Race/Ethnicity 4.3–SPECIAL ISSUE
Race/Ethnicity 4.3 focuses on the impact of the decade following September 11, 2001 from the perspectives of Muslim, Arab, Sikh and South Asian communities. Guest editor, Deepa Iyer, is the Executive Director of South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT). Given that the ten-year anniversary of 9/11 is occurring this year, this issue, entitled Field Notes from the September 11 Moment, presents a collection of first-person narratives from activists representing the Muslim, Arab, Sikh and South Asian communities, as well as academic thought pieces about the range of national security and civil liberties issues that our country has been grappling with over the past decade.
The classic piece for this issue is Homeland Insecurities: Racial Violence the Day after September 11 by Muneer Ahmad, and serves to provide context for what follows. Activist Linda Sarsour recounts the intersection of personal choices and community need in Reflections of a Brooklyn-based Arab American Activist. Vijay Prashad’s The Day Our Probation Ended asks readers to consider the broader implications of imperialism. In Welcome Mat and Spiked Gate: Two Stories of Immigrants in the United States, Sayu Bhojwani urges a course correction in the face of immigrant backlash. Sabrina Alimahomed’s Generation Islam: Arab American Muslims and Racial Politics after September 11 draws on research and interviews with over sixty young adult Muslims living in Los Angeles, California. “Just Don’t Act Muslim:” Reflections from a Queens-based Community Organizer” by Annetta Seecharran describes how a community organization had to shift into crisis-mode post-September 11. Sue Veres Royal from U.S. In The World contributed an article about the “us vs. them” mentality of the United States in Fear, Rhetoric and the “Other.” Soniya Munshi writes about the challenges faced by domestic violence survivors in Multiplicities of Violence: Responses to September 11 from South Asian Women’s Organizations. Amardeep Singh, the co-founder of the Sikh Coalition, writes of his journey towards activism in The Accidental Activist. Subhash Kateel writes about his personal response to September 11, and explores its impact on community members and activists in The Best of Times and Worst of Times ... in South Asian America. Azadeh Shahshahani shares Reflections on the Occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of September 11, which highlights the need for education about rights among immigrant communities. Monami Maulik’s Our Movement is for the Long Haul: Ten Years of DRUM’s Community Organizing by Working-Class South Asian Migrants provides a case-study in organizing success. Finally, Valarie Kaur describes her road-trip odyssey in Emerging from the Shadow of September 11.
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