Ethnic Geography on the Internet

Ethnic Geography on the Internet

You can learn more about ethnic geography and the geography of race on the Internet at the following Web sites:

2010 Census of the United States

http://www.census.gov

Go to the American FactFinder section of the web page. Here you will find a wonderful selection of maps that show themes (thematic maps) generated from census data.

Ethnic Geography Specialty Group, Washington, D.C.

http://www.uwec.edu/geography/ethnic

This web site provides information about a specialty group within the Association of American Geographers, whose membership includes nearly all U.S. specialists in the study of ethnic geography.

Food: Past and Present

http://www.teacheroz.com/food.htm

Here you will find a list of links to hundreds of web pages that deal with all aspects of food: diets of historical and contemporary cultures, recipes, and foodways of regions and ethnic groups in the United States.

Racialicious

http://www.racialicious.com

Feel the need to know the top 10 trends in race and pop culture? Want to follow celebrity gaffes, politicians’ missteps, and questionable media representations? Log on to Racialicious, a no-holds-barred blog about the intersection of race and pop culture. The site is mediated by Carmen Van Kerchove, the cofounder and president of New Demographic, a consulting firm that “helps organizations overcome diversity fatigue by facilitating relaxed, authentic, and productive conversations about race and racism.”