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About
Purpose
The Discrimination & National Security Initiative (DNSI) was established in 2004 to study the mistreatment of minority communities in times of war or national emergency. DNSI's specific focus is on the human consequences of this mistreatment, such as a Muslim deciding to avoid air travel due to a concern about airport profiling, or a male Sikh opting to cut his hair and remove his turban because of the harassment he has received in school or at work. While these human consequences may not rise to the level of a legally cognizable injury, they are still real and concrete issues facing minority groups when the nation is in peril. Thus, they deserve our considered attention in order that a backlash, the experiences of targeted communities, and the state of civil rights in wartime can be thoroughly understood. Though DNSI was founded in the post-9/11 climate, its interest extends to other moments in American history where the need for heightened security is balanced against the existing rights of certain religious, ethnic, or racial groups.
DNSI is an affiliate of the Pluralism Project, a Harvard University project studying the growing religious diversity of the United States.
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Designation
DNSI a Section 501(c)(3) charitable organization under the IRS Code.
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