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Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

The intricacies of accents: Community, heritage and weaponization | Loud People, Quiet Spaces

Banu Mammadli April 12, 2023
Whether one’s accent is a reflection of their race, gender, ethnicity, nationality, sexuality or migration, it is an incomparable piece of their identity and heritage—but linguistic profiling need not be the weapon
Executive Director of the Muslim Justice League Shannon Erwin speaks during the “Resisting Surveillance: Racial & Religious Profiling in Boston & Beyond” panel at the First Church of Roxbury Tuesday evening. PHOTO BY LEXI PLINE/DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

Panelists discuss racial, religious profiling

Kennedy Davis November 18, 2015

Hundreds gathered at the First Church in Roxbury Tuesday for the “Resisting Surveillance: Racial and Religious Profiling in Boston and Beyond” panel, where advocates discussed racial and religious...

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