Sikh-American called `Osama` |
Sikh-American post-doctoral fellow at New York University was called “Osama” by a teenager, in a fresh incident of racism towards members of the community. Simran Jeet Singh, a post-doctoral fellow at NYU`s Center for Religion and Media and a senior religion fellow for advocacy group Sikh Coalition, recalled the encounter in an essay on NBC News. Singh also writes about how he did not remain silent at being called racial slurs and confronted the young black man. Singh said he was running along the Hudson River in the city on Thursday, heading from his office at NYU to his home. Even though he had headphones in his ears, he could could still hear someone shouting at him, “Osama! Osama!” along with another inappropriate expletive. When he turned to see who was yelling, he saw a group of three young teenagers. Singh said he had first decided to continue on his way but he soon recalled another incident from the past week, when an older woman had called him a different racial slur as she walked by him. Singh had not responded to that woman but later regretted regretted not confronting her. He said, Singh said he stopped his run and turned around and after deciding it was relatively safe, he slowly approached the teenager who had shouted at him.The young black man avoided eye contact as Singh walked up to him.
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