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Teens explore, decry stereotypes
at Building Community forum.
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Joyce Wiswell
Special to the Jewish News
T
hough most students said
they don't personally pre-
judge others by their race or
religion, they admitted at the latest
Building Community Teen Forum that
plenty of stereotypes still exist.
"People always have their eyes on
people who are different:' noted a
black student at the March 10 event,
presented for the fourth year as part
of the Building Community Initiative
started by the Chaldean News and the
Jewish News and hosted by Walled
Lake Consolidated Schools.
Fox 2 News' Charlie Langton
moderated this year's forum, which
included Jewish, Chaldean and African
American students as well as Father
Anthony Kathawa of St. George
Chaldean Catholic Church in Shelby
Township, the Rev. David Bullock of
Greater St. Matthew Baptist Church in
Highland Park and Rabbi Jen Lader of
Temple Israel in West Bloomfield.
Langton encouraged students to
speak from the heart, and many did
during the spirited discussion.
The student panelists conceded that
while they personally get along with
teens of different cultures, they don't
often socialize after school. In fact,
Langton noted that most of the several
hundred students in the audience were
sitting together grouped by race or
ethnicity.
Stereotypes about each group were
discussed, including Jews being overly
concerned with money and Chaldeans
owning all the party stores. "Our ste-
reotype is loud, obnoxious ghetto:' said
a black female in the audience.
"Chaldeans and blacks have a lot of
tension — true or not true?" Langton
asked the crowd to a chorus of "trues."
Father Anthony said that is the result
of black crime against Chaldean store
owners in Detroit in the past. Bullock
took exception, saying, "I think Father
is confused. It's very dangerous to talk
about criminality in the community"
Chaldean Valentena Hannawa, a
former panelist, drew applause when
she said, "My dad was murdered in
Detroit, but I don't hate. Just because
people make bad decisions you can't
hate a whole minority for it."
Lader pointed out that each of the
communities represented has been
persecuted it its own way. "We should
not focus on a contest" over who is
most oppressed, she said, but instead
address how to move forward.
One Chaldean student said he gets
asked mockingly a few times each day
if he is in ISIS. "I say, those are my
people getting killed:' he said. Another
Chaldean teen said it hurts to see his
Muslim friends get blamed for the
actions of the terrorist group.
The audience was split on whether
it's ever acceptable for anyone to use
the "N word:' Some black students said
it's a term of endearment among their
peers, but others, also black, called
it demeaning. All agreed it is never
appropriate for use by non-blacks.
Superintendent Ken Gutman
encouraged the teens to keep talking
to one another. "Don't let the conversa-
tion end here he said. "Continue the
respectful dialogue."
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Sponsors for the event were Walled Lake
Schools and Meijer.