Inside This Place, Not Of It: Narratives from Women

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Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post-9/11 Injustice

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Patriot Acts Excerpts in Salon.com

Posted on September 8, 2011

Salon.com is featuring an excerpt from Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post-9/11 Injustice every day leading up to September 11. Click here to  read the first excerpt, from Rana Sodhi’s narrative. Rana is a Sikh-American businessman whose brother was gunned down outside his place of work. His death was the first reported hate-murder in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.

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