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Space c r e a m s discu58 stereotypes with a w h i t e girl , black boy and Cherokee boy, con- vincing the children that : 1 - s t m t s p e s are not true; 2-stereotypes cause hamu; and 3-stereutypes are used to justify unfair treatment of woaben and minorities.

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The Trinhs have done thslr share of weep- garbage m the street, and I'm trying to ing. Men they arrived eleven weeks ago, f ind out h w to f fx t t ," he says. they cried for their parents and t h e 12- teaming Englfsh i s the Trinh fam1 ty 's year-old brother they had to leave behind. pr ior i ty . The four teen-agers a11 attend But soon they were caught up I n the bewi 1 - pub1 i c school in Brwklyn. They st1 11 feel

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After school or work, the hole fmi ty spends tong hours poring over their copy of A a s s to Engllsh as a S e m d Language.

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apartmnt I n a huge, gloany, rundawn bui lding they nf tnessed a nwgqing I n the subway. Says off Ocean Avenue i n Brooklyn. The furnl ture, Thuy , 22: 'We've been nrned not to teave soslre secondhand, was provided by the IRC: home unless i t ' s neassary, not to go out t w o d o u b l e b e d s , t h r s e s i n g l e b e d s , a t a b i s , aQterdark,andtoalways travel i nmosemd a chest of drawers and seven chairs for the threes ." Adds lhuc Wan, 20: "Haw can we seven siblings, The wal ls are bare except tell robbers we are too paor to rob?" for a BuddhIst shrine. I t i s cold. fhe A pwerful bond of famlllal love provides Trinhsl apartlntnt has been getting llttle solace and strength. Says Tuyen: "Our broth- heat during Hew York City's a l d winter. ers and sfsters are a l l we have nan; we w i l l

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