Why This Sikh Cartoonist Is Sending A Postcard To Trump Every Day

And he's not stopping until the election.

Throughout his presidential campaign, Donald Trump has used divisive rhetoric to incite fear and antagonism toward Muslims, immigrants and other marginalized communities. His bigotry has inspired protests, accusations, and public denunciations, but one artist is trying a humorous tactic to show Trump the error of his ways.

Sikh cartoonist Vishavjit Singh, also known as Sikh Captain America, recently launched a campaign to send a postcard to Donald Trump every day until the election, and he's inviting others to join him.

Singh is calling the campaign #SendSikhNoteToTrump and describes it as “a humor based, compassion laden, literary and illustrative takedown of Trump.”

The #SendSikhNoteToTrump campaign aims to combat Trump's violent rhetoric with humor and art.
The #SendSikhNoteToTrump campaign aims to combat Trump's violent rhetoric with humor and art.
Courtesy of Vishavjit Singh

“It is easy to find cuss words and call him a racist, fascist, Nazi, etc,” Singh told The Huffington Post. “I want to take Mr. Trump’s own words, which he is very good at hurling like grenades, and hurl them back at him with new packaging.”

The cards are being sent to the Trump Tower in New York City -- 725 Fifth Avenue -- addressed to the presidential hopeful himself. They feature Singh's original art, playing on the xenophobia many Sikhs experience as a result of misconceptions about their faith.

The postcards play on xenophobic attitudes toward Sikhs, Muslims and other religious minorities.
The postcards play on xenophobic attitudes toward Sikhs, Muslims and other religious minorities.
Courtesy of Vishavjit Singh

The cartoonist said he's writing the first round of postcards using various personas and characters, and he invites people around the world to submit their own messages via his Tumblr page, which he'll send to Trump on their behalf. Singh's own messages will infuse lessons and wisdom from various faiths, he said, and he encourages anyone to submit a message regardless of their background.

Singh said there is one rule he’ll be sticking to for the postcard messages. “They cannot be a hateful angry response," he told HuffPost. "They have to be infused with humor, compassion and a touch of sarcasm."

Singh said the messages must be infused with humor and a touch of sarcasm.
Singh said the messages must be infused with humor and a touch of sarcasm.
Courtesy of Vishavjit Singh

The artist said he doubts whether Trump will actually get to see the messages, but he hopes "somebody in his company and organization will have a moment of laughter, and perhaps introspection."

And who knows, Singh mused. As the postcards pile up every day, "Trump just might get to see them."

Editor's note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims -- 1.6 billion members of an entire religion -- from entering the U.S.

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