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Looking back at 90: A complete change in America
Mariya Khan, Anoka High School In the South, where I was born and educated, it was an established mores that African Americans, and to an extent, other minorities too, were basically inferior human...
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In the South, you know where you stand
Corey Kramer There was a lot of that going on because the Woolworth’s would not allow us to eat at the lunch counter — they had a separate lunch counter for us. The fellows were the ones who...
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Carrying on the culture
I was born in a refugee camp in Thailand. My 13 siblings and Mom and Dad all traveled here together when I was 13. I just graduated from Robbinsdale Armstrong High School and started my first year of...
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Nowhere on the map of the world
I’m Hmong, and you cannot find Hmong on the map of the world. There is no country that is mine. So I link myself up to the people who love me, who no matter where we were, carved out a place to belong...
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Success is achievable
My name is Shamso Ali Hashi. I grew up in a small city outside Mogadishu. I finished high school there. I got married young and had 11 children in total. Six passed away and five are alive. My name is...
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Staying for my son
Dymanh Chhoun, University of Minnesota, Class of 2011 I can tell that this country has better opportunities for my son. Better resources for education and different things. So I think now I’m...
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Moving to Minnesota: Immigrants tell their stories
Stories can transform the past from words in a book into the light in an old man’s face and the longing in an immigrant’s voice. Across the distances of time, place, culture, gender, race, religion...
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Sculpture garden for scamps
Editor’s note: This is our first article in a year-long series on low-budget fun ideas for teens in the Twin Cities.Ever had the urge to touch artwork at a museum? Well, here’s a place for you rule...
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Fleeing persecution, Karen teen at home in Minnesota
When Ready Htoo tried his first hot dog in America he loved it – until he found out what it was called.“I don’t get why they call it ‘hot dog,’ ” he said. “I was like ‘Oh, that’s what they’re called?’...
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Hmong preteen next in line to become shaman
By Mai Ker Hang, 17, Harding Senior High School Kamolchai Hang, 12, of St. Paul, could become the next shaman in his Hmong family, continuing a religious tradition of more than 1,000 years. Kamolchai...
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Diverse peers at school educate in ways arithmetic can't
From the hustle and bustle of University Avenue packed with restaurants from West Africa to Laos, to Highland Park’s Jewish community, to the West Side’s colorful murals showing their pride for...
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Despite fan club, award-winning teen actor remains humble
The average high school graduate likes to spend their last summer before college relaxing, but average is definitely not a word used to describe Minnetonka High School alumnus Ryan McCartan.The...
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Refusing to choose
I never believed that people at my high school would start to look at me as the Somali girl, and not Zamzam anymore. But that’s what happened when the Somali population at school more than tripled in...
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Long weekend!! The delicious food Spending time with my family & friends Movie blockbusters I don't celebrate Thanksgiving I am looking forward to everything! Slideshow Settings Show this article...
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Review: "High School Musical" can't compete with Les Misérables
Les MisérablesOrpheum Theatre 910 Hennepin Ave. Minneapolis, Minn. 55403Runs now until Dec. 18.Cost: Ticket prices range from $42-135. Those with a student ID can buy tickets two hours before each...
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Christmas on January 7th
Forget shiny presents and delicious sugar cookies, Orthodox Christmas is orthodox. It is totally unlike the wonderfully commercialized Christmas most people celebrate in the United States. Instead of...
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Help us paint a digital portrait of MN teens
Teens are more than possible risk factors and test scores. In an effort to create a well-rounded picture of Minnesota teens today – what they think about, hope for, and how they communicate –...
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Coming Home a Stranger
Emma Carew Grovum Growing up as a Korean adoptee in a predominantly white suburb of Minneapolis, the thing that I coveted most was a physical resemblance to someone in my family. I envied my friends...
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Life after meeting my biological family
By Emma Carew Grovum After first meeting her biological parents in 2006, Emma wrote an essay about the experience for ThreeSixty. To read her first essay, click here.Six and a half years have passed...
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Here are 12 "Do" and "Don't do" tips for a great interview
ThreeSixty and Minnesota Historical Society staff Why do oral history?Here’s what Maddie Colbert,a junior at South High Schoolin Minneapolis, says:“For years, I have learned about segregation and...
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For Black History Month honor elders by recording their stories
Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was the first black woman elected to U.S. Congress and the first woman to run for president on the Democratic ticket.There is a ong-term oral history project being...
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Changing the picture
During his first trip back to Somalia in summer 2010, Mohamed Samatar, 19, of Minneapolis, expected there to be no electricity and to be in a desert.“Everything I had in America was there. The only...
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Book Review: Thirteen Reasons Why
Clay Jensen is a typical high-schooler. He avoids being at home and has romantic relationships. His heart is bruised when, seemingly spontaneously, his crush Hannah Baker—whom he knows from school but...
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Living art: Dedication and second jobs support artists' careers
Simone Cazares Bryan Nichols is an accomplished jazz pianist from Minneapolis who makes his money from performing and teaching. That wasn’t always his plan, though.Nichols attended Iowa State...
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A DREAM come true: Executive order allows young, illegal immigrants to stay...
Victor, 18, was only four years old when his parents brought him into the United States illegally. He was far too young to have made that choice, which is why he approves of the Obama Administration’s...
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Truth and consequences: Struggling with the model minority myth
When I went to my first lecture for a Creative Writing class, I wasn’t expecting much. I thought I’d only be treated to “professional” writers tooting their own horns at us poor, inexperienced college...
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Search for perfect last name leads to greater discovery
Freddy McConnell As you can see next to this essay, my last name is McConnell.Except it’s actually Thomas. Or is it Clemente?I don’t blame you for being confused. I’ve felt the same way these past...
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Chasing truth with a camera: Why two local photographers joined the Ferguson...
Selam Berhea, Blaine High School “I know how to tell the truth.”—Nancy MusinguziTruth. It’s often called objective. What can we accept as truth? Do we take the images of looting and rioting from a...
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Simmering acceptance: Embarrassment over cultural cuisine isn’t always easy...
Danielle WongIn any gathering of Asian people, there will always be food.This past summer, I was selected to play Fredericka from Stephen Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music” with Mu Performing Arts, a...
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Holding onto your heritage: Somali traditions keep family roots intact while...
Sagal Abdirahman, St. Louis Park High School My mother came to America for one reason and one reason only. The “American Dream.”What she didn’t know was the land we held onto might be sacrificed for...
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