I was also struck by a growing trend. On the one hand, many Americans called on Sikhs to abandon their turbans. They suggested that doing so would help them blend into mainstream society, and therefore guarantee their safety. This fits into a larger pattern of Americans asking the marginalized to change themselves rather than demanding change from those who enact the violence. Rather than giving in to these recommendations, some young Sikh women across the country did the opposite: They decided to start wearing a turban daily as an act of defiance and resistance, and as a way of asserting
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