Vishavjit Singh for #StopAsianHate @Medium

I Am Sikh and Tired

Wracked with pain about being othered, I dressed up like Captain America. Here’s what happened.

My turban and beard have always made me a target of anxiety, stereotyping, or outright racism. Post-9/11, the hate has been taken to a whole new level. Sikhs have been killed, attacked, and verbally abused in a never-ending American saga. We might not ever know what was…