SF BART: Stop Giving A Platform To Hate Groups
SF BART is once again, giving a platform to white supremacists. An organization that calls itself Progressives for Immigration Reform (PFIR), has placed posters at various BART stations, aimed at[…]
Tagged: Immigrants
“This Is So Awesome”: Immigrant Dads Share Their Stories
A recent episode of Sarah Silverman’s weekly series I Love You America shows Ravi Patel (Meet the Patels, Master of None) and his childhood friend Rishi Oza tracing their dads[…]
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The Gardener’s Apprentice
Shortly after my parents moved from Jamaica, Queens, to our house on Pamela Circle in the spring of 1974, my dad’s predecessor at the Union Carbide chemical plant, Dr. Sexton,[…]
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Thoughts On Self-Care, Immigrant Style
The past several months have been pretty rough. Each day’s news inundates us with more stories of political hypocrisy, hate crimes, or police brutality, which weigh heavy on the national[…]
Immigrants, Diversity & Responding To Hate Crime
The tragic killing of Srinivas Kuchibhotla, an Indian immigrant, in Kansas confronts the nation, once again, with how to emphasize the value of diversity as a counter to a climate[…]
The Pretense of Jeffersonian Politics
Trump’s ties to Russia and his attacks on the press and democracy have riveted us, as well they should. But drawn, as we are, into quagmire writ-large, watching vacuous rhetoric[…]
Out of Status Remembers Muslims Deported After 9/11
“You can say you’re sorry, you can apologize, but you can’t give back the hours, the minutes, the months a family has been broken up.” — Carma Said In the[…]
Read An Excerpt From Deepa Iyer’s We Too Sing America
In We Too Sing America (The New Press), nationally renowned activist Deepa Iyer catalogs recent racial flashpoints, from the 2012 massacre at the Sikh gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, to the[…]
Assuming Mantle of Immigrant Rap, Anik’s Gained His Khanfidénce
Bengali-born, Queens-raised Anik Khan’s in Astoria, rocking the hybrid salwar kameez kurta and denim jeans alphet religiously. His EP “I Don’t Know Yet” is a smattering of influences — classic[…]
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The ‘Triple Package’ Roots of Indian-American Success
Quick, answer these three questions: 1. Do you think that Indian-Americans have better family values than mainstream American culture? 2. When you were a child, did you think that if[…]