The document shown below has been accessed from the archive of the WACANupdate. The WACANupdate was an e-newsletter published by the White Anti-racist Community Action Network (www.wacan.org) from 2004 through 2009. |
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WACAN begins 2006-2007 season |
| Welcome (and welcome back)! |
| You may have signed up for WACAN email yesterday, or you may be one of our original members. Well, here it is, our season beginning. WACAN will send email about once every two weeks during the season, ending on June 7, 2007.
Here's a callout to WACAN members who have brought news and feature items to our attention. Keep sending us what you find. |
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RESOURCES |
| Columbus Day: Not like my school taught it. |
| In fourteen hundred and ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. What did he do in 1493? Find answers on our Columbus Day page, and discover facts in the historical record of Columbus that the mainstream refuses to acknowledge.
CLICK HERE |
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*** HOT ITEM *** |
| Making Whiteness Visible premiers in Oakland, CA on Oct. 7 |
| The new film produced by World Trust and Dr. Shakti Bulter, Making Whiteness Visible, is now upon us. See WACANnews story |
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CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS |
| Struggling for Direction: White Anti-racist Practice and Accountability |
| This book, to be published by Crandall, Dostie & Douglass Books, Inc. will sample a range of opinion, rooted in practice and informed by theory, on the meaning of "accountability" as it applies to white anti-racists and the work they do. Click for HTML version
or PDF version. |
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WACAN awakens! |
| How to say our name |
| Last year's polls proved there are several ways to pronounce "WACAN." Well, we settled it. "WACAN" rhymes with "awaken," as in "WACAN awakens!" It also rhymes with "bacon." If you drop the final "g," it rhymes with a lot of things, like "makin'," "breakin'," and "rakin', and maybe "fakin'," though we're on the level. We like the idea of awakening. So, remember...WACAN awakens! |
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NEWS and FEATURES |
| Katrina Stories: White people get the housing. |
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The Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center reports to WACANnews that St. Bernard Parish has enacted legislation that will effectively whiten the parish, while the Wilmington Journal reports how linguistic profiling is applies to Katrina survivors of differing racial backgrounds calling for housing information. See
WACANnews story |
| White anti-racist blogs appear on the net |
| A recent WACAN survey found six blogs. This report is inspired by Christopher Bowers and his blog, White Privilege. See WACANnews story |
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WACAN online |
| New features! |
| International registrations and a way to get the WACAN forums to send you other people's posts by email, these are two new features added to WACAN over the summer. For information on the new email feature,
CLICK HERE |
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LATEST FORUM POSTS |
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New Feature: Email Notice Recommended Readings/Sites High School Anti-Oppression Curriculum A statement that needs a response Earning Freedom White Privilege at ColLege Documentary |
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