This is an excellent educational project. Not only is the information fascinating, but the presentation and style of the site is accessible to a popular audience. There are several academic papers as well as resources for families and children. For anybody trying to win an argument about race, it’s a good source of data : ). They even have a blog. The sociologists, academics, and primary and secondary teachers who are reading this blog, can use this in their classes. The site explores the history of discrimination and racism, human variation, and the lived experience of race.
In addition to the site, there is an exhibit that is traveling the country that accompanies the project. This could be a great field trip/outing for families and schools. Currently, the exhibit is running at the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul from January 10, 2007 – May 6, 2007. The Exhibit will is scheduled to appear throughout the us including the following cities: Detroit, MI; Wichita, KS; Jersey City, NJ; Hartford, CT; Cleveland, OH; Cincinnati, OH; St. Louis, MO; Kalamazoo, MI; Boston, MA. Hopefully, they will eventually make it to the West Coast and the Southeast. (If anyone from Minnesota is reading, gets the chance to go. I would love to hear about your experience with the traveling exhibit.)
We’ve been waiting for more of your commentary on the Creative Destruction race thread.
I didn’t know about it????
I’ve been teaching winter session, so I’m a little behind. Plus, I’ve been trying to keep up with a few really long threads at my site and here. I’ll check it out.
You forgot about Tuomas’s thread?
http://creativedestruction.wordpress.com/2006/11/23/the-word-race-is-bad