THE UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ORLANDO CHAPTER
ORLANDO CHAPTER
2020
CDUX-USA INTRO
cultural differences /
unequal experiences: united states
At the time of the signing of the Constitution of the United States of America, the land that is now the Lower-48 states was already as diverse as anywhere else in the world. One-fifth of the population was African or descendant from Africans. Spanish-speakers were prevalent (keep in mind that Spain ruled the Caribbean, South America, and large portions of North America since 1492). Members of native tribes, tragically reduced in number, still existed in the hundreds of thousands and maybe even as high as 2 million.
Considering today's technology, we can travel to the back side of the globe in a single day. We can email, voice chat, or video chat with 12 or more people who are on completely different continents. We can leave our original homes and relocate somewhere else in the world and pick up our lives as if we never left. Never before has it been easier for people to interact with each other. Never before has it been so easy to respect and celebrate our differences, embrace our shared histories, but also acknowledging the disparity in experience among us.
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The ecology of inequality
Mindy Fullilove | TED | October, 2017
Racism is “America’s original sin”: Unless we tell the truth about our history, we’ll never find the way to reconciliation
Jim Wallis | SALON | January 18, 2016
America’s Other Original Sin
Rebecca Onion | SLATE | January 18, 2016
Statement to the media by the United Nations’ Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, on the conclusion of its official visit to USA, 19-29 January 2016
The Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent | January 29, 2016
UN Issues Scathing Assessment of US Human Rights Record
Jamil Dakwar | ACLU Human Rights Program | May 15, 2015
Race, ethnicity and identity in America: Research roundup
Leighton Walter Kille, John Wihbey (compilation of articles) | Journalist's Resource
The cultural appropriation debate has changed. But is it for the better?
Nadra Nittle | Vox | December 18, 2018
Mindy Fullilove | TED | October, 2017
Racism is “America’s original sin”: Unless we tell the truth about our history, we’ll never find the way to reconciliation
Jim Wallis | SALON | January 18, 2016
America’s Other Original Sin
Rebecca Onion | SLATE | January 18, 2016
Statement to the media by the United Nations’ Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, on the conclusion of its official visit to USA, 19-29 January 2016
The Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent | January 29, 2016
UN Issues Scathing Assessment of US Human Rights Record
Jamil Dakwar | ACLU Human Rights Program | May 15, 2015
Race, ethnicity and identity in America: Research roundup
Leighton Walter Kille, John Wihbey (compilation of articles) | Journalist's Resource
The cultural appropriation debate has changed. But is it for the better?
Nadra Nittle | Vox | December 18, 2018
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