A recent article in the Washington Post discusses the fading history of Punjabi-Mexican Americans who arose from the unions of Punjabi (and predominantly Sikh) men with Mexican women at the turn of the twentieth century, largely in California, as a result of strict immigration and citizenship policies: “Many Punjabis married the Mexican women that worked on their land because of their cultural similarities and proximity,” [Karen Leonard, author of “Making Ethnic Choices: California’s Punjabi-Mexican-Americans“] explained. “And when they’d show up at […]

Categories: Picture of the Day • Tags: California, Karen Leonard, Making Ethnic Choices: California’s Punjabi-Mexican-Americans, Punjabi Mexican Americans, Sikh diaspora