PROFILING IN AMERICA

September 9, 2001, Neamet, an Arab-American man, from present day Hoboken, New Jersey meets Toyo, a Japanese-American girl, from 1941. She tosses him a ball and tells him, "It's your turn."  She has come to get him ready for something he does not know is   coming. She convinces him to go with her, and he finds himself back in time - December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese have attached Pearl Harbor.  He relives the Internment experience with her and she gives him the tools he will need to cope with September 11, 2001 - the date upon which they return from the past.  

PROFILING IN AMERICA tells the story of racial profiling through the eyes of Toyo and the Internment Camps, exploring the problems with profiling and the damage that it does to a group of people and to individuals. The show lasts 47 minutes.  Audience size 
limited to 350.  Ages 11 and up.

  Profiling in America - Written by Lee Patton Chiles.

  Curriculum connections:   Social Studies, U.S. History, Current Events, Character Education, Drama

  Webster's Dictionary defines "profile" as a concise biographical sketch. 
Since September 11, 2001, the term "profiling" has been used a great deal in the media and by law enforcement officials as a means of tracking terrorists. Profiling, however, is not new to America. Our country has used national emergencies and security issues as 
reasons to curtail the rights of our citizens with Japanese heritage after Pearl Harbor in 1942, just as they used the Sedition Act after WWI to separate the Germans from the whole of our society. PROFILING IN AMERICA explores the problem of securing the liberty 
and the rights of our citizens while maintaining our national security. How far will we go to be safe?

  The Historyonics Family series will present Profiling in America with another play Floodgates: Black & White in St. Louis on January 3, 2004 and again on March 20, 2004.  Shows start at 2:30 and are approximately 45 minutes in length each. Tickets are $4 per person for individual shows and $6 per person for both shows. This show will be presented at the Missouri History Museum, 5700 Lindell, St. Louis, Missouri.

  Profiling in America also tours and is available for private bookings for audiences up to 350 per performance for a fee of $385.

  For tickets to the Family Series, or to book a show in your own venue please call 314/361-9017.

  For more information on Historyonics or any of our shows, please contact Travis Estes at 314/361-5858.