Hopewell Valley Race and Diversity Discussion Group meeting, February 16, 2018

by lindaoppenheim | Feb 12, 2018 | Community Meeting

Want a bright spot in an otherwise grey February? Come to the next Hopewell Valley Race and Diversity Discussion Group meeting, which will be held on February 16th from 6-9pm in Pennington @ St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church. 300 South Main Street. We’ll be...

Appreciation or Appropriation?

by lindaoppenheim | Jun 6, 2017 | Continuing Conversations, Opinion

One of the questions considered by the fifty-seven attendees at last night’s Continuing Conversation on Race and White Privilege was ” When does cultural appreciation become cultural appropriation?”  Not in Our Town facilitator, John Steele,...

24 Questions Black People Need White People To Answer, Like Right Now

by lindaoppenheim | Aug 24, 2015 | Video

Five black people pose questions about white privilege, appropriation and more.  How would you answer them?  From Buzzfeed.

What’s Wrong with Cultural Appropriation?

by lindaoppenheim | Jun 20, 2015 | Article

Maisha Z. Johnson gives nine reasons in this post.

Dear White People/Queridos Gringos: You Want Our Culture But You Don’t Want Us – Stop Colonizing The Day Of The Dead

by lindaoppenheim | Nov 4, 2014 | Continuing Conversations, Opinion

Right in line with last night’s Continuing Conversation on Race and White Privilege that focused on the current movie Dear White People, the author Aya de Leon criticizes white misuse of a sacred Latino celebration, Day of the Dead.