| March 30, 2004 |
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The New Americans
For  the new Americans of the 21st century, the attempt to forge a better life is a daily struggle filled with immigration red tape, separation anxiety, and cultural ignorance found in their adopted country -- no easier than for those who came before them. Yet, they still come. This PBS series follows Ogoni refugees, a Palestinian bride, Dominican baseball players, a Mexican laborer, and an Indian tech worker as they learn what it takes to become American. Each story begins in the subjects' homeland, and traces their gradual transition and eventual assimilation into their adopted home. Just as Italian-Americans and African-Americans have infused their culinary traditions and music into American culture, so these newcomers bring their tribal drums, bindi paints, exciting cuisines, and other native riches that slowly mesh with the existing culture. The story of America has always been layer upon layer of new beginnings. Let's see what this generation brings. (in U.S. History) |
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