by lindaoppenheim | Jul 17, 2015 | Letter to the Editor
In her letter to the editor of the Trenton Times (Wednesday, July 15, 2015), Not in Our Town Board member, Joyce Trotman-Jordan reminds us of the terrible outcomes of race hatred and our responsibility in the face of it: “We can no longer remain silent around...
by lindaoppenheim | Jun 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
Jenna Wortham interviews psychologist Monnica Williams, who studies the link between racism and post-traumatic stress disorder, about the effect of experiencing racism.
by lindaoppenheim | Jun 24, 2015 | Opinion
In a Huffington Post essay from December 4, 2014, Princeton University religion professor and Great Migration scholar Wallace Best analyses the perceived threat black people pose. “[H]istorically black bodies in motion in this country have always spelled danger...
by lindaoppenheim | Jun 21, 2015 | Opinion
Michael Eric Dyson in the New York Times (“Love and Terror in the Black Church,” Sunday, June 21, 2015) and NPR’s Rachel Martin talking to Rev. Charles Watkins in Charleston (“Churches Try To Stay Safe — And Keep Their Open-Door...
by lindaoppenheim | Jun 20, 2015 | Article
Maisha Z. Johnson gives nine reasons in this post.