neighborhood life

The Neighborhood

“Nobody ever said, ‘Hey, you're a Mexican,’ or ‘Hey, you're an Italian’ or anything like that.” https://youtu.be/7BOiw-b2e28 Edited by Nick Ladeau. Transcript for The Neighborhood Did he ever suffer any discrimination? I don't know. Because I was a kid and...
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“Us/Them” Mentality

“If you're such a tight part of a certain community, you are more likely to see everyone else as the other." [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1107249775&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=true&show_comments=false&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"]Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · "Us/Them" Mentality Transcript for “Us/Them” Mentality I...
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We All Played Together

“Once I got to be in seventh grade, eighth grade, we crossed 15th Avenue and nothing ever happened.” https://youtu.be/LEh5eCotkTk Edited by Nick Ladeau. Transcript for We All Played Together It's the Froebel neighborhood, in Gary. It ran from 15th Avenue...
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Gary Changed

"There's no reason for me to go downtown." https://youtu.be/9L2fN7lq8-c 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...
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Here in Gary

"I wouldn't want to live any other place." https://youtu.be/AvQX1E-zhog 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...
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We Can’t Ignore It

"If Gary doesn't thrive, the rest of the area doesn't thrive." https://youtu.be/-ikUunNdkAs This story is part of our Flight Paths initiative. Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What kinds of questions...
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A Long Way to Go

"It was hysteria...and fear." https://youtu.be/rbNGtOYO2V0 This story is part of our Flight Paths initiative.   Hold a Conversation In addition to the questions below, please see How to use the questions for reflection. Clarification Questions How has the speaker experienced...
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Really Nice Subdivision

"I think that a lot of the affluent white people here, if you really got inside their heads, they’d just prefer it to be lily-white." [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/391940520&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"] This story is part of our Flight Paths...
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Dodged A Bullet

"I don’t know why I was anxious. I guess everything just looked so distressed." [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/365482205&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"] This story is part of our Flight Paths initiative. Produced by Rebecca Werner for the Welcome Project. Transcript for Dodged...
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