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Silverlight. A Promise Called Iowa I think it made Iowans aware
that there were other people and faces in the world. We sort of
knew that, but not at a gut level. And I think all ethnic groups
tend to build on the experiences of other ethnic groups that
come. The native population learns. We build agencies. We set up
bureaucracies. We start taking a position on whether this is
good or bad that we bring these people in. And so the fact that
you had this generation's arrival of newcomers in the mid-‘70s
really enabled Iowa to a