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Somali Community in Maine with Catherine Bestemen

Aired On: December 22, 2015

This episode of Safe Space Radio features Catherine Bestemen, Francis F. and Ruth K. Bartlett Professor of Anthropology at Colby College. She is the author of Unraveling Somalia: Race, Class, and the Legacy of Slavery and has worked closely with the Somali community in Portland, Maine. She discusses the extraordinary resilience of this community, the impact of historical xenophobia, and how she responds to claims that refugees are a financial burden on the state.

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