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?
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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?