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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.
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?
Happy Holidays!
OHF WEEKLY, Vol. 5 No. 43 A message from the OHF Weekly editors, “Increasing Racial Diversity without Affirmative Action,” and a quote by Amanda Gorman.
Anti-Intellectualism Draws Blood, Again
During a recent six-hour grilling, a new reality emerged: Attitude now gives license to punish others — a way of being that re-concretizes a pigmentocracy’s values.
Should White Folks Be Silent about Racism?
OHF WEEKLY, Vol. 5 No. 42: Editor’s Letter; Articles on Why Orgs Fail at DEI, the Holidays and the Enslaved; Racism in Public Education; A Course on How Newspapers Covered Lynchings; and a quote by Lorraine Hansberry.
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.
What Did Christmas and New Year’s Mean to the Enslaved?
A different kind of holiday season
Why Racism Remains Alive in Public Education
According to the Government Accountability Office, in the school year 2018–19, one in four students experienced bullying related to their race, national origin, religion, disability, gender, or sexual orientation.
Course Examines How Newspapers Covered Lynchings
Student journalists are using spreadsheets and databases to examine one of the darkest chapters in American history.
A Tale of Two Cities: Racism in City Planning
OHF WEEKLY, Vol. 5 No. 41: Editor’s Letter, “Will Peace Ever Overcome Hate?,” “Exploring the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Social Justice,” and a quote by Samella Harris.
Will Peace Ever Overcome Hate?
African Americans have chosen to be aspirational in pursuit of freedom from oppression and injustice, as opposed to terrorism and deconstructionist thinking.
GivingTuesday, Our Human Family, and You
Give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity.
Exploring the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Social Justice
Is AI humanity’s Prometheus moment?
Happy Thanksgiving!
OHF WEEKLY, Vol. 5 No. 40: Seasoned greetings and a William Faulkner quote.
