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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?
With Allyship, It’s Best if You Do You
OHF WEEKLY, Vol. 5 No. 35: Editor’s Letter, “Do Old Wounds Ever Heal,” “Workers Like it When Their Employers Talk about DEI,” “Controlling Access to Success,” “I Am Not Your Diversity,” and a quote by Denzel Washington.
Lessons from Black Teachers of the Civil Rights Era
Black teachers were consistently remembered by their former students and colleagues for their high expectations for student success, for their dedication, and for their demanding teaching style.
Do Old Wounds Ever Heal?
When do the memories of children torn from mothers’ breasts, fathers’ protection, a community’s legacy stop haunting us? When does healing begin?
Workers Like it When Their Employers Talk about DEI
Policies that foster diversity, equity, and inclusion have been shown to have many positive operational impacts — including leading to more worker engagement.
Controlling Access to Success
Some people say “indoctrination” is not what schools should do. Yet, going back to the first schools in Boston, Protestants were unwaveringly clear: that’s exactly what schools do!
I Am Not Your Diversity
What is diversity? This is a question that I have seen answered in two different ways, depending on who is asked.
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.
Remember When You Couldn’t Call Someone a Racist? I Do!
In fact, getting caught saying the wrong thing to the wrong person, or in the wrong place at the wrong time, could make for consequences that could be life threatening.
Making the Case for White Supremacy
OHF WEEKLY, Vol. 5 No. 32: Editor’s Letter, “When You Walk into that Valley,” “How Much Discriminate Is Acceptable,” and a quote by Nikki Giovanni.
When You Walk into that Valley
Those of us who live in this Land of Inequality, this desert, know there are no black-and-white answers. There is just a long, hard, emotionally exhausting journey of self-evaluation, critical thinking, and cultural study.
How Much Discrimination Is Acceptable?
The answer should be none, but it’s not. The question is when do we draw the line and say no more.
