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Ed Bruley and Julie Matuzak, board members of ICRJ then coordinated the cross-cultural simulation game, dividing the group into "Alphas" and "Betas," sending them to different rooms, and ascribing them "cultural traits" and even a new language for the Betas.
Reverend [Michail T. Curro], Director of ICRJ, participated in the game as a Beta. When his turn came to visit among the [Alphas], he was deported. A "patriarch" escorted him out of the room, joking "don't let the door hit you on your way out," after Curro failed to "follow protocol."Betas described Alphas as "male chauvinist pigs," "touchy-leely," "isolated," "clannish," and, to much laughter, "un-accepting of the Beta language."See the full content of this document
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Macomb Group Begins Cultural Exchange
A group of Macomb County residents curious about Muslims and Islam met in a Mt. Clemens church on Monday for the first of a series of cultural learning sessions organized by the Interfaith Center for Racial Justice (ICRJ).
The group, about 50 people ...See the full content of this document
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