by Tom DeWolf | Aug 21, 2013 | History, Genealogy, Politics, Race, Oppression, Privilege
I take a healthy dose of satisfaction when privileged people in power are stifled in their wrong-headed attempts to exert control in clearly damaging ways. Case in point: When Mitch Daniels was still governor of Indiana he attempted to influence the removal of books...
by Tom DeWolf | Jul 19, 2013 | Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
In the aftermath of the “not guilty” verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman over the death of Trayvon Martin, I’ve been astounded at the lengths to which some white folks have gone to defend the jury’s decision in terms of issues of race....
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 12, 2013 | Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
It was fifty years ago today, June 12, 1963, that an assassin’s bullet took the life of Medgar Evers in the driveway of the home he shared with his wife, Myrlie Evers, and their three children in Jackson, Mississippi. I strongly encourage my readers and friends...
by Tom DeWolf | Apr 26, 2013 | Author Stuff, Writing, Race, Oppression, Privilege
I read a blog post by a friend of mine yesterday, “A Love Letter to the Men of the World,” that highlights how well-intentioned men are often blind to the ways in which we marginalize women and perpetuate sexism and male supremacy. Though the piece does...
by Tom DeWolf | Dec 31, 2012 | History, Genealogy, Race, Oppression, Privilege
This post is specifically intended for my white friends who (like me until several years ago) have never heard of Watch Night, or don’t understand the significance of its observation on New Year’s Eve; specifically in African American churches and...
by Tom DeWolf | Oct 1, 2012 | Race, Oppression, Privilege
I first learned about RACE: Are We So Different? in advance of my April 2010 work with the Southwest Michigan Black Heritage Society in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The exhibit was about to visit the Kalamazoo Valley Museum that year. My visit was to help spark community-wide...
