In “What’d I Miss?” Ossie and a co-worker talk about “white slavery” in America, a false claim perpetuated on the internet — and long debunked.
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“What’d I Miss?”: On Black men and dancing
In “What’d I Miss?” Ossie’s dad notes Elijah McClain was dancing when someone called the police on him. O’Shae Sibley was vogueing when he was stabbed to death.
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Opinion: Enforcing race-blindness will only increase race discrimination
There is no solution to racism that does not acknowledge racism or use race as part of the design for a better future.
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Littwin: The Trump-McConnell-Roberts Supreme Court strikes again. And again. And again.
Columnist Mike Littwin weighs in on the latest SCOTUS decisions and the conservative majority’s effort to roll back the clock.
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“What’d I Miss?”: The power of celebration — and cake
In “What’d I Miss?” Ossie’s dad observes one reason Black American history has been carried forward is that folks like his relatives continued to celebrate it.
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“What’d I Miss?”: A first in Colorado Springs
In “What’d I Miss?” Ossie wonders, after the election of Yemi Mobolade as Colorado Springs mayor, if there are any Black firsts left for him to achieve. His dad can think of one.
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In “Soil,” the broad biodiversity of the author’s garden takes root
In her new book “Soil,” Camille T. Dungy challenges her neighborhood’s homogenous plant policies in this melding of nature and environmental justice.
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Littwin: In Kansas City, knocking on the door while Black can get you shot. But that’s not the end of the story.
In upstate New York, we now know you can be white and still be shot while apparently never making it past the driveway.
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“What’d I Miss?”: Fighting the stereotype
In “What’d I Miss?” Ossie reveals that while he’s never even been in a fight, he still has to wrestle with the perception of the Black man as superhuman threat.
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“What’d I Miss?”: Evolution of “woke”
In “What’d I Miss?” Ossie explains how the term “woke” has gone through multiple iterations as it’s been adopted by different groups, including the latest Fox News definition.