Voices of “Race” and Change: The Younger Generation
By FAU School of Communication and Multimedia Studies/Dr. Kitty Oliver
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Description
Voices of “Race” and Change: The Younger Generation features programs produced by college students and teenagers in culturally-diverse South Florida, including newer immigrants from Palm Beach and Martin Counties. The stories reflect contemporary experiences with race and ethnicity from the perspective of younger people’s lives and the experiences of their peers as well as elders, creating an innovative model for expanding the dialogue on differences in the U.S. across generations and cultures in candid, hopeful ways. Student commentators are under the direction of Dr. Kitty Oliver, an author, TV producer, and adjunct professor of oral history writing and race and ethnicity who directs the Race and Change Initiative in Florida Atlantic University’s School of Communication and Multimedia Studies. These programs are part of the Race and Change Initiative’s Youth Outreach Project, funded by the generosity of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fund of the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties and New Visions Educational Foundation, Inc. Email koliver@fau.edu or kittyo@kittyoliveronline.com
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When White Is a Minority | -- | 12/10/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Puerto Rican and More | -- | 12/10/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Interracial dating 1960’s- 2000’s – Two views | -- | 12/10/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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A Haitian and African American Dialogue | -- | 12/10/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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A Different Kind of Hispanic | -- | 12/10/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 6 | VideoVoices of Race and Change: A Dialogue Across Generations | New immigrant high school students from Haiti and elders who were products of the civil rights era talk about Haitian and African American differences. Produced by Dr. Kitty Oliver, director of the multimedia web project the Race and Change Initiative. | 7/3/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 7 | VideoThe Race and Change Dialogue: An Introduction | Author and oral historian Dr. Kitty Oliver highlights the multimedia website The Race and Change Initiative, the Youth Outreach Project for immigrant students, and the Race and Change Dialogue for talking about race in a hopeful way. | 7/3/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 8 | VideoTalking About Race in a 21st Century Way | How to engage college students and teens, immigrants and elders, in dialogues on race relations where everyone listens and learns. Narrated and produced by Dr. Kitty Oliver, director of the multimedia web project the Race and Change Initiative. | 7/3/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Bridging Cultures – “Doing Racial Issues Was Touching” | Immigrants to the U.S. from other countries grapple with racial issues for the first time or in a new way. Chilean college student broadcaster Angelo Valderrama discusses how he learned to talk about race and the after-effects on his perspective. | 7/3/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Bridging Cultures – “I Was Lost as an Hispanic” | The issue of cultural heritage and nationality is a perplexing new aspect of race relations. The categorization that people face from their own ethnic groups as well as from other groups became a focus of interviews by Colombian college student broadcaster Vanessa Heredia. | 7/3/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Bridging Cultures – “It Was Like a Puzzle” | Shaping the memories of others who are different from you for a public program requires artistry, and responsibility. College student broadcaster Veronica Alvarez describes her process. | 7/3/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Bridging Cultures - “My Social Interactions Were Limited” | Sometimes the younger generation needs to have opportunities created for them to cross cultures. College student broadcaster Ryan Tober stepped out of his comfort zone and expanded his world. | 7/3/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Bridging Cultures – “I Thought Things Were Worse” | Not everyone sees race in a conflictive way. That’s what college student broadcaster Mark Gibson found in his surprising encounters with people with philosophical attitudes about race relations. | 7/3/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Bridging Cultures - “This Was a New Experience” | Discussing race in a college classroom is a lot different from talking to people one-on-one about their personal lives. Broadcaster Kayla Rapan had to learn new technical and listening skills. | 7/3/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Bridging Cultures - “I Had To Dig Deeper” | Racial attitudes can change with generations, but it takes effort. College student broadcaster Jenna Nicholson explores her upbringing and bridging cultures. | 7/3/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Bridging Cultures - “I Learned How to Bring up Race” | College students have difficulties talking candidly about race relations. Student broadcast Dane Taylor discusses the challenges faced doing interviews and personal reflections. | 7/3/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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A Jamaican American Who Doesn't Fit | A U.S. resident since the age of five, this Jamaican-born college student reflects on never quite fitting into the American or Jamaican cultures. | 4/16/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Cultural Ties and Legal Binds of Colombian Student | Cultural roots run deep for this 21-year-old university student who talks about misconceptions and stereotypes of Colombians and the precariousness of the future as an immigrant. | 4/16/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Israeli-Born Guatemalan-Raised | Florida Atlantic University international student recalls adjusting to feeling unsettled and different in the U.S. and being challenged by not fitting into the racial and ethnic boxes. | 4/16/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Jamaican Immigrant Confronts Race | Jamaican-born university student explores how she was forced to change her perspective on race after immigrating to the U.S. to pursue a graduate degree. | 4/16/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Rio Native Learns to Adapt | A Brazilian university student struggles to learn English while retaining her sense of self-esteem, and to assimilate into the Brazilian and American communities. | 4/16/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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A Haitian Teen in the Dominican Republic | He was born in Haiti, grew up in the Dominican Republic and immigrated to the U.S. as a teenager. At 19, Jonathan Bonny reflects on the cultural and racial differences in each country, acceptance by African Americans and Hispanics, and his view of in racism in the U.S. | 4/16/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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A Teen Salvadorian Guatemalan Perspective | This 15-year-old’s parents are from El Salvador and Guatemala. He reminisces about the importance role of family and in their cultures, being mistaken for Mexican and blending with other cultures. | 4/16/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Adjustments of a Young Haitian Newcomer | Dorcelus Alain, 19, is learning to adjust to U.S. culture in his first year in this country, adapting to language, food, the educational system, and the differences between him and American Haitians. | 4/16/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Brazilian Teen Minority Within a Minority | Fifteen-year-old reflects on misperceptions about Brazilians and being a minority within a minority of South Americans in South Florida, racial identity and opportunities in America. | 4/16/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Mexican AND American Teen | Veronica Hernandez, 14, discusses prejudicial remarks about her Mexican culture, her support of other minorities, and commitment to preserving her Mexican and American identities. | 4/16/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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New Immigrant Youth Longs for Haiti | A young Haitian woman struggles to learn English, and adapt while missing friends and longing for home. | 4/16/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Reflections of a Mexican Puerto Rican | A 15-year-old Mexican Puerto Rican girl deals with not speaking Spanish and subtle conflicts over racial characteristics within Hispanic cultures. | 4/16/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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White Writers Writing About Race - Ryan Tober | Student writer-filmmaker Ryan Tober talks with author Dr. Andrew Furman, professor of literature and creative writing at Florida Atlantic University, about his approach to writing about race. He discusses the importance of representing everyone's point of view without coming across as racist, all the while knowing that he's writing something ultimately centered from his point of view. He wonders whether race can ever be accurately portrayed, but sees how people need to feel uncomfortable sometimes. | 12/7/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Teens Talk - Spanish with a Spanish Accent | FAU student Vanessa Heredia introduces a 15-year old Colombian- Brazilian who shares her story of struggle having a Spanish accent although she was born in the United States. Alanna Monteiro only speaks Spanish at home, which has caused her to develop an accent when speaking English. | 12/7/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Teens Talk - Mexican American Overlooked and Undervalued | Seventeen-year-old high school junior Karen Hernandez is a typical American teen. She likes to spend time with her friends and enjoys playing soccer and volleyball. Her favorite class is Spanish for Native Speakers 3 for which she earns honors credits. She shares the challenges she faces with discrimination for being Mexican although she is a United States citizen born in Delray Beach, Florida. FAU student Veronica Alvarez is the interviewer. | 12/7/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Teens Talk - Memories of Haiti and Earthquake | Jenna Nicholson, a young American white woman, finds out what it was like growing up in Haiti, deal with such a devastating earthquake, and leave your family, and the changes of coming to America. | 12/7/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Teens Talk - An American Haitian Experience | Wilbert St. Ford is a 20-year-old Haitian American who was born in the U.S. and has lived here his whole life. Although he is technically an American, people still assume he is new to the country and they have their prejudices. He has dealt with racism on some occasions but overall people have been very accepting. In fact, his best friends are Caucasian and Hispanic. Mark Gibson is the interviewer. | 12/7/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Teens Talk - A Haitian Confronts Bullying | This report is from Louidor Dickenson, an 18-year old Haitian high school student from Palm Beach Gardens, FL. Dickenson, as he prefers to be called, moved to the US from Haiti, and has been here for nine years. He talks about the challenges of adjusting to life in America, especially the language barrier and bullying. Ryan Tober does the interview. | 12/7/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Color, Sports and Youth - Dane Taylor | A Caucasian student speaks with an African American expert in race relations, Dr. Arthur Evans, Sociology Professor at Florida Atlantic University, on the topic of race and change in youth sports today. They look at the racial and economic situations that shape the recreational lives of young people in today’s society. | 12/7/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Teens Talk - A Guatemalan Experience | An 18-year-old Guatemalan talks about straddling the cultural line while growing up, interaction with his culturally-different peers, and how his life compares with his parents because of his upbringing in the U.S. Dane Taylor is the interviewer. | 12/7/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Black Latinas in the Workplace - Vanessa Heredia | Interviewer Vanessa Heredia talks with Dr. Marta Cruz-Janzen, multicultural education professor at Florida Atlantic University, about discrimination she has experienced in the workplace because of her Black-Latina ethnicity. | 12/7/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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White Students on Race | “Parents’ Views Differ” and “Both Sides of Class” | 11/17/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Race in the History Classroom - Kayla Rapan | Dr. Derrick White, an author and professor of African American history, discusses the absence of minority experiences from the overall American history narrative. He talks about why it is important for students to learn about these experiences in their history classes and he tells us how he addresses the students who are reluctant to discuss race. This is Kayla Repan for Voices of Race and Change. Throughout my education, I have suffered through many required history courses. Memorizing the dates of important battles and the names of dead presidents never felt important to me. It wasn’t until I took an African American history course at FAU that history came alive. Learning about the experiences of minority groups in America helped me piece together the small bits of information I had memorized and suddenly I was able to understand the overall narrative of American history. Since then, I have often wondered why those stories had been glossed over in my previous history classes and whether other students were also not given the full story. Derrick White is a history professor at Florida Atlantic University. Dr. White currently teaches American history, African American history, and sports history courses and he has also written a book and several articles having to do with African American history. He says that my experience is actually the norm. Dr. White discusses how some experiences are left out of the narrative of American history so that the existing power structure can continue unchallenged. He explains why it is important to include those experiences in the discussion of American history. While many students welcome the discussion of race in a historical context, Dr. White is sometimes met with resistance from white students who think that he focuses too much on race. Dr. White talks about his own experience not learning about black history in undergraduate history courses and contrasts that with students who criticize him for talking too much about race in his classes. He talks about how the feminist and civil rights movements have pushed America towards democracy. These movements, according to Dr. White, are also responsible for textbook revisions to include minority voices. While some progress has been made in the broader history curriculum, students who want a more accurate and inclusive understanding of American history may still need to search hard to find it. Voices of Race and Change: The Younger Generation is produced by students in Dr. Kitty Oliver’s Multimedia Practicum at Florida Atlantic University for the Race and Change Initiative multimedia project. This is Kayla Repan. Thanks for listening. | 11/17/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Ethnicities and New Media - Veronica Alvarez | Wayne Filowitz, CEO of WRPBiTV, an internet news show broadcasted out of South Florida, talks about his experience in the news media industry and how race issues and the portrayal of non-white ethnicities impacts media. As a multimedia journalism major, I wonder how race issues impacts today’s media, both mainstream and independently-run channels. What role does independent media play in covering today’s race issues? And, how are sensitive issues regarding race dealt with by media? To gain valuable insight into these questions I spoke with Wayne Filowitz, CEO of WRPBiTV, an internet talk show broadcasted out of a studio in West Palm Beach, Florida. Filowitz touches upon the uncertainty media goes through when it comes to identifying people of different ethnic backgrounds in a society that loves to have a label for everything; how racial identification is a touchy subject, not only in the U.S.; and how independent media can provide a less biased angle on the facts and can be more honest about issues dealing with race because of the less pressure from regulatory committees. | 11/17/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Colombian Language Differences | Veronica Alvarez, an Hispanic college student, talks about one of her first experiences with race issues when she was best friends with a black girl in elementary school. She discusses how one particular encounter changed the way she interacted with people in the future. An archival oral history is included. Ryan Tober recalls his childhood experience as the only White youngster at arts camp. An oral history tells about meeting someone of a different race, and what that means in society. An archival oral history is included. | 11/17/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Childhood Encounters with Race | “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” and “Through A Child's Eyes” | 11/17/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Black and White Influences | “The Man Who Made Me a Writer” | 11/17/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Am I Middle Eastern | “What Are You?” | 11/17/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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A Chilean on Prejudice | "Different Cultural Views” | 11/17/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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A Black Male's Perspective | A young African American male working in an upscale store talks about experiencing unfair treatment because is of a different race and how he deals with the challenges. | 11/17/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Skin Color and Sports | A white male talks with an African American in Palm Beach County about his time growing up in rural Virginia, where he attended a predominately white high school and how playing sports deemed “black” helped make his transition easier. | 10/18/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Indian Women Today | A young Asian American woman talks about how she deals with the generational and cultural differences she encounters with people of her own ethnicity. She explains how choosing to live a contemporary American lifestyle over her traditional Indian customs has influenced her point of view on race relations. | 10/18/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Hispanics and Education | A former student from New York’s educational system speaks about her own experiences while she was at school, and at the same time she identifies few educational problems she lived fifteen years ago. | 10/18/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Black Racial Identity | African American student discusses the struggle she faces connecting to peers in her racial group. She feels pressure to racial identify and fit into a “mold” that others have formed regarding her racial group. | 10/18/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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African/African American Relations | An African graduate student talks about the differences he has observed in the racial attitudes of Africans and African Americans. He explains why he resists the label of “African American”. | 10/18/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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A Teenage Caribbean Mom | A 19 year-old reflects on the struggle to make a life for herself as a teenage mother while dealing with the expectations of her Jamaican-Bahamian background. | 6/20/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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How I Cross Barriers | An 18 year-old man of Haitian, Bahamian, and German background explores the difference between the older and younger generations when it comes to crossing barriers and understanding cultures. | 6/20/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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I See A New Future | An African American teen credits learning about Black history with changing his perspective on race relations and racial progress. | 6/20/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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I Wanted Indian Hair | A Trinidadian teen and new immigrant to U.S. talks about how the subtleties of Indian-African racial differences show up in response to the texture of her hair. | 6/20/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Stereotypes in Hispanic Community | Three teens share differences in experiences as a Black Hispanic, White Hispanic, and Dominican in America’s diverse Spanish-speaking community. | 6/20/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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