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Standing With Sangeeta

Deepa Iyer | Posted 02.19.2014 | World
Read More: India, Workers, Devyani Khobragade, Asian Americans, South Asian Immigrants, Migrant Workers, Domestic Workers, South Asian Americans, Immigrant Women, New York News, Preet Bharara, World News
Deepa Iyer

We all deserve to engage in our jobs with dignity, whether we work in the corner office of a high-rise, the inside of a cab, or behind closed doors in a home. Standing with Sangeeta means that we stand for the rights of those who experience workplace abuse.

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The Silent South Asian Immigrant Community in America

Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan | Posted 01.23.2014 | College
Read More: South Asian Immigrants, South Asian Americans, Millennial Trains Project, Model Minority, College News
Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan

Not all of South Asian immigrants are math nerds or STEM specialists. Many of their problems are glossed over under the shadow of the model minority.

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Calling Justice-Loving South Asians to Dismantle the Drug War, Free People and Plants, and Foster Health and Development for Millions

Sunil Kumar Aggarwal | Posted 11.20.2013 | Politics
Read More: Cannabis, Colonialism, Mass Incarceration, South Asian, United Nations Human Rights Council, Marijuana, United Nations, The New Jim Crow, Racism, South Asian Americans, Opium, Sufism, Shiva, Nepal, Video, Politics News
Sunil Kumar Aggarwal

A private-prisons-backed, corporatist-police state-driven, racially-skewed "new Jim Crow" era of mass incarceration currently reigns in the U.S. The ...

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In Our Changing Nation, Who Is Miss America?

Angela Glover Blackwell | Posted 11.20.2013 | Black Voices
Read More: Miss America, South Asian, All-in Nation, Equity, Economics, People of Color, Nina Davuluri, South Asian Americans, Demographics, Diversity, Black Voices News
Angela Glover Blackwell

What a sad commentary on the values of some Americans. It suggests a super narrow and wrong view of the nation. Why is it that a Miss America who is not white engenders so much angst in the populous?

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Zimmerman's Racial Realities, Beyond Black and White

Sonny Singh | Posted 09.15.2013 | Politics
Read More: Latinos, Anti-Oppression, George Zimmerman, Indian-Americans, People of Color, Trayvon Martin, Racism, Anti-Racism, White Supremacy, South Asian Americans, African Americans, Anti-Black, Politics News
Sonny Singh

Our knee-jerk reaction to this horrific incident of racial profiling and racist violence are indicative of how this country remains stuck in an outdated, black-white racial paradigm.

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Oak Creek Massacre: Before a Vote, We Deserve Representation

Amit S. Bagga | Posted 04.17.2013 | Politics
Read More: Racial Justice, South Asian Americans, Oak Creek, Lgbt Visibility, Sikhism, State of the Union, Sikh Temple Shooting, Barack Obama State of the Union, Politics News
Amit S. Bagga

Our identities as Americans will not be given legitimacy -- or quite literally, airtime -- and we will thus continue to remain faceless victims of yet another tragedy chalked up only to gun violence and not also to hatred and ignorance.

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Voter Suppression and the Immigrant Voice

Rukhsana Hasib | Posted 11.16.2012 | World
Read More: Disenfranchise, Gender Discrimination, South Asian Americans, Minority Voters, Statue of Liberty, Exclusionary Voter Suppression Laws Youth Vote, Voter Suppression, Barack Obama, Illegal Immigrants Drivers Licenses, Pennsylvania, Latino Voters, Bangladeshi American, Voter Registration, Voters, State Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, South Asian Immigrants, Voter ID Laws, Hispanic Voters, Discrimination, Voter Fraud, Republican Party, African Americans, Mike Turzai, World News
Rukhsana Hasib

Pennsylvania is one of the states, around the country, where Republicans have passed a strict voter photo ID requirement law. On Thursday, September 1...

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Racial and Religious Profiling: What Will Be the Toll on Our Children?

Deepa Iyer | Posted 05.23.2012 | New York
Read More: Racial Profiling, Sikhs, Post-9/11 America, Saalt, Muslims New York, American Muslims, South Asian Americans, Post 9/11, New York Muslims, Hijab, South Asians New York, Nypd Scandals, New York News
Deepa Iyer

Our collective psyche has been shaped by the experiences of living in post-9/11 America, and future generations will be forced to wrangle with questions of identity, history, shame and our place in America.

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Designing Solidarity For 9/11 Anniversary

Turnstyle | Posted 11.12.2011 | Arts
Read More: Sikh, Sikhism, Art, Muslim, 9/11, Design, South Asian Americans, U.S., Design Action Collective, America, Nseers, Arts News
Turnstyle

Originally published on Turnstylenews.com, a digital information service surfacing emerging stories in news, entertainment, art and culture; powered ...

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Ten Years Later: A Return to Our Ideals

Sayu Bhojwani | Posted 11.09.2011 | New York
Read More: Citizenship, South Asian Immigrants, Immigrants, Immigration, South Asian Americans, September 11 Anniversary, September 11, Decade After 9/11 - Lives Affected, Decade After 9/11 - Remembering, Immigration Reform, New York News
Sayu Bhojwani

In the months after the attack, I was more painfully aware of my difference than ever before. The hard-won sense of belonging that I felt after becoming a U.S. citizen was now constantly under threat.

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The Daily Show's Aasif Mandvi Opens Up On Sanity, Specials, And Stewart

Dan Lybarger | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, Blu-Ray, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, South Asian Americans, Indian Food, Film, Movies, Dvd, Desi, Jon Stewart Rally, Jon Stewart, Sakina's Restaraunt, Desi Actors, India, Bollywood, Aasif Mandvi, Today's Special, Mumbai, Comedy, Jess Weixler, Naseeruddin Shah, Madhur Jaffrey, Arts News
Dan Lybarger

On August 9, 2006, actor-comic Aasif Mandvi started a job that he had auditioned for only five hours before. It was the first of the New York performe...

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Looking ahead to 9/11/2011: The Time for National Healing Begins Now

Deepa Iyer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Muslim, Racial Profiling, September 11, Profiling, South Asian Americans, 9/11, Racism, Airport Security, National Day of Remembrance, Arab Americans, Politics News
Deepa Iyer

Let's not wait fifty years to recognize the impact of post 9/11 policies on our communities and our country. The movement towards national healing must begin now.

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Kamala Harris & Asian Americans

Gautam Dutta | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Campaign Donations, Mixed Race, South Asian, Asian American Voters, Kamala Harris, California Attorney General, Asian Americans, South Asian Americans, Racial Identity, Barack Obama Racial Identity, Asian-American Vote, Barack Obama, Mixed Ethnicity, Politics News
Gautam Dutta

Harris is certainly the first African American woman to become a District Attorney in California. But she's also the first Asian American to accomplish that impressive feat.

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Weekly Date With Mic for "Siblings of Doctors" Comic

Naazish YarKhan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Sketch Comedy, South Asian Americans, Indian-Americans, 52 Open Mics, Siblings of Doctors, Ranjit Souri, Second City, Chicago Standup, Aziz Ansari, Indian Comedy, Rajiv Satyal, Standup Comedy, Stir-Friday Night!, Chicago News
Naazish YarKhan

If you are of Indian or Pakistani descent, you know the drill. When you grow up you have to be either a doctor, engineer and lately, a computer programmer. If you're anything else, guess what? You're not worth much.

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