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Vigil at Sikh ReligiousVigil at Sikh Religious Society of Chicago Palatine Gurdwara in response to the murder of six Sikhs at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in August.(source: Twitter user @iammintusingh)

SAAPRI and Sikh Religious Society to commemorate HR 1193

December 13, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

To commemorate the anti-hate resolution (HR 1193) passed by the State of Illinois House of Representatives in the wake of the mass shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin and hate crimes targeting Muslims, the South Asian American Public Research Institute (SAAPRI) and the Sikh Religious Society of Chicago in Palatine, Illinois will be holding an event on Sunday, December 16: South Asian American Policy & Research Institute (SAAPRI) and Sikh Religious Society (SRS) located in Palatine commend the Illinois […]

Categories: Events, Hate Crimes • Tags: hate crimes, HR 1193, Illinois, Illinois House of Representatives, Oak Creek, Palatine, SAAPRI, Sikh Religious Society of Chicago, Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, South Asian American Public Research Institute, SRS, Wisconsin

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Gunman opens fire in Oregon mall (source: CNN)

No solution to gun violence without meaningful discussion

December 12, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

After yet another mass shooting in the United States — this time at a mall in Portland, Oregon yesterday — Congressman Eric Blumenauer made a statement today in the House of Representatives about the plague of gun violence that has now victimized residents of his home district: Mr. Speaker, one is haunted by these events—we had one in Aurora, Colorado in the theater where there were twelve people killed, sixty wounded;, six people killed at the Sikh temple this summer; […]

Categories: Hate Crimes, News Bits, Politics • Tags: Eric Blumenauer, gun violence, Oregon, Portland

Woven bracelet that the Oak Creek Police Department had specially made for their officers to remember the shooting at the Oak Creek Gurdwara, including orange for the Sikh community, blue for the police officers, and black for those that were lost that day. (source: Sikh Coalition)

Quote of the Day: “strangers no longer”

December 11, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Things have changed in Oak Creek, of course, in the months since a gunman with white supremacist ties took the lives of six temple members and wounded four others. Oak Creek and the Sikh community are strangers no longer; they will forever be linked with each other. — An article in the Oak Creek Patch describes Sikh awareness presentations being provided to Oak Creek, Wisconsin city staff, police department and schools by the Sikh Coalition. The article also includes an […]

Categories: Hate Crimes, Reflections • Tags: Gurdwara, hate crimes, Oak Creek, Sikh Awareness Seminar, Sikh Coalition, Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, Wisconsin

Illinois House of Representatives (source: Chicago Tribune file photo)

IL state legislature passes anti-hate resolution

December 10, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Making reference to the August mass murder of Sikhs in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, and subsequent attacks on mosques in the United States, the Illinois state legislature recently passed a resolution called HR 1193-Encourage Religious Tolerance to denounce hate crimes and encourage participation and civic engagement of minorities and immigrants (via @sepiamutiny): The resolution, sponsored by Rep. Daniel Biss, (D-Skokie), is more of a statement against anti-Asian bigotry than a legal measure. But it has impact because it comes on the […]

Categories: Hate Crimes, Politics • Tags: Ami Gandhi, Daniel Biss, HR 1193, Illinois, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois House of Representatives, Oak Creek, Rajinder Majo, SAAPRI, Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, South Asian American Polity and Research Institute, Wisconsin

Is it enough to “Be proud”?

December 5, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Nina Chanpreet Kaur provides an in depth contextual critique of the Kony 2012-like “Be Proud” media campaign, launched recently at the Sikh International Film Festival in New York by entrepreneur millionaire Gurbaksh Chahal in response to the mass murder of Sikhs in Oak Creek, Wisconsin: Truly empowering people and eliminating hate comes with massive, localized, collaborative efforts aligned with existing national efforts that are measurable, focused on skill and community building, and impact the day to day lives of communities. […]

Categories: Civil Rights, Hate Crimes, TV/Movies • Tags: Be Proud Movement, Gurbaksh Chahal, hate crime, Kony 2012, Mass media, Nina Chanpreet Kaur, Oak Creek, Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, Wisconsin

"A Sikh youth holds a placard at an event in Manhattan to mourn the killing of six Sikh worshippers at a Wisconsin gurdwara. (PTI)"

Dilveer Singh Vahali writes in the LA Times about being called “terrorist”

November 30, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Dilveer Singh Vahali writes an Op-Ed in the Los Angeles Times in which he reflects on when he was subjected to “terrorist” epithets in public: I was on my way to lunch with one of the partners at a prestigious law firm when we both heard it: a random person on the street yelling at me, “Terrorist … hey, terrorist!” I was in the process of trying to secure a job. Like any other law school student, I just wanted […]

Categories: Civil Rights, Hate Crimes, Reflections • Tags: Dilveer Singh Vahali, Discrimination, Los Angeles Times

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"Former white supremacist speaks at Sikh event" (source: Fox6Now)

Former white supremacist speaks at Sikh Temple of Wisconsin

November 28, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Arno Michaelis, a reformed white supremacist and author of the book My Life After Hate, comments on speaking at an event held last week hosted by the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin: “There certainly is a lot of compelling discussion to be had about who I was and who I could have become, and I’m happy to talk about that, but tonight’s not about me — it’s about the principles of Heritage Day and of human beings appreciating the differences that we […]

Categories: Hate Crimes • Tags: Arno Michaelis, Heritage Day, My Life After Hate, Oak Creek, Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, White supremacy, Wisconsin

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Sikh student and teacher (Kulpreet Singh | About.com Sikhism)

Moving beyond tolerance in the classroom

November 27, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

In an article published on the Not In Our Town blog, Amrit Kaur Sidhu, an intern with United Sikhs, relates personal experience to make the salient distinction between promoting diversity (“plurality”) and promoting pluralism — “the active engagement of plurality” — in the classroom: I realized that schools are the first institutions that must become a model of pluralism, in order for pluralism to seep out into the rest of society. Students are placed in a social setting with other […]

Categories: Civil Rights, Hate Crimes, Reflections • Tags: Amrit Kaur Sidhu, bullying, CREATE Wisconsin, Education, hate crimes, Navjot Kaur, Not In Our Town, Oak Creek, pluralism, Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, Wisconsin

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A rendition of "Captain America" as a Sikh, by cartoonist Vishavjit Singh (source: Seattle Times)

Cartoonist Vishavjit Singh speaks about backlash to Sikh superheroes

November 23, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

In an interview on NPR, editorial cartoonist Vishavjit Singh, of sikhtoons.com, discusses the backlash he received after he wrote an opinion piece proposing the concept of a Sikh superhero that fights hate crimes: I did not expect – I mean, I am used to critique. As an editorial cartoonist, I’m used to that. I’m actually even used to threats to my life at times, because I do very hard-hitting political cartooning. But this piece, I think what happened is people […]

Categories: Art, Hate Crimes • Tags: Captain America, cartoons, comics, hate crimes, NPR, Vishavjit Singh

Considering the experience of Sikhs in America.

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SAAPRI and Sikh Religious Society to commemorate HR 1193

No solution to gun violence without meaningful discussion

Quote of the Day: “strangers no longer”

IL state legislature passes anti-hate resolution

Is it enough to “Be proud”?

Dilveer Singh Vahali writes in the LA Times about being called “terrorist”

Former white supremacist speaks at Sikh Temple of Wisconsin

Moving beyond tolerance in the classroom

Cartoonist Vishavjit Singh speaks about backlash to Sikh superheroes