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Capture from "The Asian & Abrahamic Religions: A Divine Encounter in America."

Documentary featuring Sikh faith to broadcast in CA in October

October 11, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

If you are in northern or southern California, tune in (or set your digital recorders) to watch a broadcast of the documentary “The Asian & Abrahamic Religions: A Divine Encounter in America” which profiles the Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist and Jain faiths and compares with the Abrahamic faiths: The film will explore the relationship involving Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism. The documentary will examine their similarities and differences and with the Abrahamic religions – Christianity, Judaism and Islam – and how […]

Categories: Events, TV/Movies • Tags: California, KVCR, KVIE, PBS, The Asian and Abrahamic Religions: A Divine Encounter in America, Yuba City

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Depiction of the execution of Bhai Mani Singh in 1737.

Rejecting the victimhood narrative

October 10, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

There has been significant conversation from and within the Sikh community in regard to the recent hate attack on Dr. Prabhjot Singh a few weeks ago, of the response, and about what is needed to prevent future attacks and discrimination. Citing the story of Bhai Mani Singh (who was brutally executed in 1737), Simran Jeet Singh discusses the concept of victimhood (or lack therof) in the Sikh faith to provide context around the reaction by many Sikhs to the attack […]

Categories: Hate Crimes, Reflections, Sikhism • Tags: Bhai Mani Singh, New York, Prabhjot Singh, Simran Jeet Singh, victimhood

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A recent episode of the new ABC comedy "Back in the Game" included a Sikh character. (Photo: Sher Singh Tucker)

Photo of the Day: Little league baseball Sikh

October 10, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

A colleague spotted a Sikh character on the television comedy “Back in the Game,” a new show on ABC about a woman who returns home to live with her father and ends up coaching her son’s little league baseball team. The character was a Sikh boy in a full turban who is a player on the team. According to the Internet Movie Database, the character is named Parvu Singh and is played by actor Sepehr Pazoki. He has only appeared […]

Categories: Humor, Picture of the Day, TV/Movies • Tags: ABC, Back in the Game, comedy, little league baseball, Parvu Singh, Sepehr Pazoki

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Have we reached racial equality? It depends on whom you ask.

October 9, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

A recent article in The Los Angeles Times describes the disparity between whites and blacks in how each group perceives the state of racial equality in the United States, as described in a Pew Research Center survey published in August: Many experts argue that “structural racism” — advantages and disadvantages that perpetuate themselves even without people choosing to discriminate — plays a big part in continued inequality. For instance, even if companies don’t try to avoid hiring blacks, blacks may […]

Categories: Civil Rights, Reports/Studies • Tags: Discrimination, Pew Forum, Pew Research Center, racial equality

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"Urban turban: A model displays a creation for the French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier." (Source: The Daily Mail)

The colonizer’s legacy

October 8, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

On the website The Good Men Project, Jarune Uwujaren of Everyday Feminism considers the blurry distinction between cultural exchange and cultural appropriation, particularly as it relates to clothing and other practices (via @ghazalairshad): This isn’t a matter of telling people what to wear. It’s a matter of telling people that they don’t wear things in a vacuum and there are many social and historical implications to treating marginalized cultures like costumes. It’s also not a matter of ignoring “real” issues […]

Categories: Reflections • Tags: Costume, Cultural appropriation, cultural exchange, Good Men Project, Halloween costume, Jarune Uwujaren

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Your weekend Waris, Part V

October 4, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Besides mentioning Waris Ahluwalia, Soraya Roberts assesses the emergence and use of the Sikh turban in fashion, and the motivation for Sikh designers to incorporate the Sikh article of faith in their portfolio: “Having introduced turbans on the runway and having had such good press so far, I believe I have brought a little more awareness to this religion,” [designer Jeetinder Sandhu] tells The Daily Beast. “I believe people need to be more aware of Sikhism, because it’s a religion […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: Dastar, Fashion, Jeetinder Sandhu, Singh Street Style, Turban, Waris Ahluwalia

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Prabhjot Singh (left) speaks at a press conference with Amardeep Singh (middle) of the Sikh Coalition and Jasjit Singh (right) of SALDEF on September 23, 2013. (Source: The Sikh Coalition)

Where do we go from here?

October 4, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

It has been an interesting two weeks for the Sikh American community. It was during this time that events came to light that were, in many ways, a microcosm of the Sikh American experience as it relates to prejudice and discrimination. There was, of course, the attack on Dr. Prabhjot Singh almost two weeks ago in New York, in which his attackers hurled upon him slurs of “terrorist” and “Osama” before swarming and assaulting him. The story of Jagjeet Singh […]

Categories: Civil Rights, Hate Crimes, Reflections • Tags: Amardeep Singh, Balbir Kaur Singh, Jaideep Singh, Manan Ahmed Asif, Manmeet Kaur, Prabhjot Singh, Simran Kaur

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Vandals carve ‘We Want No Hindus At SBLL’ Into Sikh little league coach’s truck in Yuba City, California. (Source: CBS Sacramento)

Adding to a history of defacement

October 3, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Recently, in Yuba City, California, the vehicle of Suk Dulai, a Sikh man and coach of a youth baseball team in the Sutter Buttes Little League, was vandalized with a racist message carved into the paint stating “We want no Hindus at SBLL.” “If this continues, what’s going to be the next step?” said Dulai. “That’s the most scary part of it.” The Yuba City police department is reportedly treating this incident as a hate crime. This crime is not […]

Categories: Hate Crimes • Tags: California, hate crimes, Suk Dulai, Sutter Buttes Little League, vandalism, Yuba City

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"Martin Schoeller’s unexpected portraits illustrate America’s 'melting pot' nature." (Source: National Geographic)

The growth of the multi-racial

October 3, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

In the National Geographic, Lise Funderburg writes about the growth of the “multiracial” in the United States (via @v4vaishali): …for most multiple-race Americans, including the people pictured here, identity is a highly nuanced concept, influenced by politics, religion, history, and geography, as well as by how the person believes the answer will be used. “I just say I’m brown,” McKenzi McPherson, 9, says. “And I think, Why do you want to know?” Maximillian Sugiura, 29, says he responds with whatever […]

Categories: News Bits, Reflections • Tags: melting pot, multi-racial, race

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