#NotAllWhitePeople Doesn’t Help
As a fellow white person, let me extend congratulations for not using racial epithets
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If Not Now, White Folks, When?
Black people are being slaughtered. For the dead, tomorrow is too late for your activism.
OHF WEEKLY: Vol. 3 No. 8
Guess who got a brand new web presence for their second anniversary! And we're celebrating with articles by William Spivey and Glenn Rocess! Come check it out and get your cake and champagne—WOOT!
Talking with White People About Allyship
The first thing to know about being an ally is this: You will get it wrong. More than once. More than twice. When you do
My Guardian Angels
A thank you to all the Black men I’ve never known. Fortunately, the age of chivalry isn’t completely dead
We Must See People in Color
Only when we white people can get to the place where we value Black lives equally as we do the lives of others can we say that Black lives matter
“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.
Making the Past the Past
For white American Christians, racism is an extraordinarily stubborn sin, resistant to being identified, named as wrong, being called out as wrong, and being expunged from the life of the holy believer.
Doing Right by Black People—and Not Just When It’s Convenient
It’s been a helluva week or two in America (not that most of them aren’t, these days). Just as I was getting my wits together enough to write about Ahmaud Arbery’s murder, we learned about Breonna Taylor getting shot to death.
The Biology of the Heart
For the average male and female couple, making a baby is usually a fun, easy process. It is almost always problematic for members of the gay community, but no less a life goal.
My Journey into Blackness
As a white man, my inquiry into Blackness has helped me to connect with Black people on a much deeper level.
The Whitewashing of Racism
White supremacy dissolves culpability, and allows a veneer of “niceness” to mask horrific behavior