Ending Affirmative Action Hurts Everyone
OHF WEEKLY, VOL. 5 NO. 25: Editor’s Letter, “Farewell Affirmative Action?” and a quote by Ta-Nehisi Coates.
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Farewell Affirmative Action?
While the SCOTUS beat Sandra Day O’Connor’s timetable by five years, we have clearly not gotten past racism ... any glance at the headlines over the past fifteen or more years reveals the ways America is still mired in racism.
SCOTUS Gone Amok . . . as Planned and Purchased
Once again, the SCOTUS has shown People of Color in general, and Black people in particular, the naked disdain they are more than willing to exercise against us.
Did Karma Ever Catch the Emmett Till Killers?
With the death of Carolyn Bryant, the last living of Emmett Till’s killers, can America surrender even a little of her rage in the absence of Till’s due justice?
Love Letters to the Family
OHF WEEKLY, VOL. 5 NO. 6: Editor’s Letter, “Is God Love?,” “My Journey into Blackness,” “On Icons and Justice,” ”Respect and Love,” and “When Confronting Racism, All You Need Is Love. Well, Sort Of”
On Icons and Justice
OHF WEEKLY, VOL 4 NO 17: Sherry Kappel on the role of an icon and the purpose they do—or don’t—fulfill. What are their qualifications? When do they do more harm than good? And other related topics
Resistance Is the Price of Justice
OHF WEEKLY, VOL 4 NO 11: Sylvia Wohlfarth on the discrimination faced by Africans fleeing the conflict in Ukraine, and stephen matlock on the continuous need to push for justice
The Michael Greiner Issue
OHF WEEKLY, VOL 4 NO 5: Michael Greiner’s “OHF Family Tree” Interview on racial equity advocacy, “Justice Should Never Be Black or White” by Clay Rivers.
. . . and Justice for All?
From OHF WEEKLY, Vol. 3 No. 41: The debate about justice is raging across literally every city and state, every venue, every household in the country. For Black folks, though, it’s really no debate at all.
The Erik Deckers Issue
The Erik Deckers Issue: On resistance to change, the value in expanding one’s views, and the roles of learning and curiosity in life
Distant Strangers
It’s time for us to use our lives to bring us closer to equality, to inclusion, to acceptance, to diversity—and to love