Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Oh, Minn-uh-soh-tah

I'm visiting a friend in the Twin Cities. I hadn't visited for a few years. Things had definitely changed. First,  there's the light rail. There's different colors and everything. Then, there's clearly greater diversity.  I saw this in Target. Both in employees and in customers,  it was clear that there are new communities in this area.

I knew from other folks that the Hmong community had significantly increased. But,  I could also tell African and Muslims,  too.

My friend and I talked a little bit about this change. I wondered how folks were handing it. Social service agencies,  school systems,  etc. How did the "Minnesota nice" come into play? 

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