Crossing Borders
ThreeSixty reporter Paris Porter featured on MPR
In March, ThreeSixty writer Paris Porter wrote about his family’s move to St. Paul back in 1996 to escape the violence and poverty of Chicago’s South Side. This summer, Paris and Minnesota Public Radio producer Sasha Aslanian produced a powerful radio documentary about his family’s experience and the controversy the inflow of poor, black families from Chicago caused in Minnesota in the 1990s. Listen to the radio story and read his original story here.... Read more >>
Students at Humboldt Junior High talk about Barack Obama
This report from Humboldt Junior High finds many young men, especially young black men, fear if Barack Obama is elected that he will be assassinated.
Fresh off the boat & trying to fit in
At Humboldt Junior High in St. Paul, many students find it hard to feel at home. For new immigrants with limited English skills, the challenge is bigger. Play video Read more >>
Facing and fighting the stereotype
Native American stereotypes have affected my life, negatively and positively. The most important and perhaps the most offensive stereotypes are of the “drunk Indian” and of Indians as drug users. And some people refer to us as “wagon burners.”
Growing up, I ‘ve been surrounded by the often harsh interplay between stereotype and reality. Some of my family could easily be classified as stereotypical Native Americans, being aggressive drunks.
However, that stereotype has motivated me to follow a different path. I did a little research and found that Native Americans have one of the highest incidences of chronic alcoholism. ... Read more >>
Challenging labels, including my own
I grew up in a single-parent, Japanese-American household. I guess we were your average single mother and kid. I was always around a lot of different people – racially and politically — but it wasn’t really until I started going to school when I witnessed stereotyping. ... Read more >>
Immigrant or native-born: We are all equal
As a Somali immigrant at a predominantly white and black school, it hasn’t always been easy for me. I have always been criticized because of my clothing, accent, manners and values. I really mind the stereotypes that people have about immigrants. Read more >>
Looking beyond the label
By seeing individual differences, we can resist the urge to stereotype
Stereotypes are everywhere. Blacks are loud. Asians are smart. White boys can’t jump.
In each case, the stereotype generalizes about all members of a group without regard for individual differences. Sociologist Buffy Smith views stereotyping as the seed that grows into prejudice. In this month’s ThreeSixty, she describes why we create stereotypes, the damage they cause and how to resist them. Read more >>
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Challenging labels, including my own
I grew up in a single-parent, Japanese-American household. Read More
Immigrant or native-born: We are all equal
As a Somali immigrant at a predominantly white and black school, it hasn’t always been easy for me. Read More
Coming to America, land of obstacles and opportunity
On February 19, 2004, 15-year-old Jaewon Cho stepped out an airplane
at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport, dazed and tired from a gruesome
14-hour plane ride. Some 6,220 miles away from everything he knew, he stepped
onto the unfamiliar ground of a new country while looking to his parents and older sister for support.
“I felt strange and weird that I was in different country – half excited and half nervous,” Cho remembered.... Read more >>
I’ll Always Be Hmong
Ian Yue and Mai Cha Vang do a story about a young Hmong man from St. Paul who’s been keeping a secret from his family for fear of angering his parents: He’s gay. He’s not the only one in the ... Read more >>
Engineering for Girls
ThreeSixty summer workshop students Sage Davis and Pat Gustafson tell the video story of 7th grade girls who spend two weeks at the University of St. Thomas learning science and engineering ... Read more >>
