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California, put your money where your legislation is

November 19, 2010 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Rajdeep Singh, of the Sikh Coalition, calls out California’s state government for their lack of action in allowing a Sikh to be employed at Folsom Prison: …the state is using hard-earned California taxpayer dollars — including the taxpayer dollars of Sikhs — to subsidize wasteful litigation against a well-qualified Sikh who simply wants to earn a livelihood. In the context of Sikh Appreciation Month, this is the height of irony. If California’s State Assembly wants “Sikh Awareness and Appreciation Month” […]

Categories: Civil Rights, News Bits • Tags: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Folsom Prison, Jerry Brown, Sikh Appreciation Month, Sikh Coalition, Trilochan Singh Oberoi

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Does it only get worse from here?

November 19, 2010 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

The Bay Area is reputed to be one of the most liberal places to live in the country.  It also contains one of the larger Sikh populations in the United States. On that context, the Sikh Coalition‘s recently released study, Bay Area Civil Rights Report 2010, provides some sobering data: 69% of Sikh boys who wear patkas or dastaars [both are types of turbans] have been harassed in school 2 out of 3 Sikh boys in middle school report being […]

Categories: Civil Rights, Reports/Studies • Tags: Bay area, Bay Area Civil Rights Report 2010, California, San Francisco, Sikh Coalition

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TSA: Turbans, Skirts and the AIT

November 16, 2010 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

“She said ‘spread your legs.’ And then she took her full palms and started at my neck and ran all the way down my body, full palms, constant contact. And when she got down to my feet, she was in constant contact from my ankles all the way up to my groin, across my groin, and down the other leg. And she did that twice,” Gigliotti said. The TSA allegedly finds skirts as suspicious as turbans, according to a recently-searched […]

Categories: Civil Rights, News Bits • Tags: Air travel, Airport security, AIT machines, California, Department of Homeland Security, Sacramento, SALDEF, Sikh Coalition, TSA, United Sikhs

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“Sikhs are among the most American of Americans”

November 16, 2010 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

“The Sikh belief in universal equality is a powerful counterpoint to religious exclusivity and foreshadowed the movements for civil rights and women’s rights by several centuries. For Sikhs, the turban distinguishes its wearer as an ambassador of his or her faith and serves as a constant reminder to abide by the core values of the Sikh religion, including the importance of standing up for anyone who is oppressed.” — excerpt from an essay by Rajdeep Singh (of the Sikh Coalition) […]

Categories: Civil Rights, News Bits, Politics • Tags: Barack Obama, Golden Temple, Rajdeep Singh, Sikh Coalition, Washington Post

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