by Tom DeWolf | Dec 29, 2010 | Politics, Race, Oppression, Privilege
UPDATE (Jan 1): Gladys Scott calls NY Times columnist Bob Herbert. Read his column about their New Year’s Eve conversation here. “I was happy for the Scott sisters and deeply moved as Gladys spoke of how desperately she wanted to “just hold” her two...
by Tom DeWolf | May 5, 2010 | History, Genealogy, Race, Oppression, Privilege
I’ve thought a lot over the past month about Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell’s decision to revive the practice of “recognizing” April as Confederate History Month. It is easy, and perhaps accurate, to chalk it up to politics. There has been no...