From Job Skills To People Skills: Learning U.S. Ways
Tue Jul 06, 2010 11:19 PM
"Fort Wayne, Ind., deals with multiple cultural challenges and obstacles every day as a primary relocation destination for refugees.
The city houses the largest Burmese community in the country, and cultural differences have at times made this community a target. One laundromat posted a sign that forbade Burmese from entering because some were spitting a tobacco-like substance on the floor.
The city is now taking steps to head off the cultural misunderstandings that arise with new communities."