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In Search of Bengali Harlem | An Identity in Hip Hop

Season 12 Episode 5 | 1m 34s

Alaudin Ullah talks about the cultural revolution known as hip hop in Harlem. Ullah felt like an outsider when he was growing up so he connected to the music and the people. But this also meant a rejection of his Bangladeshi culture which his parents did not understand as they were proud of who they were and where they came from.

Major funding for America ReFramed provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Funding provided by the MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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To qualify for one of California's migrant housing camps, workers must follow strict rules.
California farmworker housing rules force seasonal moves, upending Latinx students' education.
California farmworker housing rules force seasonal moves, upending Latinx students' education.
The summer season means harvesting and much work for migrant workers in California.
Students, whose parents are migrant farm workers, know all too well the education they are missing.
How do migrant students fare mentally when school is allowed only part of the academic year?
Alaudin Ullah opens up about growing up in Harlem as a Bengali American kid.
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A family acts to rectify a systemic wrong after a mentally ill loved one's incarceration.
A family acts to rectify a systemic wrong after a mentally ill loved one's incarceration.
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