Deepa Iyer

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Deepa Iyer is the senior fellow at the Center for Social Inclusion, the author of We Too Sing America: South Asian, Arab, Muslim and Sikh Immigrants Shape Our Multiracial Future, and the former executive director of South Asian Americans Leading Together.

Election 2016 October 19, 2016

Islamophobia Won’t End on Election Day (and It Didn’t Start With Trump)

So what are we doing after the vote to truly challenge the hate and bigotry that has long pervaded our immigration politics?

Deepa Iyer
War on Terror May 20, 2016

What the US Could Learn From Justin Trudeau About Saying ‘Sorry’

Rather than engaging in rhetoric targeting immigrants and Muslims, we should make substantive amends for past xenophobia.

Deepa Iyer
Activism November 16, 2015

Here We Go Again? Muslim Americans Brace for a Backlash After Paris

Muslim, Arab, and South Asian activists already see a far-too-familiar pattern in the US reaction—but also some signs of progress.

Deepa Iyer
Feminism August 20, 2014

Why All Communities of Color Must Demand an End to Police Brutality

For Latinos and Asian- and Arab-Americans, Ferguson is our fight too.

Deepa Iyer

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Deepa Iyer

Election 2016 October 19, 2016

So what are we doing after the vote to truly challenge the hate and bigotry that has long pervaded our immigration politics?

War on Terror May 20, 2016

Rather than engaging in rhetoric targeting immigrants and Muslims, we should make substantive amends for past xenophobia.

Activism November 16, 2015

Muslim, Arab, and South Asian activists already see a far-too-familiar pattern in the US reaction—but also some signs of progress.

Feminism August 20, 2014

For Latinos and Asian- and Arab-Americans, Ferguson is our fight too.