LINKS TO AMERICAN CULTURAL DIVERSITY
Links to Cultural Diversity in America
Listed by Cultural Types and Ethnic Heritages
by Richard Jewell
INTRODUCTION: Here are some basic sites for you to use in exploring cultural diversity issues. It should be noted that many of these categories--especially the extremely broad ones such as "religion" and "women," do not pretend to offer a compendium of links to their subjects; rather, they attempt only to offer a set of links that helps establish the cultural diversity of the subject. Please also note that the lists below are, at present, rather short: your additions and suggestions are welcome.
WARNING: For accurate research, consider the source. Sites containing ".edu" (education only) and ".gov" (government only) may be more accurate. However, even ".edu" sites may be Web pages developed by a single instructor or student and represent only his or her own viewpoint. For Web site evaluation guidelines, click here: Evaluating Web Sources.
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Disclaimer: Please note that the Web experiences rapid shifting of sites, which come and go. If a link below takes you to a dead address, I apologize and encourage you to inform me. --Richard Jewell
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GENERAL
Canada:
http://cwr.utoronto.ca/cultural
Women Writers of Color: http://voices.cla.umn.edu.
University of Minnesota site
Culture
& Race: www.pbs.org/race/000_General/000_00-Home.htm.
"Race--The Power of an Illusion" (site suggesting culture, not
genetics, may determine differences)
General: http://www.google.com. Type, using
quotation marks at each end, "Links to Cultural Diversity"
Holidays: www.diversityatwork.com/div_calendar.html.
Religious holidays; global-diversity connection
United Nations: http://www.un.org. The United Nations, a
source site for some of our ethnic traditions from other countries
Immigrants: www.pbs.org/independentlens/newamericans/
Folklore: www.americanfolklore.net
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AFRICAN AMERICANS
http://BET.com. Owned by
Black Entertainment Television; misc. information
www.blackfacts.com.
"Black history" searchable by date and topic
http://BlackPlanet.com. One of
the most-used ethnic sites: chat issues, et al.
www.blackvoices.com.
One of the world's most visited African-American sites
http://voices.cla.umn.edu.
University of Minnesota site focusing on women writers of color
www.blackandchristian.com.
African-American church history
www.authorsontour.com.
African-American
authors biographies & Web pages; reviews; bookstores
www.undergroundrailroad.com.
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center online
http://anacostia.si.edu/.
Smithsonian Institute's museum of African-American culture and history
http://www.memory.loc.gov,
"Voices from the Days of Slavery" voice recordings, Library of
Congress
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AGED/SENIORS
www.caregiving.org,
www.checklistforaging.com, and www.caregiver.org.
care giving issues
www.healthfinder.gov. federal site with many links on health, family,
and seniors issues
www.seniornet.org
www.thirdage.com
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ASIAN
AMERICANS
www.AMagazine.com.
popular Asian-American magazine, female
focus
http://AsianAmericanArtistry.com.
Asian-American artists, actors, singers, etc.
www.AsianAmerican.net. Ties between Asia
and America. Many subjects
http://AsianAvenue.com. Chat, et al.
http://AsianWeek.com. Weekly "Voice of Asian
America," original news reporting
www.lausd.k12.ca.us/janm. Japanese
American National Museum in LA
http://voices.cla.umn.edu.
University of Minnesota site focusing on women writers of color.
www.viettouch.com.
Vietnamese travel and cultural site
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BLGT
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CHICANOS: See "Latin
Americans."
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DIFFERENTLY
ABLED/DISABLED
www.ds-health.com.
Comprehensive Down Syndrome site
www.geocities.com/heartland/plains/8950.
The Cerebral Palsy Network
www.oneaddplace.com. Resources on attention
deficit disorder (ADD)
www.chadd.org. Children and adults with
ADHD
www.interdys.org. International
Dyslexia Association
www.1dantl.org. Learning Disabilities
Association of America
www.ncld.org. National Center for
Learning Disabilities
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INDIANS (AMERICAN)
(It should be noted here, according to Tony Hillerman, author of an award-winning detective series set in the Four Corners area of the Southwest United States, that the great majority of American Indians prefer to be called by their tribal names or, lacking that, as "Indians.")
www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/nad/.
Canada, Aboriginal Cultures
www.ballgame.org. Mesoamerican Ballgames
http://www.pbs.org/circleofstories.
Native American storytelling and storytellers.
www.thresholds.net. Mexico and South America
www.lafete.org/new/totem. Totem poles
www.conexus.si.edu. NMAI American
Indian resource
http://library.thinkquest.org/3081.
Pow wows
http://archive.li.suu.edu/voices/voices.html.
"Voices of the Colorado Pleateau." Stories, people, places
http://www.nmai.si.edu/. National
Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institute
http://voices.cla.umn.edu.
University of Minnesota site focusing on women writers of color
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http://MiGente.com. "My
People": chat, et al.
http://www.starmedia.com. (Spanish
& Portuguese speakers.) Miscellaneous.
http://voices.cla.umn.edu.
University of Minnesota site focusing on women writers of color.
www.thresholds.net. Visit Mexico and South America.
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MENTALLY ILL
www.apa.org American Psychological Association.
www.mentalhealth.org The Center for Mental
Health Services.
www.mhsource.com The Mental Health InfoSource.
www.metanoia.org/imhs ABC's of
"Internet Therapy."
http://mental-health-matters.com.
Mental Health Matters.
http://mentalhelp.net Mental Health Net.
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NATIVE AMERICANS: (See
"Indians.")
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RELIGIOUS
General: www.beliefnet.com
African-American Church History: www.blackandchristian.com
Islam: http://www.questia.com/CM.qst?UID1=1010572487&UM=1830&UID2=3&D=e7relg
http://www.questia.com/CM.qst?UID1=1010572487&UM=1830&UID2=7&D=e7bok1g
("Vision of Islam")
http://www.questia.com/CM.qst?UID1=1010572487&UM=1830&UID2=9&D=e7bok2g ("Ritual:
Perspective and Dimensions")
www.arabworldnews.com
Mythology: See the "Mythology"
section of "Links to Humanities."
Salem Witch Hysteria: www.nationalgeographic.comn/features/97/salem.
Sermon on the Mount: www.atheists-for-jesus.com/sermon.htm,
www.frick.org/html/pntg6df.htm
& www.frick.org/html/pnt6f.htm
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VETERANS & WAR VICTIMS
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WOMEN
www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women.
Biographies of female mathematicians.
www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/millennium/m2.
Articles about past and present of women's lives. Includes U.S. women's
historical timeline.
www.pbs.org/stantonanthony.
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
www.sunherald.com/whmod/whmod.htm.
20 modern pioneer women.
www.undelete.org/military.html.
Women's military history.
http://voices.cla.umn.edu.
University of Minnesota site focusing on women writers of color.
www.wowmuseum.org Women of the American West.
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(An earlier version is located on the University of Minnesota's Composition Web Site by going to http://composition.cla.umn.edu/student_web/index.htm, "Courses"/"EngC 1012"/"Course Resources.")
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Copyright 2001 by Richard Jewell. Most recent update: 12-1-02
URL: http://umn.edu/home/jewel001/LinksToLiterature.htm
Contributions and comments are welcome:
Richard Jewell, English and Humanities, www.RichardJewell.net
Inver Hills Community College, Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota