From eddie murphy movies. So, of course, everyone who lived in brooklyn were vampires, and if you wanted to find the clean, you would go to queens, of course. , we are going to export more about flushing, queens, is community, its microcosm of world religions. Before we begin, just a little bit about our author. Has lang r. Scott hanson a phd from the university of chicago. He is but most of his adult life thinking about pluralism in the world, but most of it from the neighborhood of flushing, queens, in new york city of course. He has studied acting and the university, sunni, the university of pennsylvania. Inis currently a lecturer history at the university of pennsylvania. He has studied at the the universityy, of pennsylvania. Ladies and german, please join ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming ruth tonight. Cott hanson [applause] all right. Good evening and welcome. That i should add tonights talk will be filmed by American History tv on cspan3. So, during the question
Missions in the world. And bangladesh cover justify, to making the Chinese Ambassador exploaz witexplode with rage. Turkey and germany say they are working on a Diplomatic Initiative to stop the onslaught on the syrian city of aleppo. Tens of thousands of syrians fleeing for their lives are being held up on the border. Stefanie dekker has more on the turkish side of the border with syria. The german minister came here with a special message, stem the tie of refugees to europe. Translator if illegal means are not stopped, we have to find a legal means to define a common task. How it can be done remains unclear, in a joint press conference with Prime Minister davutoglu, as they were talk, news came that at least 30 syrians died while trying omake the crossing. And inside syria a growing humanitarian crisis once again close to turkeys borders. Tens of thousands of syrians are fleeing in an intense campaign to take back the vital city of aleppo. The border with turkey is closed, the turkis
Pope to United States as a Record Number are leaving the Church European Union Leaders are due to hold an emergency meeting on the crisis. They are heading to brussels. They overcame stiff opposition from the Eastern European countries, and approved a plan to relocating 120,000 refugees. Lawrence lee has our first report. Reporter as far as europes reputation for handling a crisis goes, not to mention the aim for a liberal idea, the refugee crisis threatened the foundation. Union. It witnessed people running for their lives. The police in macedonia accused of beating refugees for daring to pass through. Hungary, on the pretext of protecting christian values in europe constructed a sort of fence that the European Union threatened to tear down. Authorities tried to refuse the right of refugees to move on. Once they walked off from the train station things began to change. Hungary caved in. People that walked from serbia, were put on to buses. Those dumped on the hungarian border were clo
Irish need apply. This class is about an hour and 10 minutes. Welcome to the latest chapter of the irishamerican experience. We will be talking about nativism, the antiimmigrant movement that explodes in the 19th century, pretty much impacting all immigrants, but especially the irish. They are the biggest group. They are the most identifiable group. They are in the biggest cities. They stand out and generate an enormous opposition. Before we get into that, lets back up a little bit. We are not just going to be simply talking about the irish today, because the nativist response the irish generates actually existed before the irish got here. You can find early versions of it in the early 18th century and you also find echoes of it since that time. It speaks to the larger american experience. It is a kind of phenomenon that we pride ourselves of being a nation of immigrants, but we are a nation of immigrants, but we are also a nation that is always questioning that tradition. Lets start w
You can find echoes of it still. It speaks to the larger american experience. It is a kind of phenomenon that we pride ourselves of being a nation of immigrants, but we are a nation that is always questioning that tradition. Lets start with looking at things in 2014. What do americans think of immigration . If you go to ellis island, you will see this image, an american flag, very large. If you stand on one end, it has kind of a hologram effect. If you stand to be right side you just see a big flag, and if you walked to where i am standing, the image changes and you see these faces representing these different groups. To miss rates how much americans love immigration. This seems strange given the politics today, but americans, i would say most americans today in the 21st century absolutely love immigration. As strange as that may sound, hold that thought. But we know from headlines, from politics, debates in congress and so forth then americans also hate immigration. Explaining to the