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Annotated Web Links
| The Urban Institute | | The Urban Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan policy research and educational organization that was established to examine the social, economic, and governance problems facing the nation. It provides information and analysis to public and private decision makers to help them address these challenges, and it strives to raise citizen understanding of these issues and tradeoffs in policy making. The Web page contains reports on housing discrimination, education, poverty immigration, welfare reform, etc.
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http://www.urban.org/
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| Institute on Race and Poverty | | IRP's strategic research examines the underlying causes of problems created at the intersections of racial and economic discrimination. IRP works with community groups, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, policy makers, foundations, and others to design practical studies that address community-defined problems. This Web site features a number of reports on racial profiling, housing discrimination, etc.
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http://www1.umn.edu/irp/
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| Office of Minority Health | | The mission of the Office of Minority Health (OMH) is to improve and protect the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will address health disparities. This Web site features data sets and reports on minority health issues, resource links, etc.
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http://www.omhrc.gov/
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| U. S. Census Race Data | | The Web site of the U.S. Census Bureau.
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http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race.html
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| Women of Color Resource Center | | Founded in 1990, the Women of Color Resource Center (WCRC) is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area and promotes the political, economic, social, and cultural well being of women and girls of color in the United States. Informed by a social-justice perspective that takes into account the status of women internationally, WCRC is committed to organizing and educating women of color across lines of race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, class, sexual orientation, physical ability, and age. You can subscribe to their listserv at this site.
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http://www.coloredgirls.org/index.cfm
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| INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence | | INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence is a national activist organization of radical feminists of color advancing a movement to end violence against women of color and their communities through direct action, critical dialogue, and grassroots organizing. Their Web site includes facts about violence against women of color, information about the Color of Violence Conference, and other resources.
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http://www.incite-national.org/index.html
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| Association of Multiethnic Americans | | AMEA's primary goal is to educate and advocate on behalf of multiethnic individuals and families by collaborating with others to eradicate all forms of discrimination.
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http://www.ameasite.org/
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| Southern Poverty Law Center | | The Southern Poverty law Center is a nonprofit organization that combats hate, intolerance, and discrimination through education and litigation. Their Web site features many educational materials.
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http://www.splcenter.org/
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| Muslim Americans in the News Before and After 9/11 | | This paper deals with the depictions of Muslim Americans by the news media before and after the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001. It was written by Brigitte L. Nacos and Oscar Torres-Reyna, both of the Political Science Department at Columbia University.
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http://www.apsanet.org/~polcomm/apsa%20papers/Nacos.pdf
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| Race, Healthcare, and the Law | | Vernellia R. Randall, Professor of Law at the University of Dayton School of Law, maintains a Web site dedicated to improving the health status of persons who are discriminated against based on race and/or ethnicity (with specific attention to African Americans, Asian Americans, Latino (a) Americans, Native Americans, and Pacific Americans).
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http://academic.udayton.edu/health/
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