by Tom DeWolf | Nov 4, 2008 | Politics, Race, Oppression, Privilege
When I was in the fourth grade my dad asked me to create a list of all the things I wanted to be when I grew up. He asked me to give it to my teacher so he could tell me what I needed to do in school in order to acheive my dreams and goals. I recall with clarity at...
by Tom DeWolf | Nov 2, 2008 | Politics
The fascinating parallels between incidents in the film Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner and Barack Obama’s life and candidacy, and between the year the film was made (1967) and today, are highlighted in yesterday’s New York Times editorial by Frank...
by Tom DeWolf | Oct 24, 2008 | Coming to the Table, Inheriting the Trade, Politics, Race, Oppression, Privilege, Traces of the Trade
Did you see Douglas Blackmon’s (author of the powerful book I’m currently reading, Slavery by Another Name) October 17 article in the Wall Street Journal titled “Two Families Named McCain?” This is exactly the kind of history–John...
by Tom DeWolf | Oct 21, 2008 | Politics
The issue of race has come up many times–and in various guises–over the past 2 years of presidential politicking (I’ve written about it several times on this blog). This should come as no surprise given the historic nature of Barack Obama’s...
by Tom DeWolf | Aug 2, 2008 | Politics
An Associated Press article today says Presidential candidate Barack Obama opposes reparations. If you read the article closely you’ll find that what Obama opposes is one definition of reparations (writing checks to descendants of enslaved Africans). I agree...
by Tom DeWolf | Jul 29, 2008 | Politics, Race, Oppression, Privilege
House Resolution 194 was passed this evening by a voice vote of the U.S. House of Representatives. With its passage the House formally apologizes to black Americans for the wrongs suffered by their ancestors under the government-sanctioned institutions of slavery and...
