Monday, September 11, 2006

Obligatory September 11 post

Many blogs are going dark today. I respect and honor that choice, but I'm consciously making a different one in light of my current life seminar topic - After defeat pick yourself up, start anew.

With that in mind, I present this article from CNN. In short, the United States and Saudi Arabia have created an educational exchange program to foster cross-cultural understanding in this post 9/11 era. To that end, the United States is admitting a record number of students (15,000) from Saudi Arabia to be educated at state universities across the nation. The Saudi royal family will be paying full tuition for those students.

I can see the benefits this has for both nations. Cultural understanding is more easily absorbed by the young. By exposing college students to others from different backgrounds, we may be able to defray the costs of ignorance by nipping it in the bud. This works both for American students who are hosting, as well as for the visiting Saudi Arabian students. There is no substitute for the authenticity of direct experience. The Saudis will return home with better knowledge of what the US is really like. American students, will have the opportunity to use their own eyes to evaluate the Saudis, and to use their experiences as a focal point to lessen prejudice in their home communities.

I'm hoping we don't squander this. I'm hoping the Saudi students don't reap the same crop harvested by those already living here. By this I mean, I want them to have positive interactions with Americans, not be the subject of shouted "rag-head" curses. I want them to develope true connections with people, not be ostracized and forced to seek out other marginalized brown-skinned people to fortify themselves against ethnic prejudice.

In short, I'm hoping my fellow Americans don't screw this up.

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