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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
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, Class, and History in the Trump Era
From the President of the American Historical Association, 5/17
RACE - The Power of an Illusion
Interactive exploration of the concept and history of race from PBS

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America by Gale Editors (Editor)
ISBN: 9780787675509
Publication Date: 2014-04-11
Multicultural America by Carlos E. Cortés (Editor)
ISBN: 9781452216836
Publication Date: 2013-09-05
Race and Racism in the United States by Charles A. Gallagher (Editor); Cameron D. Lippard (Editor)

Books on Race & Ethnicity

Ethnic Landscapes of America by John Cross
ISBN: 9783319540085
Publication Date: 2017-07-11
Everyone Is African by Daniel J. Fairbanks
ISBN: 9781633880184
Publication Date: 2015-04-07
Key Concepts in Race and Ethnicity by Nasar Meer
ISBN: 9780857028686
Publication Date: 2014-08-27
Natives and Strangers by Leonard Dinnerstein; Roger L. Nichols; David M. Reimers
ISBN: 9780199303410
Publication Date: 2014-10-24
Race and Urban Communities by Teresa A. Booker (Editor)
ISBN: 9781937378486
Publication Date: 2016-07-01
Race in America by Patricia Reid-Merritt (Editor)
ISBN: 9781440849923
Publication Date: 2017-01-23
Race in Mind by Paul Spickard
ISBN: 9780268041489
Publication Date: 2015-12-01
Rural Ethnic Minority Youth and Families in the United States by Lisa J. Crockett (Editor); Gustavo Carlo (Editor)
ISBN: 9783319209760
Publication Date: 2015-12-03
Social Statistics and Ethnic Diversity by Patrick Simon (Editor); Victor Piché (Editor); Amélie A. Gagnon (Editor)
ISBN: 9783319200941
Publication Date: 2015-08-27

Statistics & Analysis

Gallup: Race Relations
NBC/WSJ Poll: Americans Pessimistic on Race Relations
9/21/2017
Pew Research Center: Race and Ethnicity
Pew Research Center: Social Media Conversations about Race
8/15/2016
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, 2020

Books on Race & Politics

Bringing Race Back In by Christopher T. Stout
ISBN: 9780813936680
Publication Date: 2015-03-13
Contested Transformation by Carol Hardy-Fanta; Pei-Te Lien; Dianne M. Pinderhughes; Christine Marie Sierra
ISBN: 9780521196437
Publication Date: 2016-10-25
Give Us the Ballot by Ari Berman
ISBN: 9780374711498
Publication Date: 2015-08-04
Identities and Interests : Race, Ethnicity, and Affinity Voting by Randy Besco
ISBN: 9780774838924
Publication Date: 2019
Minority Voting in the United States by Kyle L. Kreider (Editor); Thomas J. Baldino (Editor)
ISBN: 9781440830235
Publication Date: 2015-12-07
Producers, Parasites, Patriots by Daniel Martinez HoSang; Joseph E. Lowndes
ISBN: 9781452960340
Publication Date: 2019-04-09
The Race Card by Tali Mendelberg
ISBN: 1400889189
Publication Date: 2017-10-09
Staging Dissent by Lisa Weems
ISBN: 9781138210660
Publication Date: 2017-11-22
To Fulfill These Rights by Amaka Okechukwu
ISBN: 9780231544740
Publication Date: 2019-09-03
The Turnout Gap by Bernard L. Fraga
ISBN: 9781108475198
Publication Date: 2018-12-13
White Backlash by Marisa Abrajano; Zoltan L. Hajnal
ISBN: 9781400866489
Publication Date: 2015-03-22

In the News

Media

America After Charleston
Documentary.
America by the Numbers
Documentary.
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.
In Jackson Heights
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.

Helpful Websites & Organizations

American Sociological Association: Race and Ethnicity
Topics page of ASA featuring news items, research, and resources on race and ethnicity
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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