"Face the Truth: Racial Profiling Across America” is a powerful documentary produced by Breakthrough and the Rights Working Group featuring stories of individuals affected by racial profiling and educational interviews with notable law enforcement and civil society leaders. The video released alongside the Rights Working Group report “Faces of Racial Profiling: A Report from Communities Across America” underscores the need to stop racial profiling by federal, state and local law enforcement.
"Images of that time stand as iconic reminders of what can happen when wartime hysteria is allowed to overcome the Constitution."
By Karen Narasaki. This piece was originally published in Rafu Shimpo.
Cardin and Advocates Release Reclaiming Our Rights: Reflections on Racial Profiling in a Post-9/11 America
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By Farhana Khera. This piece was originally published as an op-ed in the Huffington Post.
"Today, more immigrants are being detained and deported than ever before, and it’s just getting worse."
By Silky Shah. This piece was originally published in the South Asian Magazine for Action and Reflection (SAMAR), and can be seen here.
Deepa Iyer, Executive Director of South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) reflects on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and the America for All of Us campaign.
"We join people throughout this country and the world who are reflecting on the lives lost, the pain suffered by their loved ones and the many ways in which our nation has changed."
Rights Working Group Reflects on a Changed America Since 9/11; Makes Call for Restoration of Civil and Human Rights
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“Arizona is a microcosm of what’s happening around the country in terms of violations of civil and human rights, racial profiling.” Taking us to the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, “Checkpoint Nation?
Ten years ago, in June 2001, the End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) was first introduced in both houses of Congress with strong bipartisan support. Policymakers understood that the time had come to address the problem of racial profiling—but that all changed after 9/11.
