~ DIVERSITY   ILLUSTRATED ~

If we could, at this time, shrink the Earth's population
to a village of precisely 100 people,
with all the existing human ratios remaining the same,
it would look like this:

There would be 57 Asians, 21 Europeans, 14 from the Western Hemisphere (North, South and Central America) and 8 Africans.

70   would be non-white.
70   would be non-Christian; 30 Christian
50% of the entire world wealth would be in the hands of only 6 people. All 6 would be citizens of the USA. 
70   would be unable to read.
50   would suffer from malnutrition.
80   would live in substandard housing.
Only 1 would have a college education.

When one considers our world from such an incredibly compressed perspective, the need for understanding and mutual respect
becomes glaringly apparent.

Ten Factors Essential to Success in Urban Classrooms

  1. Do not teach less content to poor, urban children, but understand their brilliance and teach more.

  2. Whatever methodology or instructional program is used, demand critical thinking.

  3. Assure that all children gain access to "basic skills," the conventions and strategies that are essential to success in American education.

  4. Challenge racist societal views of the competence and worthiness of the children and their families, and help them to do the same.

  5. Recognize and build on strengths.

  6. Use familiar metaphors and experiences from the children's world to connect what they already know to school knowledge.

  7. Create a sense of family and caring in the service of academic achievement.

  8. Monitor and assess needs and then address them with a wealth of diverse strategies.

  9. Honor and respect the children's home and ancestral culture(s).

  10. Foster a sense of children's connection to community - to something greater than themselves.
                                                                                                                                                                             -- By Lisa Delpit

From http://www.freemaninstitute.com/cultures.htm

Native American Indians -- see complete list of Federally Recognized Native American Tribes
Comprehensive links page: Incredible amount of information!
The Sioux Nation

http://www.rahunzi.com/costano

Native American Indian History/Related Issues

Society of Native American Culture--N.C.S.U.
The People of Peace: site of the Same'-Na-Qua Se'-Nom Nation 
ArtNatAm
: "Native American Fine Art Exhibit"
Oneida Indian Nation: "one of the original members of the Iroquois Confederacy"
NW Coast Indian History: a great multimedia history project 
Duster's Native American Page: "Loads Of Great Information On All Native American Tribes And The Coolest Sites" 
The American Indian Science and Engineering Society 
Native American Indian: Culture, Education, Art, Science, History -- Native Sources 
NativeTech: Native American technology and art 
Maya/Aztec/Inca Center: "deals with the Archeology and Anthropology of the Americas" 
Seminole Tribe of Florida 
United Tribe of Shawnee Indians 
Taino Inter-Tribal Council: " member of the United Confederation of Taíno People and is the organization of Taíno and other Taíno-speaking peoples from the Caribbean Islands who reside in the U.S." 
The Seneca Nation of Indians: "one of the six tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy who occupy aboriginal lands in New York State set aside by the Treaty of Canandaigua of 1794" 
Mohawk and Iroquois Homepage
 
List of federally recognized tribes

Latinos / Chicanos / Hispanics
Latino Beat Newsmagazine 

LatinoLink: "Our goal is to address issues - both personal and political - that affect Latinos in the United States" 
The Azteca Web Page: "accumulating information especially for Mexicans, Chicanos, and/or Mexican-Americans" 
Chicano/Latino Net: "general Latino focused Internet site serving all segments of the community" 

AfroCubaWeb: the African cultures in Cuba - Yoruba - Congo - ...
cubanculture.com - The online almanac of Cuban culture with ...  
Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists 
Latino Web
: "a virtual information center for Latino businesses, non-profit organizations and the community" 
Latin American Network Information Center 
Hispanic.com 

Electric Mercado
: "Latino Cultural Center and Marketplace" 
The Latin American Seminar of Philosophy and History of Ideas: "a center for researchers who working in their respective fields have LATIN AMERICA's issues in common" 
Si, Spain: "promotes free exchange of information on Spanish current affairs and its historical, linguistic and cultural development" 
Hispanic Heritage 
La Nacion Digital
: online news for Spanish speaking peoples 
National Latino Communications
Cibercentro.com
Media Resource Center of U Berkely

Scholarly discussions of Latin American History

Conference on Latin American History

Latin American Studies Links

Latin American Alliance

Latin American Prehistory
 

Asians and Asian Americans
Asian American Resources

Eyewitness: A Korean Remembers 
National Asian American Telecommunications Association: "Getting Asian Asian Pacific American stories heard and seen." 
Chinese Computer Digest 
China Home Page
Southeast Asian Archive at University of California, Irvine Libraries

Asia Pacific Media Network
ASIA/PACIFIC -- Non-Western History
UNESCO <--> netaid | Culture | LEAP, Asia Pacific |

African Americans
See hundreds of links at another page on this site

European Americans
The Center for the Study of White American Culture
: "a multiracial organization that looks at whiteness and white American culture" 
Whitefolks: a site on race relations and white folks from the perspective of an African American 
Race Traitor Home Page: a journal aimed at dismantling the socially-constructed concept of "whiteness" 

Multiracial and Inter-racial
The Multiracial Activist
: "This site is dedicated to the struggle for and preservation of civil rights for multiracial individuals and interracial couples/families." 
Metisse Magazine Online: "The First Magazine for Today's Multiracial and Multicultural Woman" 
Multiracial Links 
INTERracial: "a positive and supportive presence for members of the interracial/intercultural community" 
Association of Multiethnic Americans 
Interrace
: "The National Magazine for and about interracial couples, families, singles, and multiracial people." 
Resources by and About Interracial and Multicultural People: a bibliography of articles 
MAVIN: "The articulate journal of the mixed race experience"