April 24, 2021 – It took 106 years, but President Joseph R. Biden is the very first US president to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide – a genocide committed by Ottoman Turks in 1915. For those who are unaware of the religious affiliation of the Armenian people – Armenia was the…
Discussion on the history of immigration to the US and the often unwelcoming American sentiment towards immigrants. From the Chinese Exclusion Act of the latter 19th Century, the mistreatment of Jewish immigrants in the early 20th Century – to the Muslim Ban took in the 21st Century. Why American looks with suspicion and intolerance on other races, religions and ethnicities that look to immigrate to America – and why the Crisis at the US Southern Border is not much different than earlier immigrants coming to the US fleeing violence, persecution, intolerance, and hunger. From Ellis Island to the US Southern Border – the history of migration makes its 21st Century appearance with the same prejudices that have challenged previous immigrants of years past.
Guest: Adam Strom, Director of Re-Imagining Migration, an education project working with a team of experts from UCLA and Harvard Graduate School of Education. The focus of their work is to bring history and understanding of past immigration–and its current day analogs to classrooms and educational leaders across the globe. He is the former Director of Scholarship and Innovation at Facing History and Ourselves, an organization dedicated to helping educators, schools and communities learn about ethics, social responsibility and justice. He has written extensively on issues including: George Washington’s Rebuke to Bigotry; Stories of Identify & Religion; American’s Civil Rights Movement; Crimes Against Humanity and Civilizations–including the Jewish Holocaust, and the Armenian Genocide.
