Race/Racism/Race Relations
Websites
- The Brookings Institute
The Brookings Institute functions as an independent analyst
and critic, committed to publishing its findings for the information
of the public. It serves as a bridge between scholarship and
public policy, bringing new knowledge to the attention of
decision makers and affording scholars a better insight into
public policy issues. Brookings Institution scholars have
written extensively on the issue of race and minority politics
in America, and the Institution has published numerous articles
and books on the subject.
http://www.brook.edu/gs/projects/race.htm
- Center for Equal Opportunity
The Center for Equal Opportunity is devoted to the promotion
of colorblind equal opportunity and racial harmony. The CEO
focuses on three areas in particular, racial preferences,
immigration and assimilation, and multicultural education.
http://www.ceousa.org/ceousa.html
- Center for the Study of White American Culture
The Center was created in 1995 to address the lack of information
and discussion of the role of white people and white culture
in American society. Explicitly a multiracial organization,
the Center predicates its work on the founding belief that
a complete examination of white American culture must include
the perspectives of both insiders and outsiders to that culture.
http://www.euroamerican.org/
- Commission for Racial Equality
The CRE is a publicly funded, non-governmental body set
up under the Race Relations Act 1976 (applies in England,
Wales, and Scotland) to tackle racial discrimination and promote
racial equality. It works in both the public and private sectors
to encourage fair treatment and to promote equal opportunities
for everyone. The CRE has three main duties: to work towards
the elimination of racial discrimination and promote equality
of opportunity; to encourage good relations between people
from different racial backgrounds; and to monitor the way
the Race Relations Act is working and recommend ways in which
it can be improved.
http://www.cre.gov.uk/
- Crosspoint Anti Racism
A large collection of links in the fields of human rights,
anti-racism, refugees, women's rights, anti-fascism, etc.
http://www.magenta.nl/crosspoint/
- Equity Assistance Centers (formerly Desegregation Assistance
Centers)
The ten regional Equity Assistance Centers provide assistance
in the areas of Race, Gender, and National Origin equity to
public schools to promote equal educational opportunities.
http://www.ed.gov/EdRes/EdFed/equity.html
- Region I - New England Desegregation Assistance Center
for Equity in Education
(Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode
Island, Vermont)
http://www.alliance.brown.edu/eac
- Region II- The Metro Center
(New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)
http://www.nyu.edu/education/metrocenter/eac/eac.html
- Region III - The Mid Atlantic Equity Consortium
(District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, West Virginia)
http://www.maec.org
- Region IV - Southeastern Equity Center
(Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin)
http://www.southeastequity.org
- Region V - Programs for Educational Opportunity
(Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin)
- Region VI - South Central Collaborative for Equity
(Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
http://www.idra.org/scce/
- Region VII - Midwest Equity Assistance Center
(Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska)
http://meac.educ.ksu.edu
- Region VIII - Interwest Equity Assistance Center
(Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah,
Wyoming)
http://www.colostate.edu/programs/EAC/index.html
- Region IX - WestEd Center for Educational Equity
(Arizona, California, Nevada)
http://www.wested.org/deseg/welcome.html
- Region X - Equity Center
(Alaska, American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia,
Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, Republic of Palau,
Washington)
http://www.nwrel.org/cnorse
- Fisk University Race Relations Institute
The Institute seeks to educate people with safe, frank and
open dialogues about the insidious nature of racism as a global
problem affecting persons of color and whites.
http://www.fiskrri.org/
- Indian Law Resource Center
Founded and directed by Native Americans, the organization
is dedicated to protecting the right of indigenous peoples
to live with dignity and respect according to the ways of
their ancestors. By providing legal and technical support
to indigenous communities working on these issues, they work
to reform national and international laws to recognize indigenous
human rights.
http://www.indianlaw.org/
- Institute of Race and Social Division
The Institute on Race and Social Division is a multidisciplinary
research center at Boston University that was established
to advance scholarly investigation of, and innovative teaching
about, the causes, consequences, and methods of resolving
divisive conflicts between social groups within the modern
nation.
http://www.bu.edu/irsd/
- Institute of Race Relations
The London-based Institute of Race Relations (IRR) conducts
research and produces educational resources which are at the
cutting edge of the struggle for racial justice in Britain
and internationally. It seeks to reflect the experience of
those who suffer racial oppression and draws its perspectives
from the most vulnerable in society.
http://www.homebeats.co.uk/
- Institute on Race & Poverty
The Institute, founded in 1993, focuses on real issues that
affect real people. Their goals are to create scholarship,
commentary and dialogue to increase the understanding and
support of those unfairly constrained by race and poverty.
http://www1.umn.edu/irp/index.html
- Institute on Race, Health Care and the Law
The Institute on Race, Health Care and the Law is dedicated
to improving the health status of African Americans, Asian
Americans, Latino Americans, Native Americans, and Pacific
Americans by helping legislators, policy makers, lawyers,
health care professionals and consumers examine race, health
and human rights; with particular attention on the role of
domestic and international law in promoting and/or eliminating
racial disparities in health status and health care.
http://www.udayton.edu/~health/
- Intelligence Project
The Intelligence Project monitors hate groups and extremist
activity throughout the United States and oversees the investigation
and publishing activities of Klanwatch and The Militia Task
Force.
http://www.splcenter.com/intelligenceproject/ip-mainbtm.html
- NAACP
Founded in 1909 by a group of black and white citizens committed
to social justice, the National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People is the nation's largest and strongest civil
rights organization. Their principal objective is to ensure
the political, educational, social and economic equality of
minority group citizens of the United States.
http://www.naacp.org/default.asp
- Native American Rights Fund
NARF is a non-profit organization that provides legal representation
and technical assistance to Indian tribes, organizations and
individuals nationwide. There mission is to preserve tribal
existence, protect natural resources, promote human rights,
ensure the accountability of governments and to educate the
public about Indian rights, laws, and issues.
http://www.narf.org/
- Poverty & Race Research Action Council
PRRAC is a non-partisan, national, not-for-profit organization
convened by major civil rights, civil rights, civil liberties
and anti-poverty groups. Their purpose is to link social science
research to advocacy work in order to successfully address
problems at the intersection of race and poverty.
http://www.prrac.org/
- Race and Ethnic Studies Institute
The Race and Ethnic Studies Institute's mission is to conduct
and disseminate national and international level interdisciplinary
and policy research pertaining to ethnicity across various
public policy areas.
http://www.resi.tamu.edu/index.html
- Race, Racism and the Law
Race, Racism and the Law considers race, racism and racial
distinction in the law. It examines the role of domestic and
international law in promoting and/or alleviating racism.
The site includes statutes, cases, excerpts of law review
articles, annotated bibliographies and other documents related
to race and racism.
http://www.udayton.edu/~race/
- The South and Meso American Indian Rights Center
The South and Meso American Indian Rights Center exists
to ensure that the struggles of Latin America's Indigenous
peoples for self-determination and respect are heard in the
U.S. and internationally, and to support Indigenous peoples'
organizing.
http://saiic.nativeweb.org/
- Southern Poverty Law Center
The Southern Poverty Law Center is a nonprofit organization
that combats hate, intolerance and discrimination through
education and litigation.
http://www.splcenter.com/
- Teaching Tolerance
Teaching Tolerance is a national education project dedicated
to helping teachers foster equity, respect and understanding
in the classroom and beyond. The project, which is an extension
of the Center's legal and education efforts began in 1991
in response to an increase in hate crimes among youth.
http://www.splcenter.com/teachingtolerance/tt-index.html
- U.S. Census Bureau Minority Links
Links to the latest data on racial and ethnic populations
in the United States.
http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/hotlinks.html
Online Publications
- Connections
Connections is the quarterly magazine of the Commission
on Racial Equality. It contains up-to-date news, comment,
analysis and in-depth features on developments in race relations
and racial equality.
http://www.cre.gov.uk/publs/connxns.html
- EpiCenter
The newsletter of the International Center for Migration,
Ethnicity and Citizenship, each issue provides updates on
the major activities of the Center.
http://www.newschool.edu/icmec/epicentr.htm
- Equity Infoline
Information letter distributed throughout the Equity Center
service region: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii,
American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the
Republic of Palau.
http://www.nwrel.org/cnorse/infoline/index.html
- How Race Is Lived In America
New York Times series on race, 2000.
http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/race/
- Intelligence Report
The quarterly Intelligence Report offers in-depth analysis
of political extremism and bias crimes in the United States.
It profiles Far Right leaders, monitors domestic terrorism
and reports on the activities of extremist groups. Each issue
contains summaries of bias incidents from throughout the country.
http://www.splcenter.com/intelligenceproject/ip-index.html
- Poverty & Race
Poverty & Race is the newsletter of the Poverty & Race
Research Action Council.
http://www.prrac.org/newslet.htm
- Teaching Tolerance Magazine
Teaching Tolerance magazine spotlight educators, schools
and curriculum resources dedicated to promoting respect for
difference in the classroom and beyond. The 64-page full-color
magazine provides a national forum for sharing techniques
and exploring new ideas in the areas of tolerance, diversity
and justice.
http://www.splcenter.com/teachingtolerance/tt-index.htm
Updated
December 16, 2004
