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Joanna Clemens and Sherry Fang

Web Site Review:

www.igc.org/igc/gateway/arnides.html (Click on AntiRacism Net)

Summary of Site:

The web site displays a calendar of future anti-racism events and protests from around the world, however most of these events will be occurring in the United States.  We could not find any Canadian events listed on this current posting.  The site has articles on events that have happened in past world anti-racism events and protests, although, again the coverage was focused mainly on the United States.  The site has many useful and up to date links to other well maintained ante-racism sites, as well as to links to conferences being held on anti-racist issues. 

All of the articles and postings on this site are well referenced and it is obvious that the site is revised often.  All of the information we viewed when we reviewed the site was on recent events. 

The site has a link to its archives, so you can find information that would be pertinent to an anti-racism issue you were studying with your students, and has links to Woman’s Net, Peace Net, and Eco Net, all of which could be useful in the classroom when studying issues of gender, the environment, or the world.  You can also sign-up for “AntiRacismNet News” which keeps you up to date on information posted on their web site.  One note of interest is that at the bottom of the page, there are links on resources to help people deal with the events of September 11^th.

            The appearance of the site was bright and inviting, and it was easy to navigate from link to link.  The only thing we felt was missing on the site was a search engine, which would help us find further information on anti-racism. 

The Rating:

            Although there are no specific ideas for teaching children about anti-racism or lesson plans, we liked the site.  We felt that this would be a good start to a class discussion, as students could view various actions towards the creation of an anti-racist state, and then form their own opinions about how they took place and what the people were fighting for.  We give this site a “WORTH SURFING”, but would recommend following it up with a look at a Canadian site, to get local perspective as well.