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White Anti-racist Community Action Network


June 8, 2006

 

Dialogue on reparations

CHAT this Tuesday, June 13
Mark your calendar for a live coast to coast CHAT session with Ida Hakim, Tuesday, June 13 (3pm Eastern; 2pm Central; 1pm Mountain; Noon Pacific).

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OPINION

"Crash" and the self-indulgence of white America
Did the recent best picture of the year, Crash, have the anti-racist impact that many hoped it would? Or did it do something else? CLICK HERE




 

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Borderpolitics of Whiteness Conference: Call for papers
Borderpolitics, a conference on whiteness to be held in Sydney, Australia in December 2006, has placed a call for papers. The conference is sponsored jointly by the Department of Critical and Cultural Studies of Macquarie University and the Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Association. Among keynoters is Cheryl Harris, Professor of Law, UCLA. CLICK HERE


 

*** NEWS ITEM ***

Video game invokes racist imagery at border crossing
A video game available on the web invokes old-style racist imagery and content. The game portrays people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. The game player's task is to kill them. CLICK HERE




 

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