Alaskan Racial Issues

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This paper explains that the present racial issue in Alaska, between whites and native Alaskans, goes back generations and continues into the most recent times. Today, native Alaskans constitute a small minority in cities but form the majority in the rural villages. The author describes the history of anti-discrimination legislation, school desegregation, imprisonment ratios and stereotypes. In Alaska, the media report a lot about the racial issues in other countries and in the mainland U.S. but not much about what has and is happening in Alaska. The paper urges that more attention to these racial problems would help end them.

From the Paper:

"On September 12, 2007, the United Nations passed a resolution for the Indigenous People. The declaration is a comprehensive statement addressing the rights of these peoples. It was drafted and formally debated for over 20 prior to being adopted. The text says indigenous peoples have the right to fully enjoy as a collective or as individuals, all human rights and fundamental freedoms as recognized in the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and international human rights law."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Alaska federation of Natives. Retrieved November 12, 2007. http://www.nativefederation.org/
• American Indian Movement. Retrieved November 12, 2007. http://www.aimovement.org/iitc/index.html
• Bureau of the Census (1990) Population and Housing Summary Tape File 1a-9-1.
• Pierce, S. (2001). "Civil Rights Heroine, the Story of Elizabeth Petrovich. Retrieved November 12, 2007. http://www.alaska.edu/opa/eInfo/index.xml?StoryID=72
• Robinson, D. Facing Discrimination. Retrieved November 12, 2007. http://www.uaf.edu/journal/extreme/meetalaskans/nancyfurlow.html Robinson Duffy.

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