Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Law Enforcement, Media Stereotypes, and the Civil Rights of Arabs and Muslims in America

http://neareaststudies.as.nyu.edu/object/kc.events.guiltyuntilproveninnocent

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 (7:00PM)

19 University Place, room 102

RSVP by 2/23 to apa.rsvp@nyu.edu, (212) 992-9653, or at www.apa.nyu.edu

Featuring Faiza Patel (Brennan Center, NYU), Ramzi Kassem (CUNY Law), Moustafa Bayoumi (Brooklyn College), and Jack Shaheen (Distinguished Visiting Scholar, NYU) 

Moderated by Jack Tchen (Asian/Pacific/American Institute, NYU)

Inspired by the NYPD’s admission to have used the inflammatory film “The Third Jihad” in training its officers, this panel discussion will give the story behind this discovery and detail the legal work it took to bring the information to public light.  Panelists will also critique the film (and other media that capitalize on problematic stereotypes) whilst reflecting on the decay of civil rights in America for Arabs, Muslims, and other groups. 

The A is for Arab: Stereotypes in U.S. Popular Culture traveling exhibition (culled from the Jack G. Shaheen Archive)  will be on display prior to and following the event.  

Sponsored by the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies with the Asian/Pacific American Institute and the Brennan Center, New York University

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