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www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-merkel-immigration/merkel-says-german-multiculturalism-has-failed-idUSTRE69F1K320101016This is a list of supplementary readings to expand on what is taught in class and serve as inspiration and materials for the assignments.

Supplementary Reading: Tibet

• French, Howard W. "Letters to Asia. Shangri-La No More: The Dragons Have Settled In," New York Times, December 8, 2004.
• Eckholm, Erik. "From a Chinese Cell, A Lama's Influence Remains Undimmed," New York Times, February 23, 2003.
• Jacobs, Andrew. "China Names Its Own Lama to Top Body of Advisers," New York Times, March 1, 2010.
• Wong, Edward. "Dalai Lama says China has Turned Tibet into a "Hell on Earth"," New York Times, March 10, 2009.
• From a refugee shelter in India, Tibetan monks can recount their escape
• Wong, Edward. "Tibetans in China Protest Proposed Curbs on their Language," New York Times, October 22, 2010.
• Crossette, Barbara. "Dalai Lama sees a Culture Endangered," New York Times, March 22, 1989.

Supplementary Reading: China

• Smith, Craig S. "Risking Limbs for Height, and Success, in China," New York Times, May 5, 2002.
• Yardley, Jim. "China Frees Muslim Woman Days Ahead of Rice's Visit," New York Times, March 18, 2005.
• Wong, Edward. "Celebrating Id al-Fitr Under Watchful Chinese Eyes," New York Times, September 12, 2010.
• Jacobs, Andrew. "Resentment Simmers in Western Chinese Region," New York Times, September 4, 2010.
• Wong, Edward. "Theme Parks Give Chinese a Peek at Life for Minorities." New York Times, February 23, 2010.
• Kahn, Joseph. "Ethnic Clashes are Confirmed by Beijinig; Toll is Unclear," New York Times, November 2, 2004.
• Wong, Edward. "The Dead Tell a Tale China Doesn't Care to Listen To," New York Times, November 18, 2008.
• ———. "China Seals off Cities Battered by Ethnic Fight," New York Times, July 7, 2009.
• Eckholm, Erik. "China Points to Another Leader in Exile," New York Times, July 6, 2009.
• Wong, Edward. "China Offers a Defense of its Policies on Minorities," New York Times, July 22, 2009.
• New protests flare in Chinese city after deadly ethnic clashes
• Jacobs, Andrew. Decades of settlers' sweat build chinese region at Uighurs' expense
• Exile detainees at Guantanamo pose a dilemma
• Eckholm, Erik. "After Her Rise in China and Expulsion, Uighur Becomes the Face of Her People," New York Times, July 8, 2009.
• Wong, Edward. "3 Uighurs Convicted of Syringe Attacks, Heightening Tensions in Western China," New York Times, September 12, 2009.
• ———. "China Court Sentences 6 to Death in Ethnic Rioting," New York Times, October 12, 2009.
• Eckholm, Erik. "Freed from Guantanamo, Uighur Muslims Bask in Bermuda," New York Times, June 14, 2009.
• Wong, Edward. "China Seals off Cities Battered by Ethnic Fight," New York Times, July 7, 2009.
• Jacobs, Andrew. "Economic Aid Fuels Change of Fortunes on Silk Road," New York Times, November 14, 2010.

Supplementary Reading: Japan

• Onishi, Norimitsu. "Born to Be a Foreigner in Her Motherland," The New York Times, April 2, 2005.
• Fackler, Martin. "A New Wave of Dissent in Japan is Openly and Loudly Anti Foreign," New York Times, August 28, 2010.
• Onishi, Norimitsu. "Japan's Outcasts Still Wait for Society's Embrace," New York Times, January 6, 2009.
• ———. Recognition for a People who Faded as Japan Grew (Ainu)," New York Times, July 3, 2008.
• ———. Ugly Images of Asian Rivals Became Best Sellers in Japan," New York Times, November 19, 2005.

Supplimentary Reading: Korea, South, North

• Onishi, Norimitsu. Korea's Tricky Task: Diggiing up Past Treachery," New York Times, January 5, 2005.

Supplementary Reading: Australia, New Zealand

• Johnston, Tim. Australia to Apologize to Aborigines for Past Mistreatment," New York Times, January 31, 2008.
• ———. "Australia Says 'Sorry' to Aborigines for Mistrreatment," New York Times, February 13, 2008.

Supplementary Reading: Indonesia

• Simons, Marlise. "Indonesia: Fearing Arrest, President Delays a Trip to the Netherlands," New York Times, October 5, 2010.
• Belford, Aubrey. "In Bali, a 40-year Village Dispute Leaves a Family with a Social Death Sentence," New York Times, October 15, 2010.
• Onishi, Norimitsu. "In a Sliver of Indonesia, a Public Embrace of Judaism," New York Times, November 22, 2010.

Supplementary Reading: Malaysia

• Fuller, Thomas. "Indian Discontent Fuels Malaysia's Rising Tensions," New York Times, February 10, 2008.

Supplementary Reading: India

• Gentleman, Amelia. "Tackling a Society's Boundaries, on TV and in a Family," New York Times, February 20, 2008.

Supplementary Reading: Pakistan

• Liptak, Adam. "Is the Group Responsible for the Individual's Crime?" New York Times, May 10, 2004.

Supplementary Reading: Afghanistan:

• Oppel, Richard A. "Hazara Minority Hustles to Head of the Class in Afghanistan," New York Times, January 3, 2010.
• Nordberg, Jenny. "Where Boys are Prized, Girls Live the Part," New York Times, September 21, 2010.

Supplementary Reading: Israel

• Levy, Gideon. "Wombs in the Service of the State," Ha'aretz, September 9, 2002.
• Kershner, Isabel. "Straddling Cultures, Irreverently, in Life and Art," New York Times, January 7, 2008.
• Erlanger, Steven. "Israeli Critic of Settlements Says Financing was Illegal," New York Times, March 10, 2005.
• The Associated Press. "March in Israel Ends in Clashes in Arab Town," New York Times, October 27, 2010.

Supplementary Reading: Palestinians

• Slackman, Michael. "Stripped of Citizenship, Jordanians of Palestinian Origin are Set Adrift," New York Times, March 14, 2010.

Supplementary Reading: Egypt

• The Associated Press. "Egypt: Possible Ban on Veiled Students," New York Times, October 5, 2009.
• Audi, Nadim. "Egyptian Court Allows Return to Christianity," New York Times, February 11, 2008.

Supplementary Reading: Yemen

• Worth, Robert F. "Despite Caste-less Society in Yemen, Generations Languish at Bottom of Ladder," New York Times, February 27, 2008.

Supplementary Reading: Armenians

• Knowlton, Brian. "House Panel Assails Genocide of Armenians, Defying Obama and Angering Turkey," New York Times, March 4, 2010.
• Levy, Clifford J. "At Turkish Border, Armenians are Wary of a Thaw," New York Times, May 21, 2009.
• Tavernise, Sabrina. "Nearly a Million Genocide Victims, Covered in a Cloak of Amnesia," New York Times, March 8, 2009.
• Bilefsky, Dan. "Secrets Revealed in Turkey Revive Armenian Identity," New York Times, January 10, 2010.
• Landler, Mark. "After Hitch, Turkey and Armenia Sign Pact to Normalize Relations," New York Times, October 10, 2009.
• Kilgannon, Corey. "Armenian Immigrants Recall a 90-year-old Tragedy," New York Times, April 23, 2005.

Supplementary Reading: Turkey

• Move to lift a ban on head scarves gains in Turkey
• The Associated Press. "Head Scarf Law Approved," New York Times, February 23, 2008.
• Gannon, Frank. "Does Europe Exist?" European Molecular Biology Organization 1, no. 3 (2000): 197.
• Tavernise, Sabrina. "In Turkey, Is Tension About Religion? Class? or Both?" New York Times, February 19, 2008.
• Feldman, Noah. "Veiled Democracy?" New York Times, February 8, 2008.
• Weary of Modern Frictions, Turks Glory in Ottoman Past
• Bilefsky, Dan. "Soul-searching in Turkey After Killing of a Gay Man," New York Times, November 25, 2009.
• Tavernise, Sabrina. "Putting a Dent in a Law Against Insulting Turkishness," New York Times, January 25, 2008. 
• ———. "Turkey's Presidential Pick Signals Rise of Middle Class," New York Times, April 25, 2007.
• Toumani, Meline. "Minority Rules," New York Times Magazine, February, 17, 2008.
• Tavernise, Sabrina. "For Many Turks, Head Scarf's Return Aids Religion and Democracy," New York Times, January 30, 2008.
• ———. "Under a Scarf, a Turkish Lawyer Fighting to Wear It," New York Times, February 9, 2008.
• "The Kurdish Question in Turkey," New York Times, June 4, 2008.
• Arsu, Sebnem. "Turkish Scholar Who Mocked Head Scarves is Aquitted," New York Times, November 2, 2006.
• Rights court upholds ban oon head scarf set by Turkey.

Supplementary Reading: Kurds

• Zoepf, Katherine. "After Decades As Nonpersons, Syrian Kurds May Soon Be Recognized," New York Times, April 28, 2005.
• Arsu, Sebnem "Turkey Plans to Ease Restrictions on Kurds and Help End Decades of Conflict," New York Times, November 13, 2009.
• Gordan, Michael R., and Andrew W. Lehren. "A Fear that Kurdish-Arab Tensions will Worsen After U.S. Leaves," New York Times, October 23, 2010.
• Myers, Steven Lee. "Delays in a Head Count Keep Crucial Numbers a Matter of Guesswork," New York Times, December 6, 2010.

Supplementary Reading: Former Yugoslavia

• U.S. and much of Europe recognize Kosovo
• Kulish, Nicholas, and C. J. Chivers. "Kosovo is Recognized but Rebuked by Others," New York Times, February 19, 2008.
• Bilefsky, Dan. "In a Divided Kosovo City, a Resounding Vow to Remain Part of Serbia," New York Times, February 19, 2008.
• ———. "In a Showdown, Kosovo Declares its Independence," New York Times, February 18, 2008.
• Wood, Nicholas. "Former Serb Official Surrenders to Hague," New York Times, March 15, 2005.
• Ex-Bosnian Serb to face Genocide charges in the Hague
• Sciolino, Elaine. "Bosnian Talks Snag on Fate of Two Serbs," New York Times, November 17, 1995.
• Simons, Marlise. "Kosovo Chief Surrendering to Hague Tribunal," New York Times, March 9, 2005.
• Bilefsky, Dan. "Ethnic Wins in Bosnia May Cause Deeper Splits," New York Times, October 3, 2010.

Supplementary Reading: Russia

• Schwirtz, Michael. "Video Draws Attention to Growing Violence Against Minorities in Russia," New York Times, June 12, 2008.
• Levy, Clifford J. "The Retreat of the Tongue of the Czars," New York Times, September 12, 2009.
• Barry, Ellen. "Protests Tinged with Ethnic Tensions Erupt in Moscow over Soccer Fan's Killing," New York Times, December 12, 2010.

Supplementary Reading: Latvia

• Schwirtz, Michael. "Ruling Coalition Prevails in Latvia Vote," New York Times, October 2, 2010.

Supplementary Reading: Estonia

• Levy, Clifford J. "Estoonia Raises its Pencils to Help Erase Russian," New York Times, June 7, 2010.

Supplementary Reading: Roma (Gypsies)

• Spritzer, Dinah A. "Often Shunted Into Special Schools, Gypsies are Fighting Back in Czech Court," New York Times, April 27, 2005.
• Wood, Nicholas. "Germany Sending Gypsy Refugees Back to Kosovo," New York Times, May 19, 2005.
• Erlanger, Steven. "Document Cites French Bid to Oust Roma," New York Times, September 12, 2010.
• Povoledo, Elisabetta. "Italian Cities Plan to Shut Roma Camps," New York Times, September 3, 2010.
• Sayare, Scott. "France: Replacement Directive Omits Word 'Roma'," New York Times, September 13, 2010.
• Castle, Stephen. "EU Casts Legal Doubt on France's Expulsions," New York Times, September 1, 2010.
• Bennhold, Katrin, and Stephen Castle. "EU Calls France's Expulsions of Roma a "Disgrace"," New York Times, September 14, 2010.
• Dempsey, Judy, and Stephen Castle. "France and Germany Spar Over Policies on Roma," New York Times, September 17, 2010.
• Kulish, Nicholas. "As Economic Turmoil Mounts, so do Attacks on Hungary's Gypsies," New York Times, April 26, 2009.
• Castle, Stephen. "France Faces European Action after Expulsions," New York Times, September 29, 2010.
• Daley, Suzanne, and Raphael Minder. "In Spain, Gypsies Find Easier Path Toward Integration," New York Times, December 5, 2010.

Supplementary Reading: Italy

• Vitello, Paul. "Scholars Reconsidering Italy's Treatment of Jews in the Nazi Era," New York Times, November 4, 2010.

Supplementary Reading: Belgium

• Kimmelman, Michael. "With Flemish Nationalism on the Rise, Belgium Teeters on the Edge," New York Times, August 4, 2008.

Supplementary Reading: Germany

• Bernstein, Richard. "A Continent Watching Anxiously over the Melting Pot," New York Times, December 15, 2004.
• Siebold, Sabine. "Germany: Multicultural Germany has Failed, says Merkel," Reuters, October 16, 2010.
• Slackman, Michael. "Hitler Exhibit Explores a Wider Circle of Guilt," New York Times, October 15, 2010.
• Bernstein, Richard. "Germans Still Finding New Moral Burdens of War," New York Times, May 8, 2005.

Supplementary Reading: France

• Erlanger, Steven. "France: Senate Passes Bill on Facial Veils," New York Times, September 14, 2010.
• ———. "Burqa Furor Scrambles the Political Debate in France," New York Times, August 31, 2009.
• Smith, Craig S. "What Makes Someone French?" New York Times, November 11, 2005.
• "France Faces a Colonial Legacy: What Makes Someone French?" New York Times, November 11, 2005.

Supplementary Reading: Corsica

• Kimmelman, Michael. "Cultures United to Honor Separatism," New York Times, November 11, 2010.

Supplementary Reading: Great Britain

• Lyall, Sarah. "Britain Upholds School Ban on a Muslim Gown," New York Times, March 23, 2006.
• Hochschild, Adam. "How the British Inspired Dr. King's Dream," New York Times, January 17, 2005.

Supplementary Reading: Spain, Including Regions

• Tagliabue, John. "Trumpeting the Catalan Language, by Law, in Small Type on the Big Screen," New York Times, March 10, 2010.

Supplementary Reading: Sudan

• Hoge, Warren. "Rights Group Says Sudan Aids Abuses," New York Times, July 20, 2004.
• Brinkley, Joel. "Violence and Refugee Numbers Grow in Sudan," New York Times, November 11, 2005.
• Lacey, Marc. "Sudan and Southern Rebels Sign Pact to End Civil War," New York Times, January 1, 2005.
• ———. "Sudan and Southern Rebels Sign Deal Ending Civil War," New York Times, January 10, 2005.
• ——— "Death of Sudan Rebel Leader Imperils Fragile Hope for Peace," New York Times, August 2, 2005.
• Kristof, Nicholas D. "The Secret Genocide Archive," New York Times, February 23, 2005.
• Polgreen, Lydia. "Darfur's Babies of Rape are on Trial From Birth," New York Times, February 11, 2005.
• Gettleman, Jeffrey. "In Expectant Mood, Sudanese Register to Vote on Secession for the South," New York Times, November 15, 2010.

Supplementary Reading: East Africa

• Gettleman, Jeffrey. "Kenya's Kikuyus, Long Dominant, are Now Routed," New York Times, January 7, 2008.
• ———. "U.S. Envoy Calls Some Kenya Violence Ethnic Cleansing," New York Times, January 30, 2008.

Supplementary Reading: Rwanda

• Kron, Josh. "Extremist Hutu Officials Blamed in '94 Rwanda Assassination," New York Times, January 11, 2010.

Supplimentary Reading: Southern Africa

• LaFraniere, Sharon. "After Apartheid: Heated Words About Rape and Race," New York Times, November 24, 2004.
• Bearak, Barry. "For Some Bushmen, A Homeland Worth the Fight," New York Times, November 4, 2010.

Supplementary Reading: Mexico

• Thompson, Ginger. "Uneasily, A Latin Land Looks At Its Own Complexion," New York Times, May 19, 2005.
• Stephen, Lynn. "The Construction of Indigenous Suspects: Militarization and the Gendered and Ethnic Dynamics of Human Rights and Abuses in Southern Mexico." American Ethnologist 26, no. 4 (1999): 822–42.

Supplementary Reading: Colombia

• Romero, Simon. "Talk of Independence in a Place [San Andres Island] Claimed by 2 Nations," New York Times, February 1, 2008.
• ———. "Dueling Beauty Pageants Put Income Gap on View," New York Times, November 30, 2010.

Supplementary Reading: Quebec Separatism

• Krauss, Clifford. "Quebec Seeking to End Its Old Cultural Divide," New York Times, April 13, 2003.

Supplementary Reading: Native Americans

• "For This Coin, It's Three Heads and One Tail," New York Times, March 6, 2005.
• Austen, Ian. "Canada Offers an Apology for Native Students' Abuse," New York Times, June 12, 2008.
• 8000 Native Canadians to be Compensated for Abuse
• In Twist, North Dakota Tribe Fights to Keep Fighting Sioux Nickname
• "A Witness Recalls a Grim End to a Quest for Spiritual Rebirth," New York Times, October 22, 2009.
• The Associated Press. "In a First, Navajos to Vote on their Power Structure," New York Times, July 4, 2009.
• "The Verdict: It's Broken," New York Times, February 1, 2008.
• Mckinley, Jesse. "For Nevada Casinos, Threats in California," New York Times, October 2, 2010.
• "Wiracocha's Dreaming: The Mirror Within Spirit and Matter. Pamphlet for The Heart of the Healer Foundation's Fifth International Gathering." The Heart of the Healer Foundation, 2005.
• Files, John. "For 4th Time, Judge Seeks to Shield Indian Data," New York Times, October 25, 2005.
• Rothstein, Edward. "Who Should Tell History: The Tribes or the Museums?" New York Times, December 21, 2004.
• Kinzer, Stephen. "Museums and Tribes: A Tricky Truce," New York Times, December 24, 2000.
• Hitt, Jack. "The Newest Indians," New York Times, August 21, 2005.
• "New Mexico: Tribal Sovereignty Upheld," New York Times, August 24, 2005.
• Powell, Robert Andrew. "Florida State can Keep its Seminole Mascot," New York Times, August 24, 2005.
• Egan, Timothy. "A Skeleton Moves from the Courts to the Laboratory," New York Times, July 19, 2005.

Supplementary Reading: Gender/Ethno-racial Identity/Nationalism

• Nelson, Diane. "Perpetual Creation and Decomposition: Bodies, Gender, and Desire in Assumptions Mestizaje." Journal of Latin American Anthropology 4, no. 1 (1998): 74–111.
• Cadena, Marisol de la. "Ambiguity and Contradiction in the Analysis of Race and the State." Journal of Latin American Anthropology 6, no. 2 (2001): pp. 252–66.

Supplementary Reading: The Question of Biologically Defined Race

• Leroi, Armand Marie. "A Family Tree in Every Gene," New York Times, March 14, 2005.
• Daly, Emma. "DNA Test Gives Students Ethnic Shocks," New York Times, April 13, 2005. (PDF)

Supplementary Reading: Ethno-racial Profiling

• Murphy, Dean E. "Case Stirs Fight on Jews, Juries, and Execution," New York Times, March 16, 2005.

Supplementary Reading: White Supremacy Groups U.S.

• Johnson, Kirk. "New Tactics, Tools, and Goals are Emerging for White Power Organizations," New York Times, April 6, 2005.

Supplementary Reading: Ethnic Conflict and Violence

• Eakin, Emily. "On the Dark Side of Democracy: Often, Free Markets and Elections Lead to Ethnic Violence," New York Times, January 31, 2004.

Supplementary Reading: Cultural Recovery Movements

• Merry, Sally. "Law, Culture, and Cultural Appropriation." Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities 10, no. 2 (1998): 575–603.

Supplementary Reading: Ethnic Tourism

• Bruner, Edward. "The Maasai and the Lion King." American Ethnologist 28, no. 4 (2001): pp. 881–908.
• Isaacson, Andy. "Amazon Awakening," New York Times, October 13, 2010.

Supplementary Reading: Neoliberalism

• Krugman, Paul. "The Ugly American Bank," New York Times, March 18, 2005.

Supplementary Reading: Language and Speech

• Tagliabue, John. "In Multilingual Switzerland, One Tongue Struggles to Survive," New York Times, September 29, 2010.
• Levy, Clifford J. "The Retreat of the Tongue of the Czars," New York Times, September 12, 2009.
• ———. "Estonia Raises its Pencils to Erase Russian," New York Times, June 7, 2010.
• Malkin, Elisabeth. "Rebelling Against Spain, This Time with Words," New York Times, November 25, 2010.

Supplementary Reading: Religion and Identity

• Merkin, Daphne. "In Search of the Skeptical, Hopeful, Mystical Me," New York Times Magazine, April 13, 2008.
• Rohde, David. "A World of Ways to Say "Islamic Law"," New York Times, March 13, 2005.
• Romero, Simon. "Hispanics Uncovering Roots as Inquisition's "Hidden" Jews," New York Times, October 29, 2005.
• James, Barry. "Conversion of Albright's Jewish Family Followed a Well-trod Path," New York Times, February 8, 1997.