El Teatro celebrates the common threads in cultural differences – Colorado From: greeleytrib.com
Tagged: children, Colorado, stereotypes, TheaterPosted on: May 7th, 2008
Blanca and Yessenia Soto sometimes still feel the stares as they walk into stores. It hasn’t been unusual, simply by virtue of their brown skin, for the teenage sisters to be followed down the aisles.
Butting up against racial stereotypes, economic hardship and occasional hostility is part of life for many whose skin color advertises an ethnic heritage. For children, especially, the experiences are penetrating and painful.
El Teatro, a Northridge High School theater company, has put those stories in the spotlight.”*
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Filed Under: Cultura, Youth
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