The Actual Lives of Black Victims
OHF WEEKLY, VOL 4 NO 30: Sherry Kappel on the people behind the headlines and hashtags; Jesse Wilson on the elusiveness of racial equality; and William Spivey on the difficulty in acknowledging systemic racism.
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Provincetown: Built by and for the LGBTQ Community
OHF Writer Glenn Rocess sees some of his long-held assumptions about gay people wither and die on their prejudicial vine during a day-trip to P-Town with his wife.
Just Stop Already
OHF WEEKLY, VOL 4 NO 25: On the nature of cake and convictions; the origins of America’s mass shootings; the sixth anniversary of the Pulse shooting; the origins of Juneteenth; and a special shout-out to just about everyone’s first hero—dad.
The Simplicity of Equality
OHF WEEKLY, VOL 4 NO 12: All who journey to equality follow the same principle: the humanity they see in themselves is identical to that in someone else
Respect and Love
We need to remember everyone is trying to figure out this life. Everyone has challenges. Everyone struggles. Everyone is simply human
Making Space for Black Women
You never know what mark your opportunities may lead you to make
Pride and the “T” in LGBTQ
To me, Pride means defiance against those who would say we’re anything less than human. It means rebellion against the status quo
The Elusiveness of Racial Equality
Laws are merely a comfortable curtain around what we think and how we behave.
Sheryl Sandberg and the Promise of Misogyny and Inequality
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg appeared to be the archetype for the modern woman. Enter patriarchy
Helping White People Discuss Racism with Family and Friends
Tips for white folks on speaking about racism and injustice to other white folks
Modern Social Justice Requires Universal Basic Income
Every society must work to give the poor a real opportunity to rise out of poverty
The Strange Paradox of White Privilege
There’s something in the grammar of how the concept of white privilege is introduced and discussed that virtually guarantees the actual meaning of the term will be misunderstood