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8/14/2023
10 : 44
Our Medium Day After-Party: An OHF Q&A
“Sometimes, people want an ally but are not fully mindful of or committed to an 'alliance,' the latter being an agreement to support each other. Can you speak to this?” OHF WEEKLY Our Medium
8/4/2023
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Our Human Family to Speak at Medium Day!
OHF WEEKLY, VOL. 5 NO. 29: Editor's Letter, “There Is But One Fight,” “The Groveland Four,” “America Is Drunk on Racism,” and a quote by Ta-Nehisi Coates. OHF WEEKLY Our Human Family to Speak at
8/4/2023
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There Is But One Fight
If the disease “is greed and the struggle for power,” then it is greed and the struggle for power anywhere that we must fight. OHF WEEKLY There Is But One Fight By Terra Kestrel • 4 Aug 2023 • Comment
8/3/2023
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An American Town Has Not Held an Election in Sixty Years
In Newbern, Alabama, voter suppression has a particularly egregious manifestation. OHF WEEKLY An American Town Has Not Held an Election in Sixty Years By Guy D. Nave, Jr. • 3 Aug 2023 • Comment View in
8/2/2023
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The Groveland Four: Omitted from Florida’s Black History Guidelines
Much has been made about the new Florida's State Academic Guidelines for Black history, for good reason: They ignore critical portions of Black history. OHF WEEKLY The Groveland Four: Omitted from
8/1/2023
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America Is Drunk on Racism
Too many Americans are convinced that the only way to experience the high of national pride is to disregard all the evidence of racial inequity. OHF WEEKLY America Is Drunk on Racism By Walter Rhein •
7/29/2023
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Once You See Racism, You Can Never Unsee It
In This Issue: Editor's Letter, “With Racism, Absolution Is Not the Solution,” “What “Benefits” Accrued to the People Who Gained Skills as Enslaved People?” and a quote by Malcolm X. OHF WEEKLY
7/27/2023
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What “Benefits” Accrued to the People Who Gained Skills as Enslaved People?
Depending on where they were, formerly enslaved people could indeed utilize those skills, but it rarely worked out well for even the most skilled among them. OHF WEEKLY What “Benefits” Accrued to the
7/25/2023
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With Racism, Absolution Is Not the Solution
Some of us are trying to share the reality, ramifications, and human costs of racism. And others aren't looking to problem solve. They're looking to be set free of any responsibility for the
7/21/2023
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How Do “You” Vote?
In This Issue: Editor's Letter, “Visiting the Free State of George Floyd,” “Humanity on Trial in Minneapolis,” “It's Not About You. It was Never About You,” a little history about Ocoee, and a
7/20/2023
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Visiting the Free State of George Floyd
In the Free State of George Floyd, the freedom mentioned is more aspirational than real. Black people—and Minnesotans—are no better off than before. OHF WEEKLY Visiting the Free State of George Floyd
7/16/2023
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What the Ideologues Don’t Want You to Know about Immigration
The question of immigration is one of whether we as human beings will allow the better angels of our nature to overcome the biases we inherited from our forebears. OHF WEEKLY What the Ideologues Don
7/16/2023
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Inclusion > Diversity
OHF WEEKLY, VOL. 5 NO. 26: Editor's Letter, “What Ideologues Don't Want You to Know about Immigration,” Write with Us, and a quote by Zora Neale Hurston. OHF WEEKLY Inclusion > Diversity By
7/7/2023
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Ending Affirmative Action Hurts Everyone
OHF WEEKLY, VOL. 5 NO. 25: Editor's Letter, “Farewell Affirmative Action?” and a quote by Ta-Nehisi Coates. OHF WEEKLY Ending Affirmative Action Hurts Everyone By The OHF Weekly Editors & 2
7/5/2023
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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
7/4/2023
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Nice Democracy You Have There . . .
OHF WEEKLY, VOL. 5 NO. 24: Editor's Letter, “White Supremacy Always Deals from the Bottom of the Deck,” “SCOTUS Gone Amok,” “Hope Amidst Hopelessness,” “Patriots in Song and Heart,” “What, to the
7/4/2023
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Happy Fourth of July!
—from Clay and Sherry, the OHF Weekly Editors OHF WEEKLY Happy Fourth of July! By The OHF Weekly Editors • 4 Jul 2023 • Comment View in browser View in browser Photo by Brandon Mowinkel on Unsplash —
7/1/2023
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White Supremacy Always Deals from the Bottom of the Deck
When Black folks say “No” to back door substitutes, double-dealings, and anything less than parity, we are saying, “This is not equality; it is unacceptable, and nothing less will do.” OHF WEEKLY White
6/29/2023
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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. OHF WEEKLY SCOTUS Gone Amok . . . as
6/25/2023
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Talking with People About Racism
OHF WEEKLY, VOL. 5 NO. 23: Editor's Letter, “The Southern Baptists,” “Moral Bankruptcy: The Hidden Cost of Privilege,” “Provincetown: Built by and for the LGBTQ Community,” and a quote by Michelle