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NYPD’s outdated policy perpetuates anti-Sikh stereotypes

Posted on September 5, 2014September 4, 2014 by Simran Jeet Singh

Originally Published with Al Jazeera America For the second time in a month, a Sikh-American was physically assaulted in a reported hate crime in New York City. On July 30, a man in a pickup truck dir... Read More

Sikh’ing Equal Treatment: Why FIBA’s rules are discriminatory, unfair and have no place in international sports competition.

Posted on August 28, 2014August 28, 2014 by Simran Jeet Singh

Originally Published on The Cauldron of medium.com International basketball’s governing body, the Federation Interenationale de Basket-ball (“FIBA”), will meet in Spain next week to determine th... Read More

The NCAA’s First Sikh Basketball Player Memorialized at the Smithsonian

Posted on March 5, 2014March 5, 2014 by Simran Jeet Singh

Originally Published by Newsweek’s The Daily Beast on 3/1/2014 Darsh Preet Singh fought discrimination to become the first Sikh to play NCAA basketball. Now, he’s waiting for the first tur... Read More

Flying While Sikh: Why Racial Profiling Matters

Posted on December 3, 2013December 3, 2013 by Simran Jeet Singh

This piece originally appeared on Newsweek’s The Daily Beast Most of us hate the indignities of air travel, but for some Americans, Sikhs especially, airport security is humiliating. One Sikh sa... Read More

Here’s Hoping People Will Look Beyond the Turban

Posted on October 25, 2011October 27, 2011 by Simran Jeet Singh

This column is modified from a piece I wrote that appeared in the San Antonio Express-News. Last weekend, a 100-year old man finished a marathon in Toronto, Canada. Thousands gathered to celebrate hi... Read More