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Dr. Penglase speaks at the University of Florida

On February 16, Dr. Ben Penglase gave a talk at the University of Florida titled "The Prejudice of Place: Policing and Race in a Brazilian Favela." His presentation discussed the effects of policing on the daily lives of residents of a poor neighborhood (a favela) in Rio de Janeiro.  He examined, in particular, mundane interactions between the police and favela residents, especially young men, arguing that in addition to phenotype and class, experiences of social exclusion are also increasingly built upon the spatial criteria of residence in a criminalized and militarized neighborhood.