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Required Readings:
Cyber-Race by Jerry Kang
http://www.cfp99.org/program/papers/kang.htm
A longer version of this could be found at 113 Harv. L. Rev. 1131
Identity and Deception in the Virtual Community
Judith S. Donath
http://smg.media.mit.edu/people/Judith/Identity/IdentityDeception.html
Optional Reading:
UN Secretary General summary on Racism 2001 Conference
http://www.un.org/rights/racism/content0.htm
In The Unbearable Whitness of Being Kali Tal talks about the missed opportunity of
cyberspace for shedding the all too common "whiteness" that prevades society.
http://www.kalital.com/Text/Writing/Whitenes.html
In What Color is the Net?, Sandy Zipp discusses how race relations are playing out on
the internet.
http://www.hotwired.com/netizen/97/11/index2a.html
Race In/For Cyberspace
An in-depth study into the idea of "passing" on the internet by Lisa Nakamura.
http://www.iup.edu/en/workdays/Nakamura.html
Implicit Association Test
A test developed by researchers that can reveal unconscious attitudes that could affect
how you interact with people of a different race.
http://www.yale.edu/implicit/measure1.html