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OHF Magazine, Issue No. 4: The White Issue
Oppression and White Supremacy in America
The Jim Crow Era Was Never “Happy Times” for Black People
Despite what you may have heard in the news lately, the period of Jim Crow was never nor can it ever be viewed as a period of benefit for Black families.
OHF Weekly’s Best of 2023
OHF WEEKLY, VOL. 5 NO. 44: Our year-end compilation of 2023’s top articles.
Why Organizations Fail at DEI
It takes more than simply hiring someone to address issues within an organization. It takes a top-down commitment to be part of that change.
Losing a White Friend Due to His Racism
What do you do when they cross the line?
The Redux: If Not Now, White Folks, When?
OHF WEEKLY, Vol. 5 No. 34: Editor’s letter on allyship, racial equity, racism, and inclusion; plus a quote by Iyanla Vanzant.
10 Steps to Being an Ally to Marginalized Groups
OHF WEEKLY, Vol. 5 No. 33: Editor’s Letter, “Remember When You Couldn’t Call Out a Racist? I Do.”, and a quote by Oprah Winfrey.
There Is But One Fight
If the disease “is greed and the struggle for power,” then it is greed and the struggle for power anywhere that we must fight.
Juneteenth: Celebrate Freedom
From OHF WEEKLY Vol. 5 No. 22: On the origins of Juneteenth and why the holiday matters.
Did Karma Ever Catch the Emmett Till Killers?
With the death of Carolyn Bryant, the last living of Emmett Till’s killers, can America surrender even a little of her rage in the absence of Till’s due justice?
You Can Know Me
If Black people can develop and refine metaphors to understand the white experience (in all of its constituent complexity, pain and privilege), how is it that white people are excused from understanding the Black experience?
Black History Yesterday, Today, and Forever
From OHF WEEKLY, Vol. 6 No. 3: On Black History writ large and small in the world and in our lives.
Liberals, Allies, and Other Misnomers
From OHF WEEKLY, Vol. 6 No. 2: Memes, self-help gurus, and the like will tell you to ignore what others say about you, but the truth is that most of us are influenced by what others say about us.
Racial Equity, Allyship, and Inclusion in 2024
From OHF WEEKLY, Vol. 6 No. 1: Why publish a newsletter about racial equity, allyship, and inclusion when there’s so much racism in the world?
10 Steps to Being an Ally to Marginalized Groups
From OHF WEEKLY, Vol. 5 No. 33: So you want to be an ally–yay! But what exactly does that mean?
Juneteenth: Celebrate Freedom
From OHF WEEKLY Vol. 5 No. 22: On the origins of Juneteenth and why the holiday matters.
Let’s Talk Black Excellence, People!
From OHF WEEKLY, Vol. 5 No. 21: Managing Editor Sherry Kappel‘s collection of stories that celebrate Black people rising above America’s culture of racism, murder, and hate crimes.
