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A mash up with Mash-Up Americans

March 2, 2016 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

I had the pleasant opportunity this week to work with the folks at The Mash-Up Americans, a website and podcast that discusses the experiences of multi-identity Americans. Head over to their site to find out about the 11 things you wanted to know about Sikh turbans.

Categories: Education, Humor • Tags: The Mash-Up Americans, Turban, turbans

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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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“Sikhs are the Michael Jordan of getting searched at the airport”

September 20, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

On the television show Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell (airing on the FXX network), Hari Kondabolu discusses the TSA’s Pre-Check program, which — for an $85 dollar fee — allows pre-screened enrollees to receive an expedited inspection process at selected airports across the country. Kondabolu suggests that this program does not go far enough in addressing the racial profiling experienced by many Sikh and South Asian travelers (and anecdotal evidence from several Sikhs recently suggests that racial profiling has […]

Categories: Civil Rights, Humor • Tags: Hari Kondabolu, Pre-check, Racial profiling, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, Transportation Security Administration, TSA, W. Kamau Bell

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"Miss America 2014 contestant Miss New York Nina Davuluri wins the 2014 Miss America Competition at Boardwalk Hall Arena on September 15, 2013 in Atlantic City, New Jersey."(Photo: Getty Images/Michael Loccisano. Source: ColorLines)

BREAKING NEWS: There are racists on the internet

September 17, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — After New York’s Nina Davuluri became the first Indian American to win the title of Miss America, racist tweets surfaced on Internet social media sites on Sunday, catching news outlets across the country by surprise. “Was there a terrorist attack or something?” one dumbfounded news editor asked. “We have a black president and everything so I’m not sure where the hate came from after what’s-her-name won the pageant. If she was Arab or Muslim or something, […]

Categories: Civil Rights, Hate Crimes, Humor • Tags: Miss America, Miss New York, New York, Nina Davuluri, Racism

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Going to the turban shop

September 9, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

When I was young, one of my Saturday morning pastimes was to browse through the morning newspaper to sketch turbans, mustaches and beards on to the photos in the comics, stories and advertisements (if the poorly designed logo for this blog is any indication, it clearly still is a hobby), providing our newspaper with a more Sikh-related flavor. I would only vandalize our paper after my father had finished reading it, of course. Today, as newspapers are disappearing, perhaps this […]

Categories: Art, Humor • Tags: Columbia Style, Columbia University, Macklemore, New York, Ryan Lewis, Thrift Shop, Turban Shop

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Guru Singh appears during a skit on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on February 26, 2013.

Sikh American actor Guru Singh appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

February 27, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

After his role in a GoDaddy Super Bowl commercial earlier this month, Sikh American actor Guru Singh appears in a skit (above) during last night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Categories: Humor, TV/Movies • Tags: Guru Singh, Honey Boo Boo, Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Screen capture from "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" (September 6, 2012)

More of the Sikhs at the Democratic National Convention

September 6, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Sikh delegates at the Democratic National Convention are certainly getting noticed. Host Jon Stewart of the Comedy Central TV show “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” identifies the Sikhs in a segment that aired in last night’s episode: You can view “The Daily Show” segment here. Stephen Colbert, of the same network, also makes a mention on his show “The Colbert Report“: Click here to view Stephen Colbert’s segment. (More thanks to Karaminder Ghuman for the tips.)

Categories: Humor, Politics, TV/Movies • Tags: Democratic National Convention, Jon Stewart, Sikh delegates, Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show

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W. Kamau Bell clears up confusion about Sikhs

August 26, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

In this viral video, W. Kamau Bell, of the FX Network show Totally Biased, clears up some confusion about Sikhs.  

Categories: Hate Crimes, Humor, TV/Movies • Tags: FX Network, hate crimes, Oak Creek, Totally Biased, W. Kamau Bell, Wisconsin

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LAUGHistan’s “Sikhs and the City”

June 11, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

This is only a parody, but any comedy that features a tiffin is already funny: If this was real, the possibilities would be endless.

Categories: Humor • Tags: Sikhs and the City

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