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June 15, 2006 - Springfield Freedom Files Showing and Discussion
The Springfield ACLU presents "Racial Profiling," a Freedom Files documentary produced by Robert Greenwald. What happens to people of color with foreign names and accents in a United States dominated by fear? Felix Morka of Nigeria and Laila Maher, an Egyptian-American, are stopped by police for no reason and assaulted. Danial Joyce and Mohammed Afreedi, South Asian immigrants, are arrested and imprisoned without probable cause.
Audience discussion moderator: Ross Silverman, JC, Associate Professor of Medical Humanities, SIU School of Medicine. Thursday, June 15, 11:30-1:00 PM, Lincoln Library, 7th and Capitol. Springfield. Public invited.
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