The Genius that Is Black Music
VOLUME 4 NUMBER 26: Sherry Kappel on Black Music Appreciation Month; Glenn Rocess on shedding unfounded assumptions about LGBTQ people after a visit to P-Town; and Brian Mack on the “T” in LGBTQ.
Glenn Rocess
Glenn Rocess is retired Navy, has traveled five continents, and worn many hats. Most importantly, he is a dad, a husband of twenty-eight years, and fears nothing except his wife’s guilt trips.
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Provincetown: Built by and for the LGBTQ Community
OHF Writer Glenn Rocess sees some of his long-held assumptions about gay people wither and die on their prejudicial vine during a day-trip to P-Town with his wife.
Just Stop Already
VOLUME 4 NUMBER 25: On the nature of cake and convictions; the origins of America’s mass shootings; the sixth anniversary of the Pulse shooting; the origins of Juneteenth; and a special shout-out to just about everyone’s first hero—dad.
Gun Violence in America, the NRA, and Racism
How did we reach this point where mass shootings have become commonplace? Those of us who are older remember a time long before Columbine, when school shootings were simply unheard of. What changed? As with so many of our nation’s shortcomings, it begins with racism.
Buffalo: White Supremacy Kills Again
VOLUME 4 NUMBER 21: Clay Rivers on another mass murder of Black people; Glenn Rocess on white supremacy's last hurrah; William Spivey on the intertwined nature of freedom.
The Glenn Rocess Issue
VOLUME 4 NUMBER 3: Glenn Rocess’ OHF Family Tree interview in which he explains how leaving racism meant leaving his family and the rippling effects of Sidney Poitier’s inspiring and transcendent life
The Conservative Case for Supporting Critical Race Theory
Let’s objectively examine Critical Race Theory and reasons why traditional conservatives should heartily support it
Modern Social Justice Requires Universal Basic Income
Every society must work to give the poor a real opportunity to rise out of poverty
Confederates Weren’t Patriots— They Were Traitors
Those traitors fought to preserve their “right” to own men, women, and children as property, and to do with those enslaved people as they would, up to and including rape and murder.
How to Explain to My Fellow Whites Why We Can’t Use the N-Word
Simply telling white people “you can’t say that” is insufficient. The issue needs to be explained in a way white folks can understand and accept
White Supremacists Have Already Lost the Race War
If white racists define victory as remaining socioeconomically dominant in the foreseeable future, then they’ve already lost the war. They just don’t know it yet