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Ethnicity

Ethnicity is defined as a shared cultural heritage based on ancestry, language and customs that have endured for years. Pulitzer Center stories tagged with “Ethnicity” feature reporting that covers conflict between different ethnic groups, ancestral history and the customs that make ethnic groups unique in the world. Use the Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder to find and create lesson plans on ethnicity.

 

December 04, 2020 | Slate

An Armenian Tragedy

Joshua Kucera

How a country’s wishful thinking was shattered by a brutal national defeat.

December 03, 2020 | BuzzFeed

Inside a Xinjiang Detention Camp

Megha Rajagopalan and Alison Killing

In a lush countryside idyll known for its horse farms and fields of yellow flowers, China built a system of total control.

November 12, 2020 | Pulitzer Center

Coming to America: It's Not Like the Movie

Francesca Bentley

Navigating the nuances of American racism is difficult for anyone, and especially so if you are a Black foreigner. In the context of Maine, the whitest state in America, it's even harder.

October 29, 2020 | Scriibe

C19WP Foreword

C. Zawadi Morris

In March, C. Zawadi Morris set out to gather first-person narratives of as many subjects as possible across Brooklyn for The COVID-19 Writers Project. The multimedia project captured 10 stories on video, through Zoom calls, to represent our digital thumbprint as a society yearning to connect despite social distancing.

The 1857 Project

William H. Freivogel

The 1857 Project tells the story of race in St. Louis, Missouri, and Illinois. The 1857 Dred Scott decision denying blacks humanity and the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates were the prelude to Civil War.

Battle to the Ballot Box

Brittany Gibson

Voter suppression, harsh voter ID laws, and voter disenfranchisement are on the rise. How does this affect the competitive Democratic primary and United States' most-watched election?

Alaska Natives on the Front Line

Jenna Kunze, Alice Qannik Glenn

Reporters explore Alaska Native resilience and cultural adaptation in the Arctic-termed ground zero for climate change- brought about by a rapidly shifting environment.

Congo's Illegal Timber

Monica Villamizar, Phil Caller

In the depths of the second-largest rainforest on the planet, an Indigenous community is waging a fight against industrial giants that are destroying their ancestral forest.

A Tale of Three Kings

Michelle Tyrene Johnson

MLK's legacy makes a mark with more than 900 streets named after him, including most recently, Kansas City, Mo. But from USA to Europe to Africa, how does that legacy look from those streets?

A Revolution for Puerto Rico's Afro-Latinos

Natasha S. Alford

In the midst of Puerto Rico's political crisis, its black communities fight for justice to address invisible racism, police oppression, gentrification, substandard schools, and economic disparities.

The Hour of Lynching: Vigilante Violence in India

Amit Madheshiya, Shirley Abraham

Returning home after buying two milch cows, dairy farmer Rakbar Khan was lynched by a mob of “cow vigilantes”. His wife seeks meaning in mourning his death, while his perpetrators deny it.

Prayers of the Persecuted

Monika Bulaj

Monika Bulaj is producing a visual atlas of threatened minorities and shared holy places.

Cafe Tekoa

Iris Zaki

What happens when a left-leaning Israeli filmmaker settles in a West-Bank settlement?

Basketball in Tibet

Louie Lazar

On the Tibetan plateau, an unlikely group of nomads, Buddhist monks, and yak-wool artisans have seen their lives change—through basketball. Can they also help change Tibet?

The Globalization of AFROPUNK

Melissa "Bunni" Elian

AFROPUNK connects the African Diaspora not only through music, but also socially and politically, proving it to be a global movement that parallels the current politics facing young South Africans.

March 15, 2013

Meet Student Fellow Yasmin Bendaas

Jennifer McDonald

Wake Forest University student reporting fellow Yasmin Bendaas examines the tradition of facial tattooing in Algeria.

July 17, 2018 | Newsletter

This Week: Family Divided at the Border

This week: reunification dreams stall due to continuing crisis along the border, Cape Town's water issues run deep, and Bhopal's 34-year-old environmental disaster still plagues residents.

January 25, 2018 | Newsletter

This Week: Kingdom of Women

This Week: A village in China where women rule, an island off British Columbia was supposed to be an economic salvation, and illegal mining is causing problems for Venezuela.

May 04, 2017 | Newsletter

This Week: Canada's Suicide Crisis

Tom Hundley

This week: a Canadian town wracked by suicides, the first world's withdrawl from the hunt for Kony, and the obstacles France's Marine Le Pen must overcome to win the presidency.

January 17, 2017 | All Grades

Okur: Thinking Like a Journalist

Aziz Okur

This lesson introduces students to Paul Salopek's Out of Eden walk and asks students to write a journalistic "milestone" describing their surroundings.

October 24, 2016 | High School

Is There Really Religious Conflict?

Catherine Irving

This lesson challenges students to take a position related to what is causing or fueling conflicts that could be labeled religious. Students create an argumentative research paper and presentation.

September 23, 2016 | All Grades

Exploring Fragile States: Sudan

Pulitzer Center Education

Sudan has been a "fragile state" for more than two decades. Through this webquest, students are able to explore this complex country using several different reporting projects on Sudan.

September 15, 2016 | High School

A Right to Water for Everyone?

Pulitzer Center Education

This is a multi-week unit on water rights and access. Students examine the causes of water shortages across the globe and explore solutions to ensure that all people have access to clean, safe...

October 12, 2015 | All Grades

Museum of Current Crises

Pulitzer Center Education

This lesson plan outlines a project that allows students the opportunity to connect with a contemporary crisis somewhere in the world.

September 12, 2015 | All Grades

Language and Nationalism

Susan Ikenberry

This lesson will help students apply knowledge of language to understand how it functions in different cultures and contexts.

September 11, 2015 | High School

Religion and Power

Catherine Irving

Students will analyze the role of religion in many different aspects of people’s lives and analyze how deeply faith can impact a society’s progress.