Spring 2008
Race and Ethnicity in Global Perspective
Web Links for the course
Resources for current issues and concerns:
The American Anthropological Association has a Statement on Race and a Statement on the connection between Race and intelligence.
The Magenta Foundation has organized Crosspoint Anti-racism, a collection of web pages for Human Rights, anti-racism, refugee issues, women's rights, and other combats other forms of discrimination. The web page are organized by country.
PBS has Race - the Power of an Illusion, a site with readings.
The Southern Poverty Law Center is an organization that combats hate and intolerance. Their tolerance.org is a new endeavor that brings together current issues. Another organizatoin is The Center for the Healing of Racism, which is located in Houston.
The United Nations hosted a World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance in Durham, South Africa, August/September 200 - see the official web page for the gathering. There was much debate on the issues involved with the conference, for instance, the New York Times on March 4, 2001.
For a wealth of information on local activities and readings on cultural diversity, please see the web page for Anthropology Professor Jay Sokolovsky's Exploring Cross-Cultural Diversity taught at USF St.Pete. Another course page I can recommend is a Sociology of Race and Ethnicity course taught by Michael Kearl at Trinity College.
Race in the USA:
New York Times' How Race is Lived in America
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture has resources and virtual exhibits. Closer to Sarasota, the University of South Florida has an Institute on Black Life.
Yahoo's listing of information on Racial Profiling
PBS has a History of Africans in America.
University of Virginia hosts Slavery Images
PBS on Thomas Jefferson
Slavery and the Making of America
A 1930s WPA collection of narratives from the enslaved
The Library of Congress has narratives from those Born in Slavery
New York Times' story on Tulsa 1921
PBS Point of View has two web pages on Race in America. One focuses on prejudice; the other provides conversations on Race.
The Commission to Study Reparations Proposals for African American Act
In June 2005, the USA Senate apologized for lynching - see co-sponsor's webpage
Race in Florida:
RaceMatters is is a resource created for Southeast Florida
Ethnicity, Ethnic Conflict, and Ethnonationalism
The course will include consideration of these case studies:
South Africa/the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission
China/Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Bosnia and Herzegovina /Srpska
Cyprus/Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Some Scholars of Note
Some symbols of anti-racism:
And see the images from Embracing Our Differences: Sarasota
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