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Lights, camera, learn: City of Decatur uses movie 'Crash' as part of diversity training.

Publication: Herald & Review (Decatur, IL) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)

Publication Date: 09-MAR-06
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COPYRIGHT 2006 Herald & Review

Byline: Mike Frazier

Mar. 9--DECATUR -- City leaders got a crash course in diversity on Thursday. Council members Betsy Stockard and Shad Edwards joined nearly 250 city employees at Skip Huston's Avon Theatre to watch the movie "Crash" as part of the city's ongoing diversity training programs.

The film takes a "provocative, unflinching look at the complexities of racial tolerance in contemporary America," according to the official movie Web site. Interwoven stories about characters of different racial backgrounds collide over a turbulent day-and-a-half in Los Angeles.

"Crash"...

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