ACAD believes in the power of literature and how it has contributed to diversity and multiculturalism. ACAD will regularly feature a summary on powerful books and articles on these aforementioned topics. Currently we have the following critiques available for review in a collective PDF format and individually as well:

http://www.alliedcultures.org/?attachment_id=281

How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents

Cultural Diversity in the United States

The Face of my Childhood

Leola and the Honeybears

A Task

War and Truth

Waiting for the Barbarians

A Long Way Gone

Outcasts United

The Shame of the Nation

We Are All the Same

Shooting an Elephant

Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago

Teach Like Your Hair’s on Fire

The Bluest Eye

Getting Even: Why Women Don’t Get Paid Like Men

An Inconvenient Genocide

A Passage to India

Privilege, Power and Difference

Passing

Progressive Community Organizing

Identity Before Identity Politics

We hope you enjoy reading these summaries and encourage you to grab their full-text versions.
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Thank you to our volunteers for wholeheartedly reading these texts and writing wonderful critiques!

ACAD is in full appreciation of the different people that have been supportive of our efforts!

A continuous thank you goes out to Jeffrey Kidd and Robert Danielak for their contributions to the literature found on our website and for their dedication to the Allied Cultures Against Discrimination.

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