Ethnicity, Culture, and Race

Of or relating to sizable groups of people sharing a common and distinctive racial, national, religious, linguistic, or cultural heritage.

Sub-headings:

African/African-American

Asian & Pacific/Asian-American

European/European-American

Jewish

Latin American/Hispanic

Middle Eastern

Native American

United States Culture

Cultural aspects of life in the United States.

Resources in this category:

Center for the Study of Political Graphics
http://www.politicalgraphics.org/

The Center for the Study of Political Graphics (CSPG) is an "archive that collects, preserves, documents, and exhibits domestic and international posters relating to historical and contemporary movements for peace and social justice." Online examples from the collection with full catalog records.

Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Hawaii Looking Back
http://starbulletin.com/specials/millennium/

Short history of Hawai`i; originally appeared in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in 1999.

International Council for Canadian Studies
http://www.iccs-ciec.ca/

"The International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS) is a federation of twenty national and multi-national Canadian Studies associations, governed by an Executive Council and an elected four-member Executive Committee. Its mandate is to promote and support research, education and publications in all fields of Canadian Studies and in all countries." This site contains information about the federation and links to its members Web sites, scholarship and fellowship information, and links to resources related to Canadian Studies.

Interracial Voice
http://198.66.252.234/

"Interracial Voice is published every other month as an independent, information-oriented, networking newsjournal serving the mixed-race/interracial community in cyberspace. This electronic publication advocates universal recognition of mixed-race individuals as constituting a separate "racial" entity." There's a great collection of thoughtful articles and book reviews here.

Inventors Assistance League Multicultural Resource Center
http://www.inventions.org/culture/

Inventors Assistance League has provided biographical information about under-represented inventors, as well as recognizing what these people invented. This section also features demographical information and trends related to inventions and inventors.

Minority Affairs Forum
http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/pub/README.html

"Devoted to education about minority-related issues, including immigration, Affirmative Action, bilingual education, and race relations." It provides extensive coverage of immigration and Affirmative Action through links to a variety of articles on the Web representing diverse points of view.

Minority Online Information Service
http://www.molis.org/

MOLIS provides information about government research and education opportunities for minorities. Information primarily focuses on HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) and HSIs (Hispanic Serving Institutions). By searching the site, you can find information about faculty at these institutions, scholarships and fellowships for minorities, and important current events (including faculty appointments, job openings etc).

Multi-Cultural Calendar
http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/

Holidays around the world. Search by month, holiday, country, or keywords. Many include recipes, crafts, history of holiday.

Multicultural Literature for Children
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48493

This IPL pathfinder is designed to assist parents, teachers, and other interested adults in finding find bibliographical lists of multicultural materials for children. These materials cross many genres, but must be accurate and portray characters in positive, non-stereotypical ways. Both print and Internet sources are provided.

Online Resource Guide to Political Inquiry
http://web2.uwindsor.ca/courses/ps/dartnell/index.html

A directory of "research gateways . . . supplemented by specific Web-based research that focuses on specific themes." Topics include area studies, international studies, issue-based politics, reference and research, theory and analysis, and web-based projects. An excellent scholarly resource.

Online Resources for Canadian Heritage
http://www.civilization.ca/orch/www00_e.html

"This list focuses on Internet resources pertinent to Canadian heritage in the disciplines covered by the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation: archaeology, ethnology, history (including military history and postal history), and folk culture."

Resources for and about Multiracial/Multiethnic Americans
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48507

This IPL pathfinder contains resources that discuss or were written by biracial and multiracial Americans, dealing primarily with racial identity. Included are Internet resources, first-person accounts, books, journals, and organizations.

Say Hello to the World
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/hello/

"Learn to say "hello" in over 30 different languages, plus find links to resources about the languages, the cultures, and language learning on the Web."

Tolerance.org
http://www.tolerance.org/

"The mission of Tolerance.org is to create a national community committed to human rights. Its goal is to awaken people of all ages to the problem of hate and intolerance, to equip them with the best tolerance ideas and to prompt them to act in their homes, schools, businesses and communities... Tolerance.org is structured for easy access to news, solutions and engaging exercises that teach and prompt personal soul-searching." Includes a map and profiles of hate groups in the United States; a map and profiles of U.S. human rights groups; Tolerance and Hate in the News; tests to explore your personal biases; a Civil Rights Movement exhibit; and ways to fight hate.

What is Culture?
http://www.wsu.edu:8001/vcwsu/commons/topics/culture/culture...

"This Learning Topic proposes to explore the concept of human culture. We hope, here, to outline some of the broad-ranging debates which have gone on about the concept of culture during the past century. Furthermore, we hope to offer some insight into what the culture debate means in our own lives and to provide some examples of how cultural meanings are formed, maintained, and changed."

Women and Society
http://www.womenandsociety.buffalo.edu/

"An Internet reference project on the World Wide Web." This website offers an extensive bibliography, filmography, and collection of links to online sources for the interdisciplinary study of "the complex interplay between factors of gender, class, race and ethnicity."

Y?: The National Forum on People's Differences
http://www.yforum.com/

"This forum ... gives you a way to ask people from other ethnic or cultural backgrounds the questions you've always been too embarrassed or uncomfortable to ask them." Questions and answers and answers evaluated by the Y? staff. On some topics Y? experts weigh in on questions. "The National Forum On People's Differences has no agenda or cause, other than to get people talking across their differences." Archive of past questions, answers, and expert opinion. Research/Coursework Center allows students to post questions on diversity and related issues, and appropriate answers are posted.