TAL Vox Assignment: Shouting Across the Divide
This Week's Assignment:
Tell us your stories about miscommunication across faiths.
Here's our take on it:
This American Life, Episode #322: Shouting Across the Divide
A Muslim woman persuades her husband that their family would be happier if they left the West Bank and moved to America. They do, and things are good...until September 11. After that, the elementary school their daughter goes to begins using a textbook that says Muslims want to kill Christians. This and other stories of what happens when Muslims and non-Muslims try to communicate, and misfire.
