Waking up to a new world

The first babies born in New York City in 2006--both at 1 second after midnight--are 'Zahi' Saher and Vicky Tang.

Appropriate for a metropolitan area that's now nearly 40% foreign-born; take into account the kids of immigrants, and it's again a city where the immigrant experience is the norm.

Not that you'd know it from reading most media coverage in the area--where to take just one example the word 'exotic' regularly makes its appearance, always in relation to non-white people and cultures.

Photo by Charles Eckert for Newsday; more cute photos here.