Anti-Racism Resources on the Web
Compiled by Jennifer Dunmore
- Anti-Racism Net: From what I can tell, this site is built for activists, specifically Anti-Racism (AR) activists. I'm not sure of their general analysis, but I think they might have some really cool linked oppression stuff.
- Anti-Racist: This is a Canadian site. I like this site because it has a special youth page, which always rocks my world. The downside is that their idea of AR seems to only be about personal racism or more commonly recognized forms of racism.
- Southern Poverty Law Center is a good resource for U.S. folks when trying to explain the VERY real threat of extremist racism and so on, especially for teens living in the burbs. They also have a website, "Teaching Tolerance," and while I have issues with the term “tolerance,” their teen site on teaching tolerance has some pretty cool organizing tools and racism awareness activities. From my experience with this organization though, they don't have much of a deeper analysis past personal privilege and oppression.
- The National Coalition Building Institute does a lot of work with helping organizations build connections within their community. They are an international organization, and have programs out of some cities in Canada as well as the U.S. Their AR analysis sounds like it could be real tight, looking at their description of the training, but I feel I've heard mixed reviews about it from people that have gone, so take them with a grain of salt.
- I CARE's Crosspoint Anti-Racism: This is a resource site having AR website info for just about any major country one could think of. Really a good site to get an idea of what kind of organizations are out there and to see if any might be near you or a group you are working with.
- Project Change: This is a really tight organization that started out mostly in the southwestern U.S. They are connected to the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, and this website has free access to some of their publications, which seem like they rock. They also rock, because they seem to be all about the community organizing.
- The Canadian Race Relations Foundations has good info on the history of Racism in Canada. It seems to be about the basics of race issues in Canada, not much of a deep AR analysis, but some pretty cool stuff all the same.
- This is the National Council of American Indians, from what I can tell, its run by U.S. First Nation folks. I think it's a good combination of what First Nation folks are up to in U.S. politics today, and their " Frequently Asked Questions About Indians" sheet is pretty tight.
- NativeWeb: Another very good site for finding out about indigenous cultures around the world and current events of aboriginal peoples and their history near you.
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Last updated on Friday, April 18, 2008.
