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A Tool Kit to Avoid Being Racially Profiled<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Started May 2010 | Cambridge, MA<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
CNS team: Mabel Negrete, Marguerite Davenport, John Hulsey and Kenna Cottman<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Racial Pre_Filing Vest<\/em><\/strong> is a protective performable vest made out of recyclable fabric that contains essential information for individuals who are, on a yearly, weekly, or even daily basis, a target of \u201cracial profiling\u201d. The vest is a type of protective synthetic body extension that serves as a portable civic information center and community empowerment tool. As an information center, Racial Pre_Filing Vest<\/em><\/strong> introduces users to their constitutional rights, to the meaning and brief history of \u201cracial profiling<\/em>\u201d, and most importantly, includes a cautionary guide as to how to avoid being unduly targeted under the current United States\u2019 law enforcement and juridical system for reasons related to race, ethnicity or physical appearance. The interactive piece also has a state-of-the-art \u201cinvisible racial deterrent device\u201d that blocks (s) digital devices capable of identifying people by their race or “erasing” them by their ethnic group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(1) Components included in the Vest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(a) What is \u201cracial profiling\u201d in the first place? –
(b) Brief Constitutional Rights Guide
(c) 10 ways to avoid being \u201cracially profiled\u201d – mini booklet — (with cautionary notes)
(d) Invisible Racial Deterrent Device<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2) Functions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(a) For multiple users: (i) youth and adults; (ii) particularly for the community of color
(b) Places: (i) inner-city, underprivileged, economically impoverished or economically distressed areas and historically undeserved community; (ii) schools \/ after-school programs; (iii) re-entry programs; (iv) Advocacy programs
(c) User friendly and portable<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Seminar at Recess 2 – 6.30.2010]<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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[Pilot Presentation at MIT – 5.22.2010]<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n