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Whites against white supremacy: a new generation of activists takes on the challenge of organizing white people for racial justice.(FEATURE)

Colorlines Magazine

| November 01, 2007 | Nguyen, Vy | COPYRIGHT 2007 Color Lines Magazine. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

WHEN LILIA GARCIA BROUGHT her Latina mom and her white partner along with her to a July 2007 event introducing a relatively new group of white anti-racist activists, she was looking to introduce her loved ones to a space where they could explore ideas together about race and its social construction.

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"I'm very inspired by the potential of what this represents," said Garcia, an activist in Los Angeles. "What excites me is that as the dominant, privileged group within this social construction, whites were saying 'this [system] doesn't work for me.'"

AWARE-LA (Alliance of White Anti-Racists Everywhere), which put on the ...

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