Time: 3:30-6:00
Place: Building E25 Room 111
45 Carleton Street
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
NOTE: BC APALSA's very own Carl Takei will be one of the discussion leaders for this event!
Four years ago, following the heinous attacks of September 11, the Japanese American Citizen's League of New England, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee of Massachusetts, and the MIT Program on Human Rights and Justice sponsored a conference to compare and contrast experiences on the effect of security crises on the civil liberties of ethnic minorities. In 1942, Americans of Japanese ancestry, citizens and non citizens alike,were forcibly interned in prison camps. In the immediate aftermath of 9-11, vigilantism against Sikhs and Arabs was extensive, private acts of discrimination were endemic, and US official policies were still being formed. The conference found that Arab and Muslim immigrants were most vulnerable. The political freedoms, personal privacy, and economic status of these newest Americans were most at risk.
Four years after 9-11, join the JACL, the ADCMA, and MIT PHRJ in an afternoon discussion:
- To take stock of legal and political developments in the “War on Terror”
- To appraise how the “War on Terror” affects Arab and Muslims living in New England
- To assess legal and political strategies to help protect the most vulnerable among us
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