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Matters of Race
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Matters of Race project is committed to engaging young people
of all races and cultures in our collective history as a tool for understanding
their own identity and the world around them. Extensive plans are currently
underway to ensure that many diverse populations, especially the nation's
young people, will hear about the series and contribute their thoughts
and concerns to the national dialogue.At the heart of the Matters of Race project is a four-hour television
series that airs Fridays, 9/7-28/07 from 3:30-4:30 a.m. ET.
Summary of the Matters of Race Series:
What obligation does a hospital have to employ people who are the same
race as those it serves? How does race shape the response of a small rural
town when its population nearly doubles due mainly to immigration from
Mexico and Central America? What happens when laws meant to protect the
rights of one minority group are used to accuse another of discrimination?
How can ideas about race be applied to indigenous people where communities
have been shaped as much by history and a relationship to land as by color?
What does race mean anyway? Can you be more than one?
These are the kinds of questions that Matters of Race engages.
At stake in the answers is how we define the American identity in this
new century and how we give shape to the content of the American character.
ROJA Productions 145 E. 125th Street NY, NY 10035 212-426-2700Generous funding for the MATTERS OF RACE Outreach Campaign has
been provided by The Annie E. Casey Foundation.
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