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ACLU Students in one Alaska high school try to draw attention to eroding civil liberties in America, using the anniversary of the Iraq War to do it.
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Piece Description
ACLU Students in one Alaska high school try to draw attention to eroding civil liberties in America, using the anniversary of the Iraq War to do it.
Broadcast History
Aired on the statewide news magazine "AK" in 2007. If used, stations should note that it was the 4th Anniversary of the Iraq war but the story is, unfortunately, still relevant for the 5th anniversary.
Transcript
It began as a movement challenging what appears to be racial profiling in airports across the country. T-shirts that say, ?We will not be silent,? in both Arabic and English began surfacing shortly after Iraqi blogger Raed Jarrar was asked to change out of a t-shirt bearing those words, before boarding a plane at Kennedy airport last year. [2006] West Valley High School Sophomore and ACLU member, Rachel Kaplan says she researched the topic for her History Day project, which focused on the erosion of first amendment rights in America:
Rachel 1: and I just wondered what would happen at West Valley if a large number of students started wearing the shirts. :06
Kaplan was also interested to learn the history of the statement:
Rachel 2 :from the white rose, and they were a resistance group in Nazis germany during wwii, and they were eventually executed and they signed their last pamphlet...
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Timing and Cues
Recently a high school chapter of The American Civil Liberties Union tried to create an awareness of First Amendment Rights, in the form of a protest on the anniversary of the Iraq War. For many of the kids, the experience highlighted the ups and downs of what it actually means to protest something, especially if you aren?t entirely clear about the issue. AK?s Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock has more:
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