"We live in an age of internment right now…and it’s not just in the United States. These things are happening globally…Silence is complicity. It’s so important for those of us who have any kind of privilege, power or platform to always speak up. That’s the very first step to take when we see oppression in our country, when we see acts of bigotry, hatred, homophobia, xenophobia—any institutionalized prejudices."
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Poets from the United StatesEducators from the United StatesPeople from MumbaiWomen born in the 1960sEmigrants
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On speaking out against interning people in “INTERVIEWS: Samira Ahmed—Who gets to feel at home in America?” in Book Page (Apr 2019)
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