OHF Magazine, Issue No. 4: The White Issue
Oppression and White Supremacy in America
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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.
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?
“Fieldnotes on Allyship: Achieving Equality Together”
Our Human Family’s new book “Fieldnotes on Allyship: Achieving Equality Together” is an informal and informative guide to becoming an effective ally.
How I Talk to White People About Racism
OHF WEEKLY, VOL 4 NO 34: Best practices for talking about race; how actions not intentions matter when harm is inflicted on BIPOC; the difficulty white people have in seeing their racism, and announcing Lecia Michelle’s new book The White Allies Handbook.
Exactly How Much Hatred Is Enough?
OHF WEEKLY, VOL 4 NO 33: Clay Rivers asks “Exactly How Much Hatred Is Enough?”; Peter Faur on St. Louis’ residual Jim Crow racism; all hail, the Queen of Soul; Sherry Kappel’s wake-up call for would-be allies; and a quote by bell hooks.
Aretha Franklin Celebrated Her Blackness
And she inspired the world to do the same.
When the Lid Blows on Racial Tensions (Part I)
In the first of this two-part series, Peter Faur shares early experiences with racism, the effects of the 1949 Fairground Park riot, and other events that have defined and delineated countless lives in St. Louis.
When the Lid Blows on Racial Tensions (Part II)
Peter Faur on how feeling smug about understanding racial issues is not being honest with oneself, and he shares his tips forconfronting one’s prejudices and fears.
Arrogance: Shame in the Allyship Game
OHF WEEKLY, VOL 4 NO 32: The ugly side of “allyship”; remembering Nichelle Nichols, Bill Russell, James Baldwin, and a quote by Toni Morrison.
