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ArchivesWelcome to the Third Thursdays Archive. We've included information about our past programs and encourage you to include comments about related resources that others may find useful. If you have any questions about our past programs, please email us at ! If you'd like to follow the comments for a specific program, try subscribing to the RSS feeds. Simply copy the "RSS feed for comments on this post" link into your favorite blogging software. April 17, 2003Sixty Years after the Internment: Civil Rights, Identity Politics, and Racial Profilingpresented by asian law caucus, asian law journal, third thursdays and asian pacific american law students assoc.berkeley jrnl. of employment & labor law Thursday, April 17th Detention and Disappearance — 60 years later, it’s happening again but this time no one even knows. In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, racial profiling has led to the arrests and detention of numerous individuals in the South Asian and Arab-American communities. More recently, Filipino airport screeners in the Bay Area risk losing their jobs to federalization because they are not U.S. Citizens. Such government actions are justified as necessary national security measures. These actions are nothing new, as our panelists will provide historical and legal insight on the issue of racial profiling beginning with Korematsu v. U.S. They will analyze how these practices affect communities of color and suggest ways in which such practices may be minimized through coalition building, litigation, and other creative strategies. Speakers include:
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Here’s the program for this month’s event: Program.
Comment by will — June 8, 2005 @ 3:09 pm