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The discrepancy between perception and reality as it pertains to what makes America exceptional. (Source: Visual.ly)

The cost of “American exceptionalism”

October 16, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Ahead of a review of the United States before a United Nations human rights committee, Hansdeep Singh, Jaspreet Singh and Hannah Shirley of the International Center for Advocates Against Discrimination (ICAAD) discuss how the concept of “American exceptionalism” has evolved to negatively impact ethnic and racial communities within our borders: Crudely put, the current notion of American exceptionalism at home spreads the ideas that: Muslims, Arabs, Sikhs, and south Asians are not American (and are often terrorists), Blacks and Latinos […]

Categories: Civil Rights, Hate Crimes, Reflections • Tags: American exceptionalism, Hannah Shirley, Hansdeep Singh, ICAAD, International Center for Advocates Against Discrimination, Jaspreet Singh, United Nations Human Rights Committee

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