by Tom DeWolf | Nov 21, 2010 | Race, Oppression, Privilege
Many people, including President Obama, took exception to Attorney General Eric Holder’s 2009 comment that we remain, largely, a nation of cowards when it comes to issues of race. Some that agree with Holder may have used different words. Some disagree with his...
by Tom DeWolf | Oct 25, 2010 | Race, Oppression, Privilege, Traces of the Trade
I’m excited to spread the word that my cousin Elizabeth Sturges Llerena will have an exhibition of her artwork–dynamic images that explore New England’s complicity in the system of enslavement and its legacy today–at Linden Place Museum in...
by Tom DeWolf | Oct 12, 2010 | Race, Oppression, Privilege
In today’s New York Times, columnist Bob Herbert focuses on the plight of sisters Jamie and Gladys Scott. For seventeen years now, these two women have languished in a Mississippi prison after being convicted of setting two guys up to be robbed of $11. As...
by Tom DeWolf | Sep 29, 2010 | Race, Oppression, Privilege
Whenever you have a vulnerable population living amidst a much more powerful one, there’s always the potential for exploitation that at its worst can become a story of modern day slavery. In the United States, we have a vast immigrant population; many of these...
by Tom DeWolf | Sep 9, 2010 | Race, Oppression, Privilege
Most people have, by now, heard about Reverend Terry Jones. He’s the pastor of a small church in Gainesville, Florida who plans to burn copies of the Qur’an this Saturday evening September 11, the 9th anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center and...
by Tom DeWolf | Aug 31, 2010 | Peacebuilding, Race, Oppression, Privilege
My friend Molly Secours has written a brilliant and thoughtful essay entitled “Katie Couric Interviews God About Ground Zero Mosque.” I encourage all my friends to read it. I look forward to your thoughts…
