by lindaoppenheim | Jul 22, 2018 | Opinion
Shanita Hubbard describes the racist remarks her 8-year-old daughter has heard since their move to a small town in Pennsylvania. “[R]aising a brown girl in a red state means I’m not living in an ideal world. It means being vigilant against the psychological...
by lindaoppenheim | Jul 22, 2018 | Opinion
Randall Kennedy uses the fifty year anniversary of the James Brown song “Say It Loud, I’m Black and Proud” to remember the reclamation of blackness in the 1960s and the persistence of colorism. Read the complete essay by clicking here.
by lindaoppenheim | Jul 3, 2018 | Opinion
Following the Continuing Conversation about Nationalism vs. Patriotism on July 2, Joyce Trotman-Jordan, Not in Our Town board member, wrote the following: I was a freshman in college when I realized for the first time this holiday was not for me. I felt a strong sense...
by lindaoppenheim | Jul 2, 2018 | Opinion
Paul C. Gorski, founder of the Equity Literacy Initiative (equityliteracy.org) recently shared these tips on his Facebook page: According to activists of color I interviewed for a study on burnout in racial justice activists, white activists must prepare themselves...
by lindaoppenheim | Jun 21, 2018 | Opinion
Emily Bazelon reviews the development of the concept “white” as she analyzes current discussions of the term and ideas surrounding it. “For a long time, many white people assumed it was our due, as the majority, to encounter various racial others...
by lindaoppenheim | Jun 11, 2018 | Opinion
Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune reporter, compares white attitudes toward current protests against injustices–Black Lives Matter, kneeling during the National Anthem, etc.–to poll responses by whites during civil rights actions in the 1960s. “Every...
