It is wrong that any Sikhs get blamed at all for 9/11.
Both Sikhs and Hindus (sorry, Bharti) are blamed for 9/11 because of their skin color, whereas even the Boston Bombers, both white Muslims & from the former Soviet Union, are perfectly OK, just because of their skin color. The only reason why Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is on death row (or life imprisonment) today instead of living the American dream of being a white guy from the former Soviet Union, working as a physical therapist in the greater Boston area, is because of Islam and not his race/color.
FYI, I haven't met a physical therapist who wasn't employed.
This is why I tend to agree w/ the anti-Apu sentiments on the Simpsons because for 20+ years, a dark skinned Hindu, living in America, had a thick accent and was already treated as 'foreign', not American, and possibly a terrorist. This doesn't help the South Asian community at all.
Sikhs have nothing in common with Taliban. They face same brutality at hands of Taliban like others. Targeting Sikhs as Taliban is criminally ignorant.
@DonewithDebate I absolutely agree with you.
I have read and think it's true that Sikhism evolved out of Hinduism as a defensive response to repeated Muslim invasions and massacres in India.
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Both Sikhs and Hindus (sorry, Bharti) are blamed for 9/11 because of their skin color, whereas even the Boston Bombers, both white Muslims & from the former Soviet Union, are perfectly OK, just because of their skin color. The only reason why Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is on death row (or life imprisonment) today instead of living the American dream of being a white guy from the former Soviet Union, working as a physical therapist in the greater Boston area, is because of Islam and not his race/color.
FYI, I haven't met a physical therapist who wasn't employed.
This is why I tend to agree w/ the anti-Apu sentiments on the Simpsons because for 20+ years, a dark skinned Hindu, living in America, had a thick accent and was already treated as 'foreign', not American, and possibly a terrorist. This doesn't help the South Asian community at all.
@DonewithDebate I absolutely agree with you.
I have read and think it's true that Sikhism evolved out of Hinduism as a defensive response to repeated Muslim invasions and massacres in India.