Pride without Prejudice
OHF WEEKLY, VOL. 5 NO. 20: Editor’s Letter, “Living Beyond the Edge of the Circle,” Mastodon, Write with Us, and a quote by James Baldwin.
ALLYSHIP49
Check out the latest posts
“Florida Is Openly Hostile to African Americans . . . ”
OHF WEEKLY, VOL. 5 NO. 19: Editor’s Letter, “The First Allies of George Floyd,” Tina Turner, OHF Weekly + Mastodon, and a quote by Tina Turner.
Black in America: Living Behind Enemy Lines
OHF WEEKLY, VOL. 5 NO. 16: Editor’s Letter, “You Can Know Me” by Christienne Leigh Hinz, and a quote by Michelle Obama.
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?
Racism and Bias in the Media
OHF WEEKLY, VOL. 5 NO. 12: Editor’s Letter, “Bethany Mandel, Wokeness, Intellectual Dishonesty...,” “When Five Black Officers Beat a Black Man to Death,” “Fieldnotes on Allyship,” and a quote by Richard Wright
Et Tu, Ally? The Tragedy of Allyship.
OHF WEEKLY, VOL. 5 NO. 10. Editor’s letter, “Life Is a Drag. Can’t We All Just Get Along?” “Happy International Women’s Day,” and a quote by Bishop Desmond Tutu.
The Cancellation of Dilbert
OHF WEEKLY, VOL. 5 NO. 9: Editor’s Letter, “The Way Forward: Race, Gender, Class and Queer Intersectionality as Survival,” and a quote by Lizzo.
How Black History Informs, Transforms, and Heals
OHF WEEKLY, VOL. 5 NO. 8: Editor’s Letter, “Groveland: Restoring its History Black Cemetery,” and a quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Groveland: Restoring its Historic Black Cemetery
Some would have us believe that learning about Black history will divide people and make matters worse. The folks in Groveland know better.
When Confronting Racism, All You Need Is Love. Well, Sort Of.
OHF WEEKLY, VOL 4 NO 50: Love conquers all, when put into action; an important heads-up about our social media; last call for our end-of-year writing prompt; and a final thought by bell hooks.
When There’s Skin in the Game
OHF WEEKLY, VOL 4 NO 48: One of the main reasons Black, Indigenous, and People of Color are skeptical of allyship is because we have seen that plot line played out too many times, and rarely does it vary. The plot unfolds something like this . . .
Afrophobia. Yes, It’s a Thing.
What makes some folks think it’s acceptable to treat Black people with contempt ranging from the veiled to the brazenly naked? And why do other folks treat us as the peers we are? You know, with genuine conviviality and all? After living in Black skin every day for well...