la cruz's students are learning about ethnic studies. today they're sharing a tree of life. >> the roots are like the values. the limbs are like family or love or hope. >> they also write about topics like race, violence, and sexuality. >> it kind of gets you lowers and, like, to know more about the people around you. you figure out that not everybody is the same. >> and that's the crux of this class. >> the idea everyone is not the same. ethnic studies is a smes ebbing-long examination of identity. >> if you are an immigrant, is it hard to come here right away? yes? maybe? >> mr. de la cruz talks about the challenges facing immigrants. >> racism, language barriers, learning the culture, being away from who? your family. right? >> i prefer to consider all americans. >> the president of the conservative form of silicon valley opposes ethnic studies because he says it draws attention to ethnic identity. >> our nation is founded on principles of freedom, individual liberty, and we are a meritorious societied. we don't care your social backg

. >>> expanding ethnic studies in san francisco. high school students examine ethnic identity, but not everyone supports the move. >> we really don't care about your ethnic background. >> the president of uc reflects on her first year on the job. >> the depth and breadth of the university of california is hard to comprehend until you're sitting in my chair. we don't have a policy. >>> latino kindergartnerkinderg. researchers shedding new light on their little known strengths. >> that tells us things are changing. >>> hello. tonight we're going to bring you some of our best education stories from this fall. we begin with school safety and increasing concerns about earthquake-readiness in the classroom. it's been months since the quake struck napa jolting people awake in the middle of the night. there was significant damage, but would have happened if the earthquake had hit during the day when school was in session? inspectors went out to assess the damage in napa schools after the quake and what they found in classrooms may give all

marginalized ethnic minority groups. they will enter business as a result of racial segregation and a means of economic survival. this is still the case to some extent, but a new trend is quickly emerging. , today's the past asian american entrepreneurs are highly transnational. taking advantage of their bilingual and by cultural backgrounds, their extended their businesses throughout the night states and beyond -- united states and beyond. the goal of asian american enterprise is a focus on the outcome of increasing asian investment in the u.s. fostering direct investment from u.s.sian pacific in the come increased from $93 billion billion in $470 2013. making asian the second-largest regional inventor -- investor in the u.s. the total spark of investment from japan, india and china has created more than 800,000 jobs for u.s. workers by 2013. more immigrants from asia are also coming with capital. the u.s. issues more than 10,000 eb five visas every year. a type of visa requiring $1 million of investment for each entry

we really don't care your ethnic background. we just want to know what can you do for our society at large. >> reporter: his opposition to ethnic studies is not unique. >> the students united! >> we'll never be divided! >> reporter: in tucson, mexican-american studies was banned in 2011 amid vocal protests by high school students. >> give it a generic title like i'd tis. >> reporter: while the classes at south san francisco haven't generated heated debate here, the students and teachers know they're on the front lines. >> every human being knows how to adapt, right? that's part of being a human. >> now ethnic studies at south san francisco is an elective, but there is one school in southern california that will soon require ethnic studies for graduation there have been several efforts in sacramento to look at a statewide ethnic studies curriculum, but they haven't gotten very far. >> interesting. >>> it's like a disneyland fast pass for people who need their caffeine fix. starbucks announced that customers will be able to skip s

we don't care your ethnic background. we just want to know what can you do for us, for our society at large? >> reporter: his opposition to ethnic studies is not unique. >> the students united! >> we'll never be divided! >> reporter: in tucson, mexican-american studies was banned in 2011. >> given a generic title. >> reporter: while the classes at south san francisco haven't generated heated debate here, the students and teachers know they are on the front lines. >> every human being knows how to adapt, right, that's part of being a human. >> reporter: jessica aguirre, nbc bay area news. >> ethnic studies at south san francisco is an elective, but there is one school in southern california that will soon require ethnic studies for graduation. there have been several efforts in sacramento to look at a statewide ethnics studies curriculum, but so far that hasn't gotten very far. >>> hopefully you brought your umbrella today, maybe a poncho. christina has been tracking weather systems here. good morning, christina. >> hey, y

this doctor specializes in what he calls ethnic surgeries. >> when we talk about ethnic cosmetic surgerywe refer ethnic to african-american, asian and his panics. >> reporter: they all want similar looks. >> i have a fair amount of patients that come in and bring me photos of supercelebrities. >> reporter: kendra surgery take s two long hours and it's complicated because of those previous surgeries. >> we don't have enough there. >> reporter: as more surgeons find ethnic -- are they trying to get more european, more white-looking noses? >> i think that's wrong. people want to refine their nose. i don't care if you're white, african-american. >> reporter: dr. perilman sees patients from every background. whose nose is he offering? >> are you promoting an western ideal of beauty? >> it's hard to say. again, we don't define beauty. beauty is defined by the media. by the fashion industry. and by the public. so, if you look at who's on the cover of the magazines, look at their features. >> reporter: some would argue that even those images are often altered or photo shopped. most recently, the

i think your leadership transcends any kind of ethnic boundaries, any kind of class boundaries. you have a good heart. you have a wonderful nature about you that really connects with many people. so, on behalf of the visitacion valley community i want to say thank you and also acknowledge your outstanding leadership. thank you. (applause) >> thank you very much, supervisor chiu, and those kind words, supervisor cohen, and all the supervisors. i actually got my start here in san francisco as a college of podiatric medicine when dianne feinstein was mayor. i came back in the '90s to serve on the filipino task force on aids when aids was disparately affecting gay filipinos. blat five years i've been here and it's been a privilege to be part of the community and to serve. thank you for honoring me this way and i'm just, yeah, very honored when i see those that are honored including my fraternity brother al perez from san jose state. so, again, it's been a great privilege. i hope to continue to honor the community and your trust in us and our work in nonprofit in serving the broader

because the way that the country is built will put all of these sectarian and ethnic groups on a path of colliding against each other. >> watch more "faultlines" on demand or visit aljazeera.com/faultlines. >> pain killer addiction on the rise >> i loved the feeling of not being in pain >> deadly consequences >> the person i married was gone >> are we prescribing an epidemic? >> the last thing drug companies wanted anybody to think was that, this was a prescribing problem >> fault lines, al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> today they will be arrested... >> ground breaking... they're firing canisters of gas at us... award winning investigative documentary series... opioid wars only on al jazeera america >> the drought takes hold with devastating results but now >>ience fights back.

the russian argument is that they are supporting their ethnic-speaking, ethnically russian majority or, you know, population in eastern ukraine. you have one of those in estonia as well. what is the dynamic there? do they feel discriminated against? do they feel protected? do they feel, hey, there is a greater russia here and we would like to be part of it? >> well, if the average salary of a russian minener ukraine is 200 your euros, the average salary of a russian miner in estonia is 2000. so economically t doesn't really -- i mean, it's not as if there is this richer country next door. opposite is true. when we do polls, do you want to no. no. no. the rights and freedoms you have in the european union, you work number. on top of that, we are in terms of press freedom, internet freedom, we are one of the leaders in the world. the argument of having co-eth knicks above, an argument made by the germans in 1938 to dismember czechoslavakia and to annex austria, that's not good. >> you know, that went over poorly when people first said that when this started happening but, in fact, it is

because the way that the country is built will put all of these sectarian and ethnic groups on a path of colliding against each other. >> watch more "faultlines" on demand or visit aljazeera.com/faultlines. >> welcome to the news hour. coming up on the program. joining the fight against isil, the peshmerga fighters head to the syrian town of kobane. >>> forced migration, egypt displays thousands to create a large buffer zone along it's border wit

because the way that the country is built will put all of these sectarian and ethnic groups on a path of colliding against each other. >> watch more "faultlines" on demand or visit aljazeera.com/faultlines. >> a brutal drug war >> this here were the remains of 31 people that were found... >> thousands disappearing >> the cost of kidnapping and killing a human being is almost zero >> fault lines, al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> today they will be arrested... >> ground breaking... they're firing canisters of gas at us... emmy award winning investigative series... new episode the disappeared only on al jazeera america >>> the cdc issues brand new guidelines in the fight against ebola as controversy overing mandatory quarantines boils over. >>> eight days until america votes. >> i had to move out of my place because i ran out of unemployment. and then i was out on the street. >> as we look across the country, the issue of jobs making center stage in wisconsin. >> plus inside one of america's most mysterious

it could be gender or ethnicity. on a local level, that also occurs. you see the ethnic card. but maybe not in a way that is quite so obvious. congressman, people -- i was talking to jimmy morales about this before we started this panel. one of the things that we look at that is so complex about this is that people are drawn to people who look, position and speak like them. you are drawn to your ethnic group. you are drawn to your racial group because there are certain commonalties. what is wrong with that? >> well, i think there is nothing wrong with people be proud of their hair damage. and their ethnicity. that's always been part of our political system. i think that's one of the it if i would say laws of politics. people are proud to have representatives who they feel identification with. having said that, and i'll make reference to a kcouple of other what i call laws of politics. as much as they could be laws, there could be laws of physics. people are proud of their hair damage. and they're proud to have a representative who they identify with. now, at the same time, i'd

because the way that the country is built will put all of these sectarian and ethnic groups on a path of colliding against each other. >> watch more "faultlines" on demand or visit aljazeera.com/faultlines. >> a brutal drug war >> this here were the remains of 31 people that were found... >> thousands disappearing >> the cost of kidnapping and killing a human being is almost zero >> fault lines, al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> today they will be arrested... >> ground breaking... they're firing canisters of gas at us... emmy award winning investigative series... new episode the disappeared only on al jazeera america >> a nurse goes for a bike ride and creates a legal uproar. politics the law, and fear of ebola collide. >> a fight over a holy place become as deadly stand off in jerusalem. as sweden breaks precedent to recognize a palestinian state. and with just five days until the midterm elest as hook at why so many democrats are turning acquire from president obama.

pep is an ethnic studies educational [speaker not understood] that creates partnerships and projects that work toward social justice. they provide classes at long fellow elementary school, [speaker not understood] middle school, balboa and burden high school, city college of san francisco, san francisco state, and the university of san francisco. every year pep sends hundreds of students to college, graduate school, and credential programs. pep is proud to have produced hundreds of critical teachers, scholars, social workers, organizers, all of which are serving our communities and social justice organizations in teaching in schools, and colleges across the nation. pep has published numerous book with lesson plans, units and workshops that highlight the marriage between critical filipino, filipino-american studies content and the practice of critical pedagogical i. pep has also worked with community organization and educators to institutionalize ethnic studies in high schools and the san francisco -- in the san francisco unified school district ~. the founder, dr. alison [speaker not

let's talk about ethnic sectarianism.he president, abdullah, is it possible for this new unity government to cure the ethnic sectarianism and strife in afghanistan? >> actually, it exer a bated the ethnic tensions in the country although the two leaders are quite moderate in their statements. some of their supporters have been very extreme in their statement and as somebody said, we have avoided a civil war which was very possible. but i think what is going to be happening now, we are all going to be watching very closely the formation of the cabinet and the first steps the government takes. if they are able to take important early steps and we have already seen, for example, the reopening of the corruption case regarding the kabul bank, we have had a few appointments by president ghani. we haven't seen any appointments by doctor abdullah. i think critically, it is going to be the formation of the cabinet and how that ethnic balance is going to be worked out and played out over the next few days and weeks. >> hamdullah, p

. >>> expanding ethnic studies in san francisco. high school students examine ethnic identity, but not everyone supports the move. >> we really don't care about your ethnic background. >> the president of uc reflects on her first year on the job. >> the depth and breadth of the university of california is hard to comprehend until you're sitting in my chair. we don't have a policy. >>> latino kindergartnerkinderg. researchers shedding new light on their little known strengths. >> that

. >> some iraqi factions report by the united states are accused of carrying out their own ethnic cleansing. >> there's a state by state control for the senate. >> north carolina is another race that will be close. >> how carolina closes, i don't think you'll see. want to tell you, since the event in dallas, we have gone back and are doing more training to those targeted personnel, or the health care personal in the emergency rooms and intensive care units, because those are the two places where if a patient comes to us, they'd be cared for. >> most americans that watched hollywood movies and tv shows and read books, we have always assumed that we were just showing hazmat suits. if there were some tragic event like this, that nurses and doctors would have the kind of equipment they needed in order to protect themselves. but then we heard this from that nurse. >> it was basically, you know, just like you would have in a snow suit or any hoodie it would zip up to about here, and then from there going to a hood, up around my face, like this, around my whole face, and on top of that was a mask

and that it's a patch worth of ethnic enclaves. a cross section of the whole world.very immigrant group you can think of. ♪ >> barron ambrosia has taken it upon himself to serve as the bronx's culinary ambassador. he has a show on tv and he throws party where he serves creatures that would make andrew zimmer turn grey and fall to the floor. explorer and gourmet. >> bronx is so multifaceted but for some reason it's the first place i always take people because this imnates that flavor of the bronx. >> and he knows what i like. places like this. 1 188. new york, old cool, puerto rican good stuff. get within 20 feet of this place and prepare to lose your find. >> it's basically fried pig. the ears, tongue, chopped up and deep fried. >> so off cut parts deep fried? what's not to like about that. >> we're going to get that in there. >> oh, yeah. >> the skin is just chopped up. >> so skin and fat. >> skin and fat. >> yeah, it's almost like a little meat candy bar. >> it's amazing. it's amazing. >> always. >> and what else do we need? >> yeah. >> puerto rico, i miss you. >>

every ethnic that lives in the bronx has that.hing is, it's an immigrant neighborhood. it is not a matter of who owns it at that particular time. and they're next. and i'm looking forward to that, because i enjoy a good quesadilla. but i made a good decision coming to lammy's today. >> good move. >> i'm always here for the curried goat and mac and cheese. doesn't cover floods? [ heart rate increases ] man: a few inches of water caused all this? [ heart rate increases ] woman #2: but i don't even live near the water. what you don't know about flood insurance may shock you -- including the fact that a preferred risk policy starts as low as $129 a year. for an agent, call the number that appears on your screen. >>> the twos and the fives here are the greatest trains because they go from bronx, through manhattan all the way to brooklyn. it's the only number lines that will get three boroughs visibility. >> bronx, still here. >> still hire. but like even then, that brings me back, tony. that sound. >> do you remember the first time you

took control of areas, every september and ethnic group arms themselves. they lost confidence in the iraqi army, and losing hope that they can be helped. >> reporter: they would prefer for an authority to hold the country together. the power now seems to be in the hands of irregular armies not fighting for iraq, but their community's existence >>> there has been more anti-coup marches in egypt. they were holding pictures of deposed president mohamed mursi and called on the government to release detained protesters. al jazeera demands the release of its journalists, peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed, who have been in prison for 294 days. they are falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood, and are appealing against their convictions. mohamed fadel fahmy and peter greste were sentenced to seven years in prison. baher mohamed received an additional three years for having a spent bullet in his possession, which he picked up at a protest. >> two groups have been picked up. abu sayyaf fighters threatened to kill them unless they

and that it's a patchwork of ethnic enclaves, a cross section of the whole world.ou could think of. justin, aka, barren imbrosha is serving at the culinary ambassador. >> let the dinner begin. this is the porcupine. >> for the cause of introducing the delights of this mighty borough to the ignorant, well like me. he's got a show on the tv, and he throws parties where he serves creatures that would make andrew zimmer turn gray and slump unconscious to the floor. explorer, and gourmet. >> bronx, it's so multifacetted, but for some reason this is the first place i take people. this is oozes and imminents that flavor of the bronx. >> and he knows what i like. places like this. 188 on 188th street and the grand concourse. old school new york puerto rican good stuff. get within 20 feet of this stuff and prepare to lose your freaking mind. >> it is fried pig. ear, tongue, chopped up and deep fried. >> off cut pig parts, deep fried. what's not to like about that? >> yeah, the shoulder. we're going to get that in there. >> oh yeah. >> big piece of the skin, just chopped up.

. >> i want to talk about the year ends ethnicity this chart shows a break down the first one at the district level and breakdown by the ethnic sub groups i want to pinpoint two sub groups 84 percent of acknowledging students and latino students in comparison they were look at lower than the ethnic groups and i wanted to say of the sub groups students were retained planning to stay for a fifth year in a later slide we'll talk about the new interventions webb we're going to work to support those students specifically greater oceanic and at an earlier stage like the eight grade in the programs this next slide look at the year-end status but english proficiency whether their english or number one english learns and the second chart for education for english learns about 50 percent of english learns graduated with the ged policy and 15 percentage dropped out whether they didn't complete the courses i want to point out that about 16 percent were retained they're staying for a fifth year to complete their graduation requirements i'm going to talk about quickly about the special education p

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took control of areas, every sect and ethnic group armed themselves. they lost confidence and are losing confidence that iraq is losing itself again. >> even though they get military help, what they prefer is for an authority to hold the country together. the power is in the hands of irregular armies, who are not fighting for iraq, but their own communities existence. >> al jazeera continues to demand the release of its imprisoned journalist in egypt. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed has been in prison for 294 days. they are falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood, and are appealing against their convictions. >>> in nigeria, hopes have been raised of a possible ceasefire between the government and the armed group boko haram. a senior presidential advisor told al jazeera that an agreement could lead to the release of 200 schoolgirls abducted earlier this year, but there has been no confirmation of that from boko haram. we'll, of course, have more on this when joined live from abujament put boko haram to -- abuja. pu

some iraqi factions are supported by the united states are accused of carrying out their own ethnic and sectarian cleansing. >> shocking new report. >> reveals stores of chemical weapons. >> report suggests the government secretly prevented soldiers from receiving proper care. >> allison grimes -- >> deceived the people of kentucky. >> i'm not bought and paid for by the koch brothers. >> will you divulge your source? >> never. >> we begin with facing tough questions from congress about the ebola outbreak. >> none of us can understand how a nurse who treated an ebola infected patient and who herself had developed a fever would permitted to board a commercial airline and fly across the country. it's no wonder the public's confidence is shaken. >> tom frieden faces calls for his resignation. >> we know how to control ebola. >> but the testimony was less than reassuring as both of the dallas nurses with ebola have been sent to hospitals elsewhere. co-workers clap for nina pham as she left for the nih. but an executive from her dallas hospital told reporters they still don't know how she got

there's not much in the ethnic stripes, so to say. >> thank you.nian political analyst live in sarajevo >>> i want to show you the donor conference for gaza. it is under way in cairo. at the moment the u.s. secretary of state john kerry is speaking. we'll keep across what he is saying, anything news worthy we'll let you know here on gaz in the next few minutes. >>> on the indian eastern coast, the cyclone is making landfall near the port city. two people are confirmed dead. thousands of people have been evacuated from the parts of andrea pradesh and odessa. al jazeera's correspondent is monitoring from the capital, new delhi. >> the south-eastern states of otisa and pradesh is battered by nature. heavy rains and winds of up to 195 k/hr are top lipping powerlines -- toppling powerlines and uprooting trees. >> translation: we are facing a lot of problems from last night as we are not getting food items, no one is coming out of the houses. >> the country's disaster response force says it prepared for the worst with cyclone hudhud deploying around 1800

the orchestra had to suspend its performances after many of the instruments were damaged in the ethniconflict. even after resuming activities in 2000 the group had to borrow instruments. the japanese government hopes its assistance can tap into the universal appeal of music to promote reconciliation among different ethnic groups. orchestra members are eager to perform with a diverse range of fellow musicians. >>> our meteorologist jonathan oh is back with the rest of the world weather, including details on severe weather hitting the united states. jonathan. >> that's correct. yes, we are continuing to monitor this complex of storms that has battered areas from texas, oklahoma, and even as far east as parts of tennessee. what is happening is, a low pressure system is really developing itself ahead of that warm moisture that's really saturating the atmosphere. whenever you have cold air filtering behind it, it gives a really big punch. and when that happens, you open up the skies, and you start seeing some severe weather. we are talking about numerous wind damage reports. and also hail s

who were jewish americans and his private corresponds over the years pretty much disparages every ethnic group. he was a crusty guy, although

the polls close in the bosnian elections, overrun with ethnic divisions. and storms hit india's east coast. fighters from the islamic state of iraq and the levant have carried out a series of deadly attacks in iraq. there are fears i.s.i.l. is gaining more and more ground in anbar province. shares borders with saudi arabia, jordan and turkey, diala province, a bombing there, killed dozens of fighters. imran khan is reporting. >> three suicide attacks that include bombers in, struck the government compound of karatapa. this was a facility with both kurdish peshmerga fighters and kurdish fighters. in the capital baghdad, more killed as a result of violence on saturday. this is the shula neighborhood in the early evening two parked car bombs ripped through a busy marketplace. those in the vicinity didn't stand a chance. 38 people were killed and 68 injured. >> acar bomb exploded here at the checkpoint, killing and wounding several people. my son was seriously injured and is now in hospital. this is his vehicle which was damaged in the attack. >> reporter: res

now, this election is dominated for fierce for the economy and ethnic tensions, nearly 20 years afterboznia civil war and we report. . >> reporter: they suggest that bosnia decision are deep as ever and ethnic nationalist ahead for the race for the shared presidency which is between a few communities and although this could change as more results come in. some 54% of bosnia electorate voted and not the increase in turn out they hoped for following corruption and unemployment earlier in the year. the sdp was one of the biggest parties in the previous election. at their headquarters activist analyze the early results. but given the complexity of bosnia's political system it may be some time before clear trends emerge. these elections may produce new political leaders who will work in the parliament building behind me but that doesn't mean we should necessarilying specific dramatic new policies. bosnia's post war constitution was designed to share power between competing ethnic groups, not to produce strong and decisive government. the man responsible for overseeing the peace accords say

take a look at the ethnic break down. non-hispanic whites, 44%. latinos, 33. asian americans falling down there all the way to native american and others. there are more non-hispanic whites add up to 56% compared to whites. that's a big difference. they're 43% of the population. that's the problem. >> larry, we're talking about more non-whites than whites in california. we haven't seen non-white voters turning out. >> that's the essence of this whole issue. now you see non-hispanic whites which are a minority of the population, 62% of the voters. african-american 6%. all the way down the line. in every category except african-americans the percentages of expected minority voters go down dramatically. there are consequences here. generally whites are more a afflue affluent. the outcomes on those races may be quite different than the original numbers might suggest. >> these are really interesting to look at this breakdown in this way of what the population is versus what the expected voter turn out is. what do you think accounts for the discrepancy. >> there are

they are members of a minority group, ethnic kurds who follow a pre-islamic faith. this makes them feel particularly threatened. >> we have to be alert at all times day and night. we have to make sure that isil is not able to come here. they've threatened us many times. >> reporter: the islamic state in iraq and the levant surrounds their village from three sides and just like many front lines across the country the warring parties are just a few hundred meters apart. this open ground makes it he is for isil to push into the village south of kirkuk city. >> isil did bad things to the yazidis in sinjar. we're afraid they will do the same to us. if they do come here we will have to leave. >> reporter: the families who live here are all aware of how isil fighters killed and kidnapped hundreds of yazidis who swept through the sinjar mountains in august. human rights groups have accused the armed group of carrying out a wave of ethnic cleansing against minorities in northern iraq. this is not the only community who has taken up arms. the yazidis, christians, kurds, shia,

every ethnic that lives in the bronx has that. immigrant neighborhood. it is not a matter of who owns it, it's ace a -- a matter of who owns it at a particular time. and they're next. and i'm looking forward to that, because i enjoy a good quesadilla. but i made a good decision coming to lammy's today. >> good move. >> i'm always here for the curried goat and mac and cheese. lammy's don't play, man. ut tomo, we miss out on the things that matter today. ♪ at axa, we offer advice and help you break down your insurance goals into small, manageable steps. because when you plan for tomorrow, it helps you live for today. can we help you take a small step? for advice, retirement, and life insurance, connect with axa. ♪ ♪ >>> the twos and the fives here are the greatest trains because they go from bronx, through manhattan all the way to brooklyn. it's the only number lines that will get three boroughs visibility. >> bronx, still here. >> still hire. -- yeah, still here. but like even then, that brings me back, tony. that sound. >> do you

american culture is an amalgamation of all its ethnic groups. a frontier is the son of interaction between cultures not merely advancing european settlements. later or at the present trendy modernist studies insist on indigenous agency under the guise of collective empowerment making the casualties of colonialism rather responsible for their own demise. perhaps worst of all some claim and still claim, especially the spanish and the vatican that the colonizer and the colonized experience and encounter and engage in dialogue thereby making reality, masking reality with justifications and rationalizations. in short apologies for one-sided robbery and murder. in focusing on cultural change and conflict between cultures, this kind of approach avoids fundamental questions about the formation of the united states and its implications for the present and the future. this approach to history allows one to safely criticize present responsibility for continued harm done by that past and the questions of reparations, restitution, restoration of land and pre

>> it's the specialty crops, and it's the ethnic farming that we see here.t have the mechazation on these small farms and a lot of that is because of the crops, because they do require multiple harvesting and you just can't mechanize it and lot of it is also due to the fact that they just can't afford to buy the machinery that would mechanically harvest a lot of these crops. >> and it's because i know that these are exotic crops that i feel like i'm in kind of an exotic setting here? >> in part, but i mean, you just you don't see this on the west side of fresno county. you only see this where we have the hmong and the laos farming where they trellis things up. we've got tall growing plants, we've got vining crops and it just makes it look tropical and jungle. we've got as we found out earlier 100 crops on this 20 acres. >> oh boy! she's working away. they start working in the fields young. don't they michael? >> yeah. >> she's got her hoe, she's going to town with it right there. and here are the others. and now what are we walking through right here? >> the

when you travel from ethnic group to ethnic group, you will find that--let's say in nigeria with the yoruba, where they have a very tonal language-- they might say, hello "modupwe." so there's a lot of variation in tone-- many of their instruments and their drums, like the donno and the talking drums, they sound just the way they talk. you might hear "do-do do, do-do-do-do-do-do, do." in senegal, the wolof, the people of the mande cultures which is the sousou, malinke, the bambara-- they speak very fast. you might hear, "naga def," so you might hear, "bla ga da, mangi flec, blanka da, blankadi bla dah, bleat bla-bla-bla-bla-bla." so as you could see there's a direct connection with the spoken language, and what is being played, and how you express it on the drum. mandiani is a rhythm that comes out of the old malian empire. the drums and the instruments that they use for the rhythm mandiani come from the djembe orchestra. the djembe orchestra encompasses maybe two or three djembes, usually one principal musician and the bass. this is the djun-djun, and this is the song na. you have t

now, this evening we talked about ethnic influences that shaped these objects. there are so many other topics waiting to be explored. i hope you'll have a chance to visit and see these compelling pieces of the southern past first hand and take part in that conversation. thank you very much. (applause (. >> 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on c span three. follow us on twitter at c span history for information on our schedule, upcoming pramentz and to keep up with the latest history news. this year's c span is touring cities across the country explorring american history. up next, a visit to gre

on the front line, how the fight against isil is deeping ethnic divisions in northern iraq, afghan ghanis forging economic ties and why the u.s. media is being accused of whipping up hysteria over the ebola outbreak. ♪ representatives from 40 nations in berlin to discuss what aid agencies are calling the worst humanitarian disaster in modern times and left the country to escape the fighting there and millions more have been displaced inside syria and there has been a huge influx of people into turkey and the u.n. believes nearly 200,000 escaped the siege by isil at the border town of kobani and for one month the town has been scene of intense fighting between isil and kurdish fighters and we are joined at the turkey/syrian border and we will get to the situation in a minute but an is the latest on fighting in kobani today? >> reporter: elizabeth we are told it was relatively quiet overnight but the fighting picked up again this morning. there was a large explosion, we were told, was a car bomb earlier on this morning followed by sounds of gunfire and the last half an hour or so there hav