Racism Archives | Anne Winkler-Morey

War in Ukraine. Lessons From A Century Ago

Nationalism, PTSD and Historical Trauma, Public History, Racism, Social Movements, Sustainable Economies

I have a friend who is Ukrainian and Russian. We never talked politics. I have not heard from her since the war began. I write today with her in mind. Never have I known so many good people with such opposing perspectives, as those on the war in Ukraine. Unlike...

Dear Pastor Senator Warnock

PTSD and Historical Trauma, Racism, Sustainable Economies

Dear Pastor Senator Warnock, I am glad you won your re-election! I was in your hometown of Savannah on your election day, December 6, 2022. I walked by your old high school and the project housing where you grew up. I saw the economic/racial divide that was...

Daytona Notebook # 1. In search of Gordon Parks at the Halifax Historical Museum

Public History, Racism

A 2021 article described local efforts to uncover Black history and revive historic African American neighborhoods in Daytona Beach. In it was a photograph attributed to Gordon Parks, and originating from the Halifax Historical Museum. I wanted to see the...

Social Emotional Learning Circa 1965: “Be Like Christopher”

Public History, Racism

In Mrs. Macintosh’s second grade class at the Lawrence Elementary School in Brookline, Massachusetts, the October 1965 lessons focused on social emotional health. We were encouraged to believe in ourselves and our ideas, even if they were unpopular, to be...

My Grandparents’ Rent Control Apartment in Queens

PTSD and Historical Trauma, Racism, Sustainable Economies

At a recent community forum on rent stabilization in Minneapolis, my City Council member argued that rent control was not a good instrument for addressing poverty or racism because it also benefits well-off white renters, or people who are low income when they first...

A One-Way Conversation with White Nationalists.

Nationalism, Racism

What hurts you? How is your health? That of your loved ones? Do you have access to health care? Can you get the pharmaceuticals you need at a price you can afford? Are you in physical pain? Do you know people suffering from addiction? What recovery resources do they...