South Asian cabbies have told me that they’ve been spat upon, cursed at, hit, punched and, in one case, even stabbed. One Sikh driver once joked to me that he was called “Arab,” “Muslim” and “terrorist” so often that he was considering converting! Of course, he was kidding, but his comment underscored the absurdity of someone mistaking a Sikh for a Muslim, as these two groups have historically been bitter enemies in Northern India. …However, on the other side of […]

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