19: Growing up without free speech is like 'prison for your mind'
Berkeley Voices
English - November 21, 2017 20:28 - 6 minutes - 8.69 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsNews Education uc berkeley berkeley news berkeley university of california cal Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Parham Pourdavood, an incoming computer science student at UC Berkeley, grew up in Iran. He says that he, like most people, didn't challenge authorities. He wasn't an activist. He studied hard in high school and didn't draw attention to himself. He'd heard about government oppression, but hadn't seen it with his own eyes. He just knew he couldn’t speak his mind. It's why he's such a strong supporter of free speech today.
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