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Sikh-Americans Seek Laws Against Workplace Discrimination and Racial Profiling
Bangalore: The leaders of Sikh community in the U.S. have requested the government to come up with laws against school bullying, workplace discrimination and racial profiling, as a measure to make racism unacceptable in the society.
"Government officials must create an environment where bigotry is unacceptable," Rajdeep Singh, director of Law and Policy at the New York-based advocacy organization Sikh Coalition, told IANS.
He also added "American politicians should also abstain from making xenophobic remarks about racial and religious minorities. This type of rhetoric fuels hatred toward minorities and needs to be stopped.
According to Rajwant Singh, chairman of the Sikh Council on Religion and Education (SCORE), "before 9/11 Sikhs enjoyed no sense of being seen as foreigners or aliens. They were well respected and easily identified as Indians."
But 9/11 changed it all and "suddenly turban was seen as somehow associated with backwardness, extremism and intolerance like Taliban", he said.
Rajwant Singh has also asked the federal and state governments to "educate fellow Americans about the rich diversity and also about the conspicuous minority like us".