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Small newcomer, refugee, and immigrant communities are here in abundance. How are they growing and changing the larger social, cultural, and political landscape of the Triad and North Carolina? For researchers, scholars, and other professionals, the argument against investing time, energy and resources is one we've heard about the Montagnard community: Too small, too obscure, and too local to matter. Even institutions with missions to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion can fail to respond to realities faced by newcomer communities when they insist on big demographic categories (Black/African American, AAPI, etc). The consequences of not recognizing or ignoring these communities were played out during COVID-19 when it became clear that a single undetected case could overwhelm a local health system. 


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