Sept.
25, 2001
LA
Daily News: Riad
Z. Abdelkarim: When the FBI comes knocking, it's the
worst of times
AP: Arab
Americans complain of profiling
San Jose Merc:
L.A.
Chung: Muslim women's hijab is proud expression of
their faith
Fresno
Bee: Navdeep
Singh Dillon: Take off your turbans, shave your beards
Time:
Although
scapegoated, Muslims, Sikhs and Arabs are patriotic,
integrated--and growing
Star-Ledger: Police
may stop New Jerseyans who "look Middle Eastern."
Sept.
24, 2001
Masala: South
Asians cope with dual tragedy
WashPost: Sikhs
campaign against hate
Oregonian: Ryan
White: No news is good news in this case
Newsday: Some
Sikhs forego turbans
Outlook: Backlash roundup
Newsday: Kamal
Khan on shattered dreams
Knight Ridder: Arabs
Americans, Muslims say airlines, government targeting
them
LATimes: Racial
profiling gains support as search tactic
Rediff: Sen.
John McCain comments on slain Sikh
Sept.
23, 2001
Rediff: Report
on SAJA Town Hall
San Jose Merc: American
Muslims and South Asians struggle with an emerging
political solidarity
NYTimes:
Identify
Yourself: Who's American?
Sept.
22, 2001
WashPost: For
Muslims, grief over attacks is followed by fear
NYTimes:
"Flying
while brown"
NYTimes: Some
Arab Americans finding new tolerance
Oregonian: Muslim
students keep a low profile
WashPost:
At
Mosques, fear mixes with support of U.S.
Sept.
21, 2001
San Antonio Express: Pakistani
man told to get off Delta flight by pilot
USA
Today: Administration
has used words that offend Muslims
Reuters
Three Arabs asked to get off Minneapolis flight
Trenton
Times: NJ
woman told by police: harassment was "protected
free speech"
SMART: Sikhs
asked to participate actively in national grieving
Women's Enews: Women
& backlash
Baton Rouge Advocate: Sen.
Cooksey apologizes for "diapers on their heads"
comment
WP: Some
foreign students leave US
CNN: Backlash
flares up at colleges
Sept.
20, 2001
LA Times: South
Asian man told to get off Delta flight by pilot
Sacramento Bee: Tolerance
tested by terrorists
Wash Post: EDIT:
Fueling bigotry
Sun-Times:
Mary
Mitchell on Lesson from WWII: Avoid Taint of racism
Wash Post: Reshma
Memon Yaqub on "I am Not the Enemy"
Chicago Trib: US
walks fine line between security, ethnic bias
Australian Age: EDIT:
Attacks on Muslims are intolerable
AP: Schools
try to protect Muslim students
WP: Japanese
Americans recall '40s bias
CNN: Groups
join to fight Muslim backlash
Radio Free Liberty: Backlash
roundup
Sept.
19, 2001
NYT: Sikhs
are victims of mistaken identity
free registration reqd
SMART: Sikh
Americans caution Indian PM
CNN: Immigrants
fear backlash to terror attacks
Baton Rouge Advocate: Congressman
says: "Expects racial profiling" -- especially
"anyone weaing a diaper on his head"
(see following day's follow-up)
Sept. 18, 2001
Masala.com: Rallying
around our common humanity
Philly Inq: Muslim
backlash roundup
Sept.
17, 2001
AP: Attacks
increase fear of backlash
Seattle PI: Robert
Jamieson on mindless violence not an American value
ABCNews.com: Bush
criticizes backlash
WashPost/AP: Backlash
roundup
Boston Globe: Backlash
roundup
CNN: Man
arrested in Sikh shooting death
Rediff: Worries
about attacks against Sikhs
Sept.
14, 2001
Mother Jones: Earl
Ofari Hutchinson: Beware of backlash
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Arizona
> California > Carolinas
> Florida > Georgia
> Illinois > Louisiana
> Maryland >
Massachusetts > New Jersey
> Michigan > Minnesota
> New York > Ohio
> Oregon > Pennsylvania
> Rhode Island > Texas
> Washington + Canada
+ International
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ARIZONA
Sept. 24, 2001
Rediff: Sen.
John McCain comments on slain Sikh
Sept.
23, 2001
Arizona
Republic: Thousands
attend slain Sikhs
Sept.
21, 2001
Arizona
Republic: Top
prosecutors take on hate crimes
Arizona
Republic: Valley
rally condemns hate
Sept.
19, 2001
Arizona Republic: Support
for Sikhs
Sept. 18, 2001
Boston Globe: Sikh's
death is due to homegrown hate
Arizona
Republic: Sikhs
condemn hate killing
Sept.
17, 2001
Arizona Republic: Valley
moruns backlash killing
Arizona Rpuublic: Suspect
called himself "patriot"
Sept.
16, 2001
Arizona Republic: Killing
of Sikh was racially motivated
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CALIFORNIA
Dec.
8, 2001
LA Daily News: Sikh
store owner beaten Dec. 4
Oct.
4, 2001
Milpitas
Post: East
Asian boy fights South Asian boy
Sept.
28, 2001
LAT:
Hate
crimes against escalating
OCR: Anaheim
restaurant fire fuels hate-crime concerns
Sept.
25, 2001
Fresno
Bee: Navdeep
Singh Dillon: Take off your turbans, shave your beards
LA
Daily News: Riad
Z. Abdelkarim: When the FBI comes knocking, it's the
worst of times
Sept.
20, 2001
Rediff: Hari
Sreenivasan: I was brown that was all that mattered
L
AT: Turbans
make Sikhs targets
San Diego Tribune: Sikhs
being harassed
Sept.
19, 2001
Mercury News: Student
cartoon ignites protests
Sept.
18, 2001
Rediff: Australian
stabbed while saving Indian
SJ Merc: Arson
attempts possible hate crimes
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CAROLINAS
Sept. 23, 2001
Herald-Sun: Hope
Ulmann: Bigotry shouldn't replace sorrow
Sept. 20, 2001
PRN: North
Carolina's Indian Americans Come Together to Condemn
Terrorist Attacks
Sept.
17, 2001
AP: Attacks
increase fear of backlash
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FLORIDA
Oct.
4, 2001
Sun-Sentinel: Rekha
Basu: Don't let acts of hatred prevail
Sept.
24, 2001
St. Pete Times: Mary
Jo Melon: In a country they love, a dose of hate
Sept.
19, 2001
WPLG
Miami: FBI
says attacks against Muslims will not be tolerated
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GEORGIA
Sept. 19, 2001
Savannah Now: Georgia
Muslims deal with backlash fears
Sept.
17, 2001
AJC: Turban
doesn't equal terrorist; Sikh attacked
Sept.
14, 2001
AJC:
Mosque
vandalized
Sept.
12, 2001
AJC: Muslims
fear a burst of spite
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KENTUCKY
see Ohio/Kentucky
ILLINOIS
Oct.
11, 2001
Sun-Times: Mary
Mitchell: Victims of racial profiling capable of supporting
it
Sept. 20, 2001
Sun-Times: Mary
Mitchell on Lesson from WWII: Avoid Taint of racism
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LOUISIANA
Oct.
9, 2001
Louisiana
Advocate: Sen.
Cooksey now urges racial profiling
Sept.
19, 2001
Times Picayune: New
Orleans Sikhs battle ignorance
Baton Rouge Advocate: Congressman
says: "Expects racial profiling" -- especially
"anyone weaing a diaper on his head"
(see following day's follow-up)
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MARYLAND
Sept. 26, 2001
Rediff: Sikh
student shot at
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MASSACHUSETTS
Sept. 30, 2001
Masala: Boston
area South Asians unite
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MICHIGAN
Sept. 24, 2001
Star-Ledger: Arabs
feel twice victimized
Sept.
14, 2001
Free Press: Arabs
and those who look like them face hate
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MINNESOTA
Sept. 24, 2001
Star Tribune: For
one Minnesota Afghan, kindness & concern
Star-Tribune: Local
Muslim groups look to form umbrella organization
Sept. 22, 2001
Pioneer Press: 4
Arabs removed from NWA flight to assuage passengers
Reuters
Three Arabs asked to get off Minneapolis flight
NEW
JERSEY
(links from Shashi Murthy)
Sept.
30, 2001
Star-Ledger: FBI
raid in Metuchen leaves immigrants shaken
Asbury Park Press: Fear
changes lives of Sikhs, Muslims
Bergen Record: Jewish
group decries attacks against Muslims
Bergen Record: Op-ed:
Suddenly, a reevaluation of racial profiling
Sept.
29, 2001
Jersey Journal: Coming
together in a hate-free Hoboken
Sept.
28, 2001
Star-Ledger: Customers
lose taste for Afghan restaurant
Star-Ledger: Mistaken
identity disrupts a man's life
Bergen Record: Muslims,
FBI seek to resolve differences
Sept.
27, 2001
Bergen Record: Muslims
uneasy with NJ probe for clues
Bergent Record: EDIT:
Cooperation needed
Sept.
26, 2001
Bergen Record: Sikhs
doubly hurt by terrorism
Bergen Record: NJ
Attorney Gen: Time to reconsider racial profiling
Sept.
25, 2001
Austin Statesman-American:
Gaiutra Bahadur on looking for America in New Jersey
Star-Ledger: Police
may stop New Jerseyans who "look Middle Eastern."
APP: Dialogue
gives opportunity to understand
Bergen Record: Paterson
turning to radio to dismiss rumors of riots
Star-Ledger: Bias
incidents probed
Sept.
24, 2001
Star-Ledger: Candidates
vow support of Arab Americans
Sept.
23, 2001
Star-Ledger: Muslims
struggle to overcome stereotypes
Sept.
22, 2001
Star-Ledger: Pain
is tripled for some families
AP: Even
in city of immigrants, some face backlash
Bergen Record: African
American Muslims fear backlash
Courier News: EDIT
- Fear brings out the worst in us
Daily
Record: Anger
over attack surfaces in Morris
Times Beacon: Bigotry
another weapon of terrorists
Sept.
21, 2001
Trenton Times: Indian
woman told by police: harassment was "protected
free speech"
Star-Ledger: Pakistani
American fret over split loyalty
Bergen Record: Jeffrey
Page on brother turning on brother
Bergen Record: School
become student refuge
Asbury Park Press: Statewide
reports on bias crimes
Bergen Record: Clifton
fireman apologizes for insulting Egyptian woman
Sept.
20, 2001
Star-Ledger: Racial
profiling returns to the fore
Herald: Sikh
faces discrimination
The Times: Police
probe bias incidents
Courier News: Reports
of bias rise in NJ
Daily Journal: Service
station feels backlash
Courier News: Vandals
target Afghan pizzeria
Sept. 19, 2001
Bergen Record: 26
bias crimes reported
Star-Ledger: Cops
won't charge man for "terrorist" remark
Sept. 18, 2001
Atlantic City Press: Indian
store owners targeted
Bergen Record: Jeffrey
Page on ignorance rearing its ugly head after the
horror
Bergen Record: Riad
Abdelkarim on We are all Americans, too
Sept.
17, 2001
Jersey Journal: EDIT
- Target the terrorists, not law abiding immigrants
Sept.
15, 2001
Bergen Record: EDIT
- A nasty backlash: Arab Americans unfairly treated
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NEW
YORK
Sept. 24, 2001
Newsday: Some
Sikhs forego turbans
Sept.
23, 2001
Newsday: Queens
businesses fear backlash
Newsday: Sikhs
on the defense
Sept. 18, 2001
Columbia: Muslim
students face new test
Sept. 13, 2001
NYT: Muslims
steer through an unsettling scrutiny free
registration reqd
AP: Pakistani
woman nearly run down
Rediff: Sikh
harassed near WTC
Columbia: Muslims
fear backlash
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OHIO/KENTUCKY
Sept. 19, 2001
Cinci Inq: Sikhs
and
backlash
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OREGON
Sept. 24, 2001
KGW:
Sikh
football player reports no problems
Oregonian: Ryan
White: No news is good news in this case
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PENNSYLVANIA
Sept. 19, 2001
Allentown Morning Call: Indian
talk of abuse
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RHODE
ISLAND
Oct. 31, 2001
ProJo: Charges
dropped in kirpan case
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TEXAS
Sept.
24, 2001
Austin Statesman-American: Two
Pakistani passengers questioned
Sept.
22, 2001
Star-Telegram: Sikhs
haunted by backlash
Sept.
21, 2001
Dall Morning News: Groups
fear violent backlash
Sept. 20, 2001
San
Antonio Express: Pakistani
man told to get off flight by pilot
LA Times: Pakistani
man told to get off flight by pilot
Sept.
19, 2001
Dallas Morning News: Mosque
put under surveillance
KSAT, San Antonio: City
leaders discuss backlash issues with Muslims
Sept. 18, 2001
Houston Chron: Houston
task force to protect Muslims
Sept.
17, 2001
Rediff: Pakistani
grocer shot dead in Dallas
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WASHINGTON
STATE
Oct.
21, 2001
Seattle Times: Sikh
beaten in Seattle
Oct.
4, 2001
WA South County Journal: Attack
on Sikh cab driver
Sept.
27, 2001
Seattle Times: Don't
link turbans to terrorism + illustrated
guide to turbans
Sept.
17, 2001
Seattle PI: Robert
Jamieson on mindless violence not an American value
Sept. 14, 2001
Seattle PI: Robert
Jamieson on adding insult to nation's injury
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CANADA
Sept. 18, 2001
Hamilton Spec: After
the Hindu temple fire
Sept.
16, 2001
Montreal Gazette: Muslims
fear reprisals
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INTERNATIONAL
Oct. 4, 2001
Irish Times: Sikhs
attacked in Ireland
Sept.
27, 2001
London Times: Bad
time to be Asian in Britain : Italy: Muslims
demand apology from Berlusconi
Sept.
21, 2001
New Zealand: NZ
Sikhs under threat
Sept.
20, 2001
UK: London
newspaper apologizes to Sikhs for running photo
Australian Age: EDIT:
Attacks on Muslims are intolerable
Sept.
19, 2001
New Zealand: Hindu
temple vandalized in NZ
Sept.
18, 2001
UK: Rise
in hate crimes against Muslims
South Africa: Hindu
woman wears crucifix to escape attacks
Sept.
17, 2001
Brazil: Xenophobic
threats target Arabs
London: Afghan
driver left paralyzed after racist beating
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"POSITIVE"
STORIES
Oct.
5, 2001
Sun-Sentinel: Rekha
Basu: Don't let acts of hatred prevail
Sept.
30, 2001
Bergen Record: Ron
Allee: Toughest job may be eliminating distrust and
fear
Bergen Record: Reaching
out
Sept.
29, 2001
Jersey Journal: Coming
together in a hate-free Hoboken
LA Times:
