Public health: Significant trepidation. Prabhjot Singh of Mount Sinai's Arnhold Institute is concerned that the president-elect's rhetoric of isolationism could lead to the nation pulling back from global threats like Ebola and Zika. He's also worried that possible restrictions on immigration will h
In a high-profile attackin September last year, Columbia University professor and public interfaith advocate Prabhjot Singh was assaulted in New York City by a group of young men who broke his jaw and kicked his body and face. They reportedly yelled get Osama, and terrorist as they descended up
The Associated Press said Prabhjot Singh was approached by a group of 15-20 young men on bicycles on Lenox Avenue in Manhattan shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday. Citing the police, AP said one of the men pulled Mr. Singhs beard and members of the group then kicked him in the body and head.
Prabhjot Singh (sihnj), a professor at Columbia University who is Sikh (seek), tells the Daily News he suffered a fractured jaw in the beating, which police are investigating as a possible hate crime.
Date: Sep 23, 2013
Category: World
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U.S. Sikhs nervous, vigilant in aftermath of shooting
"Since 9/11, Sikhs have faced countless hate crimes, been denied employment, bullied in schools and profiled in airports simply because of the way we look," said Prabhjot Singh, a co-founder of the New York- based Sikh Coalition.
Date: Aug 07, 2012
Category: U.S.
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Mourning Victims, Sikhs Lament Being Mistaken for Radicals or Militants
I have been called Osama bin Laden walking down the street, because in the popular imagination a turban is associated with bin Laden and Al Qaeda, said Prabhjot Singh, who works in the high-tech industry near San Francisco. But 99 percent of the people who wear turbans in the United States are Si