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Author Iyer, Deepa (Deepa Vasudeva), 1972-

Title We Too Sing America.

Publication Info. The New Press, 2015.

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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents "Not our American Dream": the Oak Creek massacre and hate violence -- Journeys in a racial state -- Surveillance nation -- Islamophobia in the Bible Belt -- Disruptors and bridge builders -- Undocumented youth rise up -- Ferguson is everywhere -- We too sing America -- Appendix A: Race talks -- Appendix B: Data on race in America.
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 the role of the state in perpetuating racism through detentions, national registration programs, police profiling, and constant surveillance. She looks at topics including Islamophobia in the Bible Belt; the "Bermuda Triangle" of anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim hysteria; and the energy of new reform movements, including those of "undocumented and unafraid" youth and Black Lives Matter. In a book that reframes the discussion of race in America, a brilliant young activist provides ideas from the front lines of post-9/11 America."-- Provided by publisher.
"Since 9/11, we continue to incomplete and sanitized histories hat neglect the experiences of South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh immigrant communities in the United States. Activist Deepa Iyer catalogs recent racial flashpoints, from the 2012 massacre at the Sikh gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, to the relentless opposition to the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and to the Park 51 Community Center in Lower Manhattan. Iyer places the hate violence, Islamophobia, and xenophobia in a broader context -- that of an American racial landscape undergoing a rapid and radical demographic transformation. Iyer shows how South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh immigrant communities engage in ... undocumented youth, Black Lives Matter, and Black-Brown coalitions that can inspire new directions for racial justice in the United States."-- Jacket.
Subject United States -- Race relations -- 21st century.
Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Hate crimes -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Racism -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Xenophobia -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Islamophobia -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Hate crimes. (OCoLC)fst00951873
Immigrants -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst00967782
Islamophobia. (OCoLC)fst01737869
Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
Racism. (OCoLC)fst01086616
Xenophobia. (OCoLC)fst01182003
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: Iyer, Deepa. We too sing America. New York : The New Press, 2015 9781620970140 (DLC) 2015020036 (OCoLC)919001437
ISBN 1620971216 (electronic bk.)
9781620971215 (electronic bk.)
Music No. EB00668227 Recorded Books
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