We too sing America : South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh immigrants shape our multiracial future / Deepa Iyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Iyer, Deepa, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--United States--Social conditions--21st century.

Immigrants.

Hate crimes--United States--History--21st century.

Hate crimes.

Racism--United States--History--21st century.

Racism.

Xenophobia--United States--History--21st century.

Xenophobia.

Islamophobia--United States--History--21st century.

Islamophobia.

United States--Race relations--21st century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

2015.

New York, [New York] ; London, [England] : The New Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Many of us can recall the targeting of South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh people in the wake of 9/11. We may be less aware, however, of the ongoing racism directed against these groups in the past decade and a half. In We Too Sing America, nationally renowned activist Deepa Iyer catalogs recent racial flashpoints, from the 2012 massacre at the Sikh gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, to the violent opposition to the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and to the Park 51 Community Center in Lower Manhattan. Iyer asks whether hate crimes should be considered domestic terrorism and explores

Contents:

Preface: My Point of Entry; Acknowledgments; 1 "Not Our American Dream"; 2Journeys in a Racial State; 3 Surveillance Nation; 4 Islamophobia in the Bible Belt; 5 Disruptors and Bridge Builders; 6 Undocumented Youth Rise Up; 7 Ferguson is Everywhere; 8 We Too Sing America; Appendix A: Race Talks; Appendix B: Data on Race in America; Notes; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62097-121-6