Jay Honeck wrote:

The very name of the event starts with a racist presumption,

Are you denying that racism doesn't exist? Of course there is a
presumption of white privilege just as their is a presumption of
minority prejudice.

IMHO, and
invites nothing but ridicule and abuse, both of and by participants.

Not sure I'll make that leap.

If I were organizing such a conference, my recommendation would be to
take "White" out of the title in an effort to appear more race
neutral.

Whitey's a major part of the problem, honky.