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Starting points

AAA Statement on Race
American Anthropological Association's statement on race
Exposing Bias: Race and Racism in America
Harvard Extension School interview between journalist and anthropologists, 2016. Updated in 2021.
A History of Race and Racism in America, in 24 Chapters
New York Times, 2/22/17
How Racism Invented Race in America
Part 1 of a 4 part series for The Atlantic, 6/23/14
RACE - The Power of an Illusion
Interactive exploration of the concept and history of race from PBS
UMaine Racial Justice Challenge
Learn about ways to take action.
Racism in the Era of Trump: An Oral History
From PBS.
The 1619 Project
A PDF of the original 1619 Project from New York Times Magazine.

Books on Race & Ethnicity

Statistics & Analysis

Gallup: Race Relations
Pew Research Center: Race and Ethnicity
Race and Economic Opportunity in the United States
Report by the Equality of Opportunity Project, March 2018
Racial and ethnic health disparities in the U.S.
Statista dossier, 2021

Books on Race & Politics

In the News

Media

Game over: gender, race & violence in video games
Documentary.
The Great White Hoax: Donald Trump and the Politics of Race and Class in America
Documentary.
I Learn America
Documentary.
NPR: Code Switch
Podcast.
Race, Power, and American Sports
Documentary.
Representation & the media
Documentary.
TED Talks: Race
Collection of TED Talks on the topic of race.
The Talk - Race in America
Documentary.
PBS American Portrait : I Rise
Documentary

Helpful Websites & Organizations

Center for American Progress: Race and Ethnicity
Section on race and ethnicity from the Center for American Progress, an independent nonpartisan policy institute that is dedicated to improving the lives of all Americans
Institute of Race Relations
An independent educational organization based in the UK
RACE
RACE is a project of the American Anthropological Association devoted to understanding the reality and unreality of race
Teaching Tolerance: Race & Ethnicity
Educational resources developed by Teaching Tolerance, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center

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