r/comics Finessed Impropriety 15h ago

25 years ago today

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u/Sea-Value-0 14h ago

There were attempted lynchings of people wearing turbans or religious head coverings in my state. A lot of Sikh men were targeted here because the racists assumed they were Muslim. I remember some neighbors being scared to go anywhere at night. It was a messed up time.

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u/Helstrem 14h ago

The first revenge killing was a Sikh gas station owner in Arizona. Last I heard he was still in prison and the victim’s brother still visits him.

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u/Lostinthestarscape 13h ago

I'm generally not for religion but when it moves people to that kind of unconditional compassion it is really quite impressive. I can get behind that aspect of it.

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u/WalterTexasRanger326 13h ago

Saw somewhere that the murderer died in prison a few years ago

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u/E-2theRescue 13h ago

I hope it was excruciating.

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u/ObsidianOverlord 12h ago

Yeah we can't have people killing random middle-eastern looking people. Can you imagine if that was a widespread thing that happened after 9/11?

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u/nkpst 12h ago

Balbir Singh Sodhi

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u/sidepart 12h ago

I remember that. Lived in AZ at the time and couldn't help but think how awful it was that someone would do that. I vaguely recall the local news urging people not to retaliate against anyone.

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u/Chuckitybye 14h ago

I was friends with 2 brothers from Jordan and immediately called them to ask if they were safe, tell them I loved them, and ask them to be careful. They were crying telling me everyone was gathering at their mom's place

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u/noroadsleft 11h ago

My family hosted an exchange student from Azerbaijan for about six months a couple of years before 9/11. His dream was to be a doctor, and he wanted to graduate high school back home, then come back to the States to go to university. Then 9/11 happened. We used to hear from him by phone every couple of years after he went back home, and I remember a call we had with him after 9/11 where he said he was scared to come back to the U.S. because of anti-Muslim sentiment (his family was Muslim, but not especially devout).

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u/AZ_Corwyn 12h ago

There was a Sikh gentleman here in Phoenix that was killed by someone because they thought he was Muslim and they wanted revenge for what happened, sadly he would be the first of many who were targeted simply for being different.

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u/Forward_Rope_5598 7h ago

I saw some comment saying something along the lines of "nobody cared what colour you were back then, that day we were all american" as a response to people being racist towards Mamdani.

Bitch what the FUCK are you talking about?

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u/laZetadelZorro 14h ago

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u/gl1tch3t2 14h ago

I will die on the hill that you are not guilty by place of your birth, or anything else along those lines, that's such a disgusting mindset.