Talking with People About Racism
OHF WEEKLY, VOL. 5 NO. 23: Editor’s Letter, “The Southern Baptists,” “Moral Bankruptcy: The Hidden Cost of Privilege,” “Provincetown: Built by and for the LGBTQ Community,” and a quote by Michelle Obama.
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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Why Is it so Damn Hard to Admit Being Racist?
OHF WEEKLY, Vol. 5 No. 15: Editor’s Letter, “Gun Violence in America, the NRA, and Racism,” “The Relevance of Politics,” and a quote by Alice Walker.
The Race Massacres They Never Taught Us About in School
The only race massacre in American history I learned about in K-12 school was of the slaughter of white soldiers. We were also taught about the Trail of Tears, though in retrospect, it seems our history classes spent as much time on that one event as on all the centuries of slavery itself.
The Genius that Is Black Music
OHF WEEKLY, VOL 4 NO 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.
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
OHF WEEKLY, VOL 4 NO 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
OHF WEEKLY, VOL 4 NO 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
OHF WEEKLY, VOL 4 NO 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.