by Tom DeWolf | Oct 8, 2010 | Traces of the Trade
Kudos to my cousins Dain and Constance Perry. They stay very busy traveling around the country, screening the Emmy-nominated documentary film of our family journey Traces of the Trade, and inviting people into a deep conversation about racism and the legacy of...
by Tom DeWolf | Oct 1, 2010 | Appearances by Tom, Inheriting the Trade, Traces of the Trade
Inheriting the Trade has been selected for “The Big Read” this summer and fall in Bermuda. Last April, my cousin Katrina Browne–producer/director/writer of Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North–was invited to Bermuda to present the...
by Tom DeWolf | Sep 14, 2010 | Politics, Traces of the Trade
My cousin James DeWolf Perry has a new post today at his blog The Living Consequences about the ongoing saga of law professor Goodwin Liu’s nomination to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals by President Obama. I first wrote in March about the controversy...
by Tom DeWolf | Aug 7, 2010 | Politics, Traces of the Trade
So what? Political wrangling over political nominees happens regularly. But this time the Emmy-nominated film of my family’s journey, Traces of the Trade, is tangled in the intriguing web. Thank you to my cousin James DeWolf Perry for alerting me to this latest...
by Tom DeWolf | Apr 19, 2010 | Inheriting the Trade, Politics, Traces of the Trade
On March 30 I wrote about a “weapon” opponents of Goodwin Liu’s nomination have employed: comments Liu made during a panel discussion on May 6, 2008 that I attended following a screening of Traces of the Trade at the Newseum in Washington, DC. This...
by Tom DeWolf | Apr 13, 2010 | Appearances by Tom, Inheriting the Trade, Race, Oppression, Privilege, Traces of the Trade
I recently completed what is likely my last public presentation in connection with Inheriting the Trade for awhile. I don’t anticipate any speaking appearances until at least mid-September. When we schedule future appearances I hope that many of the organizers...
