The function of this newsletter is to keep you abreast of AAI's work and to bring you information and perspectives on Africa-related matters that are not well-covered by other major news sources. One such forthcoming event is the United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (WCAR), to be held next month in Durban, South Africa. Hence, this time we are featuring a piece about the WCAR authored by Lynn Huntley, the founder and director of the Comparative Human Relations Initiative, an examination of contemporary intergroup relations between persons of European or African descent in Brazil, South Africa and the United States.