family

Enamored With These Beautiful, Young Faces

“It takes a lot for our hearts and our minds and our eyes to get there, where we start viewing groups that look different than us not as groups but as individuals.” [soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/105906684" params="" width=" 100%" height="166" iframe="true" /]...
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Curious In A Very Positive Way

"I love that my older daughter makes reference to her friend, Regina, as brown." [soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/105945992" params="" width=" 100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Hold a Conversation In addition to the questions below, please see How to use the questions for reflecti.. Clarifying...
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My Father Had to Take on Two Jobs

"It made me feel bad to have to ask him for support." http://youtu.be/C1eZYXJ64RE Hold a Conversation In addition to the questions below, please see How to use the questions for reflection. Clarifying Questions The speaker tells us that her family moved...
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First Generation

"I never knew I was illegal." http://youtu.be/9UDQ_AbzXHE   Hold a Conversation In addition to the questions below, please see How to use the questions for reflection. Clarifying Questions What do we learn about the storyteller’s family? How does the storyteller...
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Neither Mexican Nor American

"More importantly than bilingual in my mind is bicultural." http://youtu.be/8ttJCorG4ho Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What kinds of questions would you pose? (See How to use the questions for reflection for...
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We Are a Unit

"American parents say, 'Be independent.' Mexican parents say, 'You're staying home.'" http://youtu.be/GK25mx6ZWSo Hold a Conversation In addition to the questions below, please see How to use the questions for reflection. Clarifying Questions How does the speaker describe the difference between an...
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Because I Changed My Style

"I used to be a stereotypical girl." http://youtu.be/IXa_96Q9HIs Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What kinds of questions would you pose? (See How to use the questions for reflection for one approach.)...
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Words Have a Lot of Power

"How I make meaning in this world goes back to where I grew up." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abcsZ3cUofQ Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What kinds of questions would you pose? (See How to...
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As Far As I’ve Gotten

"My Hindu friends say I'm a Hindu... my black friends call me 'sistah...'  So, no, I don't identify with white." [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/179536516" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation about this story? Where?...
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