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.
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Losing a White Friend Due to His Racism
What do you do when they cross the line?
When My Best Friend Was White
Race doesn’t have to determine friendships and outcomes or be a factor in every element of our lives unless we let it.
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?
Bald-Faced Racism in Tennessee
OHF WEEKLY, VOL. 5 NO. 14: Editor’s Letter, “Feeling My Way through White Spaces,” “Use Your Words,” and a quote by Maya Angelou
On Practice and Grace
Terra Kestrel on the purpose of practice and grace, and what they both make room for.
How I Talk to White People About Racism
OHF WEEKLY, VOL 4 NO 34: Best practices for talking about race; how actions not intentions matter when harm is inflicted on BIPOC; the difficulty white people have in seeing their racism, and announcing Lecia Michelle’s new book The White Allies Handbook.
Start Where You Are
OHF WEEKLY, VOL 4 NO 28: Stephen Matlock on making allyship a reality; Sherry Kappel on supporting Black People through thick and thin; and Madison Pattin on helping white people discuss racism with family and friends.
Impact and Intent
We are all far more complicated and nuanced than the words we hastily bang out and post to our social media. What do we do when their impact eclipses our intended meaning?
You Can Lead a Horse to Water, But You Can’t “Make” It Stop Being Racist
There are two reasons some folks can’t grasp the concepts of white privilege and systemic racism
Think of It as Planting Seeds, Not Changing a Racist’s Mind
It’s no one’s duty to “change” a racist’s mind, but we can choose to positively impact their life.
#NotAllWhitePeople Doesn’t Help
As a fellow white person, let me extend congratulations for not using racial epithets