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Bringing WRFA to California

February 28, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

As discussed often on this blog, employment discrimination is still a challenge for many religious and visible minorities (such as Sikhs, who fall under both categories).  According to the Sikh Coalition (a US-based Sikh advocacy organization): Sikhs suffer high levels of workplace discrimination because of their Sikh identity.  Many are told to shave their beards; others are told to remove their turbans; some are told that they can only work out of public view.  If enacted, WRFA would make it […]

Categories: Civil Rights, Politics • Tags: 1964 Civil Rights Act, California, John Kerry, Mariko Yamada, SALDEF, Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Sikh Coalition, Title VII, Workplace Religious Freedom Act, WRFA

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Reflections on Sikholars Sikh Graduate Student Conference: Day 1

February 23, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

This past weekend, I attended the third annual Sikholars Sikh Graduate Student Conference at California State University East Bay, held by Jakara Movement, the CSU East Bay Ethnic Studies Department and the Sabharwal Chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies at CSU East Bay.  I had also attended the previous conferences in 2010 and 2011.  I’ve enjoyed all three of these meetings of the mind immensely, and I believe the 2012 iteration was a raising of the bar in the discourse it […]

Categories: Events, Reflections • Tags: 1947 Partition Archive, 1964 Civil Rights Act, Bandana Kaur, bhangra, biodiversity, California State University East Bay, Green Revolution, Guneeta Kaur Bhalla, Harjant Gill, Harpreet Neelam, Jakara Movement, Jasmine Singh, Kiran Preet Kaur, Neelamjit Dhillon, partaal, racialization, Roots of Love, Sabharwal Chair of Punjabi and Sikh Studies, Sikh art, Sikholars, Title VII

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