by Tom DeWolf | Jul 18, 2016 | Coming to the Table, Peacebuilding, Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
More people dying. More funerals. More tears. More rage. More division. More frustration. Many of us feel numb and helpless in the wake of the recent killings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota by the police,...
by Tom DeWolf | Dec 3, 2014 | Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
So let me see if I understand what just happened… Eric Garner was choked to death by a New York City police officer in July The NYC Police Department prohibits the use of choke holds Garner’s death was ruled a homicide and the grand jury will not indict...
by Tom DeWolf | Apr 2, 2012 | Race, Oppression, Privilege
In response to my March 23 post — “Trayvon Martin: thoughts from a white parent” — a reader posted the following comment: I cannot stop thinking about all of the Whites, who have been murdered by blacks, because they were in the wrong place at...
by Tom DeWolf | Nov 28, 2011 | Books, Reviews, Race, Oppression, Privilege
To understand one significant aspect of the legacy of slavery and its profound impact today, one needs to look no further than the “criminal justice” system in the United States. In his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Slavery by Another Name, Douglas A....