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.

WACAN Demographics Revealed

How white is WACAN?

And how old is the typical WACAN member? What about gender? What states have the most members? What's the level of online participation? WACAN's demographics are now available online. CLICK HERE

How do I change my information?

Go the new "My Profile" section of WACAN. You can change your email address, contact information, and demographic data (except for race). CLICK HERE

WACAN online - DISCUSSION

White anti-racism and the generation gap

Join an online discussion of age as it relates to white anti-racist activism. Ageism is alive and well in white culture. How does it bear upon creating white anti-racist community, and building multiracial solidarity? Join the discussion.

NEWS and FEATURES

Multiracial America unfolding

Census data from 2005 show non-Hispanic whites (aka "white people") have declined from 70% to 67% since the year 2000. Other groups grow. Three articles discuss trends and forecast changes. See CLICK HERE

White supremacists embrace rap, teeny-bop sex appeal

Racist rap, viral marketing through prisons, "giggly teen chatter," code talk, and Internet radio with a 5,000 song playlist take a white supremacist message to new audiences. See CLICK HERE

Skin color doesn't matter. Not!

Light-skinned people get the jobs. Meanwhile, black heroes of 9/11 played by white actors in Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center" flick. See CLICK HERE

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Several opinion pieces came to us over the summer, including these...

Race is Always Part of the Story, by Robert Jensen (July 25, 2006) CLICK HERE

JonBenet Ramsey and Racism, by Alexandra Walker (August 31, 2006) CLICK HERE

And five articles by Tim Wise CLICK HERE

Progress and the Eye of the Beholder:

Reflections on Race, Class and Truth (June 30, 2006)

Sins of Omission:

Race, Media and the Perpetuation of Stereotypes (July 1, 2006)

"Eracing" Katrina:

Historical Revisionism and the Denial of the Obvious (July 25, 2006)

The Oprah Effect:

Black Success, White Denial and the Reality of Racism (July 28, 2006)

Rationalizing the Irrational:

Racism and the Fallacy of Personal Experience (July 31, 2006)

EVENTS

CLICK	October 20, 2006	Burlington, VT	"Into the Heart of Whiteness: Exploring and Understanding Race and Privilege in Vermont"	Conference	National Association of Social Workers - Vermont Chapter
CLICK	October 21, 2006	Boston, MA	"Celebrate the "River of Women"	Re-enactment	The Boston African American National Historic Site & The Beacon Hill Scholars
CLICK	October 28, 2006	Purchase, NY	"How Racism Hurts White People"	Discussion	Free At Last
CLICK	November 16, 2006	Boston, MA	"Re-Discovering Garrison"	Publicity event	The Boston African American National Historic Site & The Museum of African American History
CLICK	Until December 1, 2006	Urbana-Champaign, IL	"Papers and panel proposals on the critical study of whiteness"	Call for papers	The Third International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, May 2-5, 2007
CLICK	December 4-7, 2006	Oakland, CA	"Beyond Good Intentions: An Anti-Racism Workshop for White Allies in Faith-based Organizations"	Workshop	The Leaven Center
CLICK	December 11-13, 2006	Sydney, Australia	"The Borderpolitics of Whiteness"	Conference	Macquarie University - Sydney, Dept. of Critical and Cultural Studies & the Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Association
CLICK	Until December 31, 2006	Roselle, NJ	"Struggling for Direction: White Anti-racist Practice and Accountability"	Call for chapter proposals	Crandall, Dostie & Douglass Books, Inc.
CLICK	April 18-21, 2007	Colorado Springs, CO	"WPC8; The Matirx: Examining Intersections, Making Connections & Building Allies"	Conference	The White Privilege Conference & The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs