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Whites call for prosecution of police

CURE calls for white people to press for investigations and prosecutions surrounding recent police violence. WACANnews story

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Paid scholarship for 4-month organizer training

DART invites organizers with a college degree to apply for a summer training program. Deadline, January 1, 2007. WACANnews story

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Supreme Court and integration

News and opinion surrounding the Supreme Court review of school integration. See WACANnews story

White people adapting to a multiracial world

Racially diverse juries more accurate * Sociologists discuss inner racism * Colorblind whites appear less friendly * Fire department addresses racial problem * Barbados whites no longer in control See WACANnews story

CAMPUS WATCH

Students discuss white privilege * divesity on advisory council * whites-only scholarship * black/white micro-affairs * act rightly, not rashly * white privilege is subtle * diversity gone trite, troubling See WACANnews story

White supremacy, avowed and denied

A victim's life 10 years later * White male terrorist gets 30 years * It really isn't racism, or is it. See WACANnews story

Black / White trends

White people prefer to die. But in the meantime, they are getting richer, faster than black people. See WACANnews story

VIDEO

Exterminate white people, and about white Christmas

A hint of a call to exterminate white people riles Fox News. Fox rises to the occasion and jumps to the defense of white folks and white Christmas. WACANnews story

The ARTS

The First Waco Horror

A new book looks at a lynching in Waco, and the contemporary investigation by a white social worker and the NAACP. WACANnews story

Local artist confronts white privilege.

Local artist confronts white privilege. Puts on show in Minneapolis. WACANnews story

*** OPINION & ANALYSIS ***

Tim Wise, on the whites-only scholarship at Boston U.

A Particularly Cheap White Whine: Racism, scholarships and the manufacturing of white victimhood. See WACANnews story

Whites should see the shooting through black lens

The Sean Bell shooting in New York city raises a sympathetic response. See WACANnews story

Is racism against white people possible?

A new trend in Japan causes reflection. See WACANnews story

White supremacist's hate and rage disrupt class.

It's enough to ruin your whole day. A close encounter. See WACANnews story

*** HISTORY, HERITAGE & TRANSFORMATION ***

How Norman, OK, integrated below the radar

The story of Don and Etta Johnson recalled by white friend and fellow student. See WACANnews story

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