General Theme Links

Bad Subjects Issue 54: "Strangers"
http://eserver.org/bs/54/
Bad Subjects is a self-described leftist magazine that examines contemporary culture and cultural commentary with an usually critical eye. "Bad Subjects has a long and proud history of publishing essays that are rooted in the personal but which make connections to the structural oppressions of the public world. . . . Clearly, there is something about being a stranger that connects with many of us."

Bad Subjects Issue 33: "Race"
http://eserver.org/bs/33/
"'Race' is a social ideology . . . a social construction . . . a lived dimension of human experience. . . . Race is a dimension that shapes people's life chances, their self-understandings, their dreams and aspirations, and others' perceptions of them."

Who's Afraid of Black Men?
http://afroamculture.miningco.com/culture/afroamculture/library/weekly/aa050399.htm
An article describing the disturbing reactions black men in America experience from the dominant culture, illustrated with a personal anecdote. Includes links for black men at the bottom of the article.

Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia
http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/index.htm This site displays racist objects to illustrate the breadth of historical and contemporary racism in American culture. Includes links to scholarly essays on racism in American media and culture.

Lose Your Identity.com
http://www.loseyouridentity.com
Site devoted to publishing writings on identity, culture, ethnicity, disassociation, and gender in relation to society.

World Conference Against Racism
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/racism/index.htm
A United Nations organization. This site contains sections on political, social, and economic exclusion, education, the media, and more.


Links for Readings in the Theme

George Orwell, Shooting an Elephant
Pop Cultures.com list of links on postcolonial studies
http://www.popcultures.com/articles/postcolonial.htm
Numerous links to sites about the lingering effects of colonialism.

Serena Nanda, Arranging a Marriage in India
The Caste System
http://adaniel.tripod.com/castes.htm
Links to pages discussing the Indian caste system.

Mary Mebane, Shades of Black
Society for the Study of Black Religion
http://garrett.nwu.edu/SSBR/Meetings/Programs/1997/index.htm
This page contains links to several discussions of "colorism" among African-Americans.

Eric Liu, A Chinaman's Chance: Reflections on the American Dream
Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation
http://www.ellisisland.org/default.asp
The "Immigrant Experience" section of this site includes a timeline of immigration history and the stories of six Americans' search for their immigrant roots.