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Historically, black and white defined the racial landscape of the American South. For most of the 20th century, the South had the fewest number of residents born outside the United States. In the past 25 years, as the southern economy has prospered, the region has attracted newcomers from across the country and around the globe.

Today, society in many southern cities and towns, including Charlotte, is multiethnic and multicultural. Charlotte is now a place of many cultures that intersect in ever-changing patterns that generate both connection and tension.

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Preface

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Introduction

Lessons to help your class become oriented to demographic change with relevant vocabulary.

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Unit 1: What Do I Keep? What Do I Change?

Try these lessons to help students find out more regarding cultural identity.

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Unit 2: What Did You Say?

These lessons focus on language and communication barriers and how to overcome them.

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Unit 3: Selling a Taste of Home

Dealing with newcomers moving into the Charlotte community and how Hispanics have shaped the area.

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Unit 4: Getting Past

Dealing with stereotypes and how to move past them.

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Unit 5: Working Together

Encouraging students to reach across cultures to learn more about others’ traditions.