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Cartoonist Vishavjit Singh poses as Captain America in New York's Central Park. (Photo Credit: Fiona Aboud. Source: Sikhtoons)

Picture of the Day: Captain America Singh

June 12, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Vishavjit Singh, the artist behind Sikhtoons, has often opined about adding diversity to America’s pop culture superheros. In October 2012, he wrote an opinion piece for The Seattle Times in which he envisioned a super hero to fight hate crimes, and in a radio interview with National Public Radio in November, he talked about the backlash he received about this vision and of his rendering of Captain America as a Sikh man. On a recent photo shoot in New York, […]

Categories: Hate Crimes, Picture of the Day • Tags: Captain America, Central Park, Fiona Aboud, hate crimes, National Public Radio, New York, NPR, Seattle Times, Sikhtoons, Vishavjit Singh

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Women who wear turbans

August 31, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

An article in the Seattle Times discusses women who wear religious head-coverings in the United States. A Sikh woman who wears a turban, Inderpal Kaur, narrates her experiences when she first began wearing it: “I was very nervous; not sure if my friends would accept me this way,” she says. “But my dad told me, ‘You stepped into this path and you have to put your trust in God. He won’t let you down. Don’t worry about it.’ “ While […]

Categories: Profiles, Sikhism • Tags: Inderpal Kaur, Seattle Times, Sikh women, Turban, Women in Sikhism

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The Oak Creek, WI shooting: education is needed, but so is pursuit of justice

August 21, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Sharon Pian Chan, of the Seattle Times, argues that the focus on Sikhs in the aftermath of the Oak Creek, Wisconsin shooting may be misdirected: We’ve got problems if the first reaction to the news of the shooting was, “Who are Sikhs?” The first is that our educational system has not done its job in teaching about Sikhism. More importantly, it’s the wrong question to ask. We have not dissected the victims of the Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting, and […]

Categories: Hate Crimes • Tags: Amardeep Singh, Electrostani, New York Observer, Oak Creek, Sarah Wildman, Seattle Times, Sharon Pian Chan, Wisconsin

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