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White Anti-racist Community Action Network
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Hello reader | |||||||||
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This is the final WACANupdate of the season.
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| A final plea! | |||||||||
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Our fundraiser has raised $800 toward our goal. Thank you to members who have contributed. We'd like to get to $1,000, so we're extending the drive until Friday midnight. Give us a good send off for the summer. Encourage our return. We'll report the final results when we sign off. | |||||||||
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Season sign-off, Friday midnight EST This August, look for an important announcement from our sister organization, Crandall, Dostie & Douglass Books. Starting October 3, this fall, WACANupdate returns every two weeks. | |||||||||
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HOT ITEM | |||||||||
| Wanted: white anti-racist youth ages 11-17 | |||||||||
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The Rosa & Raymond Parks Institute of Detroit invites white anti-racist youth to enroll in Pathways to Freedom, a summer 2007 event and tour. | |||||||||
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NEWS ITEMS | |||||||||
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Start your day with a moving account about good white folks. | |||||||||
| Steps for change | |||||||||
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Alabama apologizes for slavery. Overly white divinity schools take a critical look at becoming diverse. | |||||||||
| White dudes not ready for the multiracial society | |||||||||
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Radio DJ now has monkey on HIS back. It's official. A right-wing spokesman has called for white women to outbreed women of color. White supremacist faces additional kiddie porn charges. | |||||||||
| What's in your head, man? | |||||||||
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If this is true, it's a very bad idea. So bad it brings me into temporary agreement with some bloggers I might usually differ with. | |||||||||
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Wow, what an organizer! If only she was anti-racist. A right-wing student organizer whips up a nonviolent storm. Are white people affected by racism? Sometimes we feel it keenly. The Knoxville murders continue to feed controversy about media and race. | |||||||||
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Forty years ago the Supreme Court legalized interracial marriage. A white woman reminisces on 40 years of interracial marriage, while a man reflects on how the "Loving" decision shaped the country. Are white people oppressed? Not according to Leonard Pitts Jr. TV networks drag their feet toward diversity. | |||||||||
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White advantage... ...and disadvantage | |||||||||
| CAMPUS Watch | |||||||||
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Are some teachers going too far? Maybe some administrations are extending themselves in an unfortunate way, too. One colleague makes a dramatic statement. Can the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights keep up a good thing? | |||||||||
| Racism | |||||||||
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A region views its place in a national trend, where whites avoid prison while people of color are incarcerated. A psychologist looks at "stealth racism." | |||||||||
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TRAVEL | |||||||||
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A tour of southern Civil Rights era sights moves travelers. | |||||||||
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ENTERTAINMENT & HUMOR | |||||||||
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White contestant on British version of Big Brother removed for using "n-word." In the U.S., Steven Colbert of The Colbert Report debates Rain (now renamed) on white supremacy [humor]. | |||||||||
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OPINION & ANALYSIS | |||||||||
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Candy Palmater tells it like it is! We need to face the past, says Betty Baye. Who had the real advantage in baseball? New essay from Tim Wise. Jazz, racism, and moving beyond it. A real life situation raises questions, by Thomas Lifson. "Earning white" and the black community, by Gregory Lewis. | |||||||||
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