Focuses on a group that is a virtual enigma in our society, Arab Americans. Students discuss how Arab Americans have become the new ethnic villains in our media and folk knowledge, while very little is known about the actual contributions and history of the varied groups lumped under this category.
Studio guest: Rafeeq Jaber, President of the Islamic Association for Palestine
Rafeeq Jaber Islamic Association for Palestine
As the 21st century opens the United States along with nations around the world struggle to deal with a planet that has been become a global village. The challenges are both inter-cultural and intra-cultural. And for nations like the U.S. continued immigration from around the world constantly brings new ethnic/racial cultural challenges to an already diverse society. Dealing with Diversity introduces viewers to people from many diverse populations in an effort to help students understand the different constraints and motivations of people from backgrounds different from their own.
