Now, the victims of Oak Creek must never be reduced to mere crime statistics. But, in order to honor their untimely losses by ensuring that justice can be done – they do need to be counted.
To honor them is to tell our children powerful, interconnected and hopeful narratives about their precious skin colors, faiths and cultures. To remember them is to envision and bring about a different racial landscape in our country.
Gurvinder Singh approached his father's open coffin with one thought: "Please, god, it's not my dad."
Hundreds gathered in Oak Creek Saturday for a run-walk in memory of the Sikh temple shooting.
For 90 minutes Monday, the crowd of 750 students sat riveted. They watched the two men offer a vision of what comes after an act of hatred.
But after a gunman killed six worshippers at a Milwaukee-area Sikh temple last year, survivors and their families vowed not to let money divide them.
Whites might actually have to start distancing themselves from white supremacy.
As Sikhs we do not proselytize. But should we educate? In light of the Oak Creek anniversary we are reminded of the huge gap of awareness about Sikhi.
Many technologists agree that these services will probably become mainstream, eventually incorporated in alarm clocks, refrigerators and bathroom mirrors.