by lindaoppenheim | May 20, 2019 | Opinion
“Ambiguity has always been a friend to racism,” writes former professional ball player, MLB analyst, lecturer at Yale University, and contributing opinion writer, Doug Glanville (New York Times, May 19, 2019). It was his response to an incident earlier...
by lindaoppenheim | Feb 3, 2018 | Article
Paul Chaat Smith, one of the curators of “Americans,” a new exhibit at Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian is unambiguous in his thoughts about Chief Wahoo, the symbol which, it was recently announced, will be removed from the Cleveland Indians...
by lindaoppenheim | Aug 17, 2017 | Opinion
William Jackson Christian and Warren Edmund Christian state clearly why the statue of their ancestor, the Confederate general, should be removed. “Our sense of justice leads us to believe that removing the Stonewall statue and other monuments should be part of a...
by lindaoppenheim | Nov 11, 2016 | Article, Uncategorized
Do you know about the symbol of wearing a safety pin? It appears to have begun in the UK after the Brexit vote. The article “People Are Wearing Safety Pins to Show Their Support for Marginalized Groups” explains it. Thanks also to Ruth Miale and Tim...
by lindaoppenheim | Jun 30, 2015 | Article
Bree Newsome’s statement explaining her motivation to scale the South Carolina statehouse flagpole and take down the Confederate flag.