfred Lunt and LynnFontanne in Genesee Depot, Wiscon-sin.

The 2018 class will focus on forti-fying each actor with justified reality;reflecting that they are coming froman experience to an experience, to dosomething immediate, important andcompelling.

ABOUT STEPHEN MCKINLEY HENDERSON

Stephen McKinley Henderson’sglowing performances have appearedon stages throughout the United

States and abroad, on Broadway andoff, as well as in television and film.

He has received Obie and LucilleLortel awards in the OutstandingLead Actor category for his work asPops in Stephen Adley Guirgis’ Be-tween Riverside and Crazy, the playwhich received the 2015 PulitzerPrize for Drama.

He received a Tony nomination asFeatured Actor for his work in the2010 Broadway revival of Fences.

Mr. Henderson’s additional filmwork includes performances in fiveOscar nominated films: Greta Ger-wig’s Lady Bird, Steven Spielberg’sLincoln, Denzel Washington’sFences, Kenneth Lonergan’s Man-chester by the Sea and StephenDaldry’s Extremely Loud and In-credibly Close.

He also recurred as a judge for 15seasons on NBC’s landmark seriesLaw and Order. In addition, he re-ceived a 2017

Virtuoso Award from the SantaBarbara International Film Festivalfor his work as Bono in Paramount’sAcademy Award Nominated film ofAugust Wilson’s, Fences.

He regularly teaches MasterClasses for Juilliard Drama Divi-sion’s Third Year students and wasthe 2016 Denzel Washington En-dowed Chair at Fordham University.

Mr. Henderson delivered the com-mencement address and receivedJuilliard’s Honorary Doctorate ofFine Arts in May of 2017. Recently,Henderson retired as Professor andformer Chair of Theatre and Dancefor The State University of New Yorkat Buffalo.

He is a member of the LAByrinthTheatre Company, a Fox FoundationFellow, and Distinguished Alumnusof Purdue University GraduateSchool, College of Liberal Arts.

“In all my years of joy and anxietyin the American theatre I have neverbeen more thrilled about the potentialfor sharing within this ensemble ofactors.” ~ Stephen McKinley Hen-derson

Mr. Henderson will join the illus-trious list of Lunt-Fontanne Fellow-ship Master Teachers including LynnRedgrave, Barry Edelstein, OlympiaDukakis, Joel Grey, Alan Alda,David Hyde Pierce, Phylicia Rashad,Jason Alexander and Alfred Molina.

Through this groundbreaking na-tional program, the top actors in thecountry are given a rare and specialopportunity to grow artistically,renew their passion for their art form,deepen their commitment to mentor-ship, and form a national communityof Lunt-Fontanne Fellows.PUBLIC OPPORTUNITIES

On Friday, July 20th, Ten Chim-neys Foundation will present A Con-versation with Stephen McKinleyHenderson, an intimate evening dur-ing which Mr. Henderson will sharestories about his life and career.

On Saturday, July 21st, Mr. Hen-derson and the ten 2018 Lunt-Fontanne Fellows will take the stagetogether for a Concluding Presenta-tion, a rare look highlighting the re-markable Fellows and the work they

explored during their week at TenChimneys,

Tickets go on sale Tuesday, May8th. More information, includingticket prices and program details, can

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STEPHEN MCKINLEY HENDERSON WILL LEAD THE NATION’STOP ACTORS AS MASTERTEACHER FOR THE 2018 LUNT-FONTANNE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMAT TEN CHIMNEYS

Stephen McKinley Henderson (at left), Ten Chimneys 2018 Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship Master Teacher

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be found at www.tenchimneys.org,or by calling (262) 968-4110. Seat-ing is limited and designated by thebest available within your chosensection at the time of the reservation.TEN CHIMNEYS FOUNDA-TION - PROGRAM HOST

The one-of-a-kind Lunt-FontanneFellowship Program takes place atTen Chimneys - the National His-toric Landmark estate lovingly cre-ated by theatre legends Alfred Luntand Lynn Fontanne, widely consid-ered the greatest acting couple in thehistory of American theatre.

This beguiling Wisconsin land-mark offers a one-of-a-kind environ-ment for the work of theLunt-Fontanne Fellowship Program.

Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanneconstructed Ten Chimneys to be theperfect working retreat for them-selves and a circle of friends com-prising the best-of-the-best inAmerican theatre.

This historic context and the inher-ent inspiration of Ten Chimneys iswhy Ten Chimneys Foundation’s in-augural Master Teacher, Lynn Red-grave, said that "this program simplycouldn't happen anywhere else," andwhy participating Fellows have alltalked about the experience being"transformative." Today, Ten Chim-neys is open to the public as a HouseMuseum and a national resource forAmerican theatre.

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Stephen McKinleyHenderson at Ten Chimneys

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