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Fieldnotes on Fortitude: Resilience in Resistance
About the new book by Our Human Family, the themes, who wrote for it, and why it’s the book for times such as these that you didn’t know you needed.
Our Human Family Publishes “Fieldnotes on Fortitude”
A book for times such as these
OHF Magazine, Issue No. 4: The White Issue
Oppression and White Supremacy in America
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.
On “The Native Scholar Who Wasn’t“ and Other Mistaken Identities
When people insist upon an ethnic identity, how do we know to believe people versus when to be skeptical
Volume 3 Number 22
In This Issue: Letter from the Editor on Inclusion vs Diversity, “Sheryl Sandberg and the Promise of Misogyny and Inequality,” and “Black Women’s Integral Role in the Women’s Suffrage Movement.” Whew!
Sheryl Sandberg and the Promise of Misogyny and Inequality
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg appeared to be the archetype for the modern woman. Enter patriarchy
Volume 3 Number 21
In This Issue: “That Feeling? It’s Grief.” “It’s Not About You. It Was Never About You.” “All Black Is Beautiful.” “But All Black Isn’t the Same.“ An OHF merch alert and a final thought
It’s Not About You. It Was Never About You.
The right way for white people to pay homage in Black spaces.
Volume 3 Number 20
In This Issue: “Happy In(ter)dependence Day,” “All Police Interactions Are Not Created Equal,” and “Patriots in Heart and Song."