Letters to the editor
May 14, 2008
April 30, 2008
Hello,
First, I love your newsletters and organization. But, I must say I am surprised to see that you included the "9 things never to say to White colleagues" article in this latest edition. I have seen this article shot around other list serves and I do not think it is helpful to our greater cause.
I have a lot of personal issues with many of the statements because the article appear to, at times, defend White people's ignorance or being "oblivious" to their own Privilege. Now, I do not condone the outright attack of every White person because they are White. That also serves no purpose. But the tenor and tone of this piece offers excuses rather than truth.
Just my two cents. Please keep up with the fantastic work that you do.
Art Munin, Ph.D.
The following announces final development of a project first reported in our April 2 issue of WACANupdate.
April 30, 2008
Caucasians United for Reparations and Emancipation (CURE) PO Box 156, Red Oak, GA 30272 www.ReparationsTheCURE.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Ida Hakim, hakimida@reparationsthecure.org
White Supporters of Black Reparations Launch Stronger Web Presence
Caucasians United for Reparations and Emancipation (CURE) today announced the launch of their new website, featuring an updated design, new resources for faith communities, a new donor guide with advice for individuals and organizations that want to support the reparations movement but don't know where to start, expanded links, a video of the month, consolidated access to a growing archive of the organization's news feed, a section featuring the group's members and a re-tooled forum for discussion of reparations providing better interaction with the public in their ongoing and longstanding 'Dialogue with White America'.
A new section, Our Community, gives more details on longtime CURE members, and their social justice efforts, including links to their own websites. "We wanted to let the world know that persons who support reparations don't exist in a vacuum," said Ida Hakim, the group's CEO who spent the past two months retooling the organization's site. "Our members are broadly committed to justice, and they have identified support for reparations as a major justice responsibility for themselves as whites."
CURE members have won Associated Press awards, founded youth centers, launched anti-racist initiatives in their faith communities, trained anti- racist therapists, organized against racial profiling, written insightful books on race, created films on reparations, crafted Amicus briefs for the supreme court, spoken at UN workshops, conducted white privilege workshops, and founded the White Anti-Racist Community Action Network, another web resource for whites opposing racism.
"New technology, new capabilities, new sections, new members, and new energy are revitalizing CURE," said Hakim about the group, which was founded in 1992 in response to the request of a black reparations leader. "I hope when you come here you'll see your neighbors and friends. We want the world to know that white people advocating for black reparations is not a fringe idea. It's a very authentic and real form of justice work. There are very many white people who want to see changes come to pass. Our job is to make it easier for them to be an accountable part of those changes."
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