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Welcome to Shelbyville: Through Discrimination, Common Groun

A Latino resident of Shelbyville describes his own family's struggle to find acceptance, seeing more similarities than differences to the recent Somali immigrants' experience. Don't miss Welcome to Shelbyville on Independent Lens.

Welcome to Shelbyville: Through Discrimination, Common Groun

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