New America Now: Making Changes for Future Generations
Ethnic Media Watch with Marcelo Ballve and Julie Pham: Why the DREAM Act was overturned and what it means for future generations; and a discussion about the J-word--"Jap" that is--and why the Jewish and Japanese communities have joined together to ban the word.
Stories Discussed on this weeks Ethnic Media Watch:
Eliminating the “J-word”
Samar Minallah, executive director of Ethnomedia and Development, works to bring about change using popular media, films and music videos, in Pakistan.
Diep Vuong, Managing Director at Pacific Links Foundation, left Vietnam in 1979 but went back five years ago to help fight against human trafficking in her home province.
Skip Horack's experiences with a pygmy tribe inspired him to write Eden Hunter, a novel about Kau, a 4 foot 8 pygmy sold into slavery in the early part of the 19th century US.
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