It’s not enough that we have American Muslims facing a new wave of Islamophobia on the American right, hyped up to greater extent by the coming November election. But it appears the we now have another case of a Sikh who’s fallen victim to backwoods American cultural illiteracy.
We’re looking into the case David just mentioned where a man was accused of punching a man wearing a turban in a Seattle area convenience store and yelling “You’re not even American, you’re al-Qaida. Go back to your country.”
The only problem is that Muslims don’t wear turbans that often. But Sikhs do. We’re trying to find out more about the victim’s identity. Needless to say, one should be able to choose the headgear of your choice.
