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20 June 2019/ Racial Discrimination

Learning from incarcerated African-Americans

Learning from incarcerated African-Americans
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Maya Mansour

Maya Mansour

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African-Americans and Iranian Baha'is are both treated unjustly
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African-Americans and Iranian Baha'is are both treated unjustly

Maya Mansour: Tahirih was the first woman to be incarcerated in Persia.

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Identifying with the black and immigrant experiences in America
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Identifying with the black and immigrant experiences in America

Maya Mansour: People get thrown when I say I am Persian because they don’t expect Persian people to be black.

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