Hate Crimes

9/11-Era Ignorance of Islam is Infecting the Age of ISIS. We Should Know Better.

Posted on September 11, 2014September 10, 2014 by Simran Jeet Singh

Originally Published with The Guardian In the last two months, three major hate crimes have hit New York City, the most ethnically diverse place in the United States. Last week, a man chased a Muslim ... Read More

Hate, Congress and the FBI: Rethinking How We Track Hate Crimes in America

Posted on March 11, 2013March 11, 2013 by Simran Jeet Singh

This article was originally published in The Huffington Post Two weeks ago, Florida resident and Sikh American Kanwaljit Singh was driving with his 13-year old son when someone pulled up next to him i... Read More

Islamophobia, Sikhophobia, and Media Profiling

Posted on July 14, 2012July 14, 2012 by Simran Jeet Singh

In fact, the first casualty of a hate crime in post-9/11 America was a Sikh-American named Balbir Singh Sodhi. According to official reports, his murderer said he killed Sodhi because "he was dark-ski... Read More