by Tom DeWolf | May 28, 2008 | Books, Reviews, Inheriting the Trade, Race, Oppression, Privilege
One of the pleasures of traveling about the United States to speak with people about Inheriting the Trade is, well, the people. On the one hand I’ve met several new relatives that I’ve never heard of before (4th, 6th, 9th cousins and the list goes on). On...
by Tom DeWolf | May 24, 2008 | Politics
Because we–as a nation and as people–haven’t come to terms with all the intricacies of the legacy of slavery and how it continues to impact all of us–black, white, and everyone else–this particular elephant continues to lumber about in...
by Tom DeWolf | May 22, 2008 | Books, Reviews, Inheriting the Trade, Traces of the Trade
The interview that Tom DeWolf and Katrina Browne recorded for the book segment of The Early Show on CBS has now been scheduled to run on June 19. Read all about it at my cousin James DeWolf Perry’s blog: Impertinent Questions.
by Tom DeWolf | May 20, 2008 | Books, Reviews
Mark Twain defined a classic as a book “which people praise and don’t read.” I just finished the Greg Mortenson/David Oliver Relin classic Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace… One School at a Time. I’m sure most...
by Tom DeWolf | May 16, 2008 | Traces of the Trade
I just found out that Oregon Public Broadcasting will run Traces of the Trade on Sunday, June 29, at 10:30pm (rather than Tuesday, June 24, at 10:00pm, which is the typical time in many markets for the P.O.V. season premiere). My understanding is that since P.O.V....
