Ethnicities

**Overview**

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[|Ethnic Conflict Projects]

**Pew Research Center on the Census**

State Census Facts

Go the following website. [] There you will find 6 bulleted topics concerning race and ethnicity. Visit each site, reading the information and completing the quizzes at the end of each page. Record your results of the quizzes as you go.

//**PBS - Race - The Power of an Illusion**//

Inquiry into why ethnicities engage in genocide
The following Internet sites provide a wealth of information on world events and on Ethnic Conflicts:

 MASH Library Resources

Genocide Watch and specifically the Regional issues part of the site showcases countries at risk.

[]: The branch of the UN that deals with refugees and human rights.

[|Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity (INCORE)]: This organization sponsor research that deals with conflict resolution, especially that of ethnic conflict.

[|European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI)]: A non-partisan, bi-national institution that attempts to facilitate peaceful relations between ethnic groups.

[|Ethnic Conflict Research Digest]: This site "publishes peer reviews of recently published books, journal articles and research papers on the dynamics and management of ethnic conflict."

[|Human Rights Watch]: An organization dedicated to the documentation and elimination of human rights violations around the world.

[|Ethnic Conflict, Migration, and Nationalism]: This site contains a number of links where visitors can gather more information. Great comprehensive resource!

[|Ethnic Conflict]: This is a collection of writings that deal with ethnic conflict.

World’s Apart: The Roots of Ethnic Conflict: []

Ethnic Conflict in the Former Soviet Union: []

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|http://www.washingtonpost.com] [click on “world” in the news bar. When asked to register please do, it is free!]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|www.nytimes.com] [click on “world” and then use the site search engine. If asked to register please do, it is free!]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|http://www.bbc.co.uk] [use the site search engine]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[] [click on Background Notes; Country Reports]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[] Newspapers from around the world. Pretty cool! Click on the Regions drop down menu. Some foreign papers are printed in English. You have to check them out to see which ones you can read.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Additional Sources …

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The map collection at the University of Texas Perry Castañeda Library is a great place to start a search for maps: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[]

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