Presumed Guilty: American Muslims and Arabs (9-11 Encore Edition)
Series: Making Contact
From: Making Contact
Length: 00:29:00
10 years since 9/11…and 10 years of America’s homeland war on Muslims and Arabs. American Muslims are under the microscope, from capital hill, to your local shopping mall. Almost every week, theres news about the bust of another terrorist cell. The effect on those communities-living in fear of demonization, or arrest-- has been devastating. Racial profiling has happened in times of war before—how will it end this time around?
Featuring: Veena Dubal, Asian Law Caucus National Security and Civil Rights Program Staff Attorney: Lejla Duka, family member of the Fort Dix Five: Dominick Calsolaro, Albany Common Council Member: Noor Elashi, Daughter of Ghassan Elashi of the Holy Land 5: Shaheena Parveen, mother of Siraj Matin: Marlene Jenkins, mother of Tarik Shaw: Sharmin Sadequee, sister of Shifa Sadequee: Tamer Mehanna, brother of Tariq Mehanna: Fred Korematsu, formerly interned Japanese American, John Frank, Clerk to Associate Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black; Tsuyako Kitashima, Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress spokesperson; Donald Tamaki, lawyer for Fred Korematsu, Peter Irons, UC San Diego Constitutional Law Professor; Peter King, New York State Representative
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Piece Description
10 years since 9/11…and 10 years of America’s homeland war on Muslims and Arabs. American Muslims are under the microscope, from capital hill, to your local shopping mall. Almost every week, theres news about the bust of another terrorist cell. The effect on those communities-living in fear of demonization, or arrest-- has been devastating. Racial profiling has happened in times of war before—how will it end this time around?
Featuring: Veena Dubal, Asian Law Caucus National Security and Civil Rights Program Staff Attorney: Lejla Duka, family member of the Fort Dix Five: Dominick Calsolaro, Albany Common Council Member: Noor Elashi, Daughter of Ghassan Elashi of the Holy Land 5: Shaheena Parveen, mother of Siraj Matin: Marlene Jenkins, mother of Tarik Shaw: Sharmin Sadequee, sister of Shifa Sadequee: Tamer Mehanna, brother of Tariq Mehanna: Fred Korematsu, formerly interned Japanese American, John Frank, Clerk to Associate Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black; Tsuyako Kitashima, Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress spokesperson; Donald Tamaki, lawyer for Fred Korematsu, Peter Irons, UC San Diego Constitutional Law Professor; Peter King, New York State Representative
Broadcast History
Program #36-11
Begin Date 09/07/11. End date 03/07/12.
Timing and Cues
Total run time is 29 minutes (no hard breaks)
-Optional cutaway at 1:00
-Optional (floating) cutaway between 12:00 and 20:00
-Music in/out.
Additional Credits
Producers: Andrew Stelzer, Kyung Jin Lee, Esther Manilla
Contributing Producer: Jaisal Noor
Host: Andrew Stelzer
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Production Intern: Lisa Bartfai
Web Editor: Irene Florez
Community Engagement and Volunteer Coordinator: Karl Jagbandhansingh
Organizational Volunteers: Barbara Barnett, Dan Turner, Alfonso Hooker, Alton Byrd, Katherine Brousseau, Briana Flin, Catherine Lee and Dashal Moore
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