GURDWARAS, GUNS AND GRUDGES IN 'POST-RACIAL' AMERICA

TY - JOUR

T1 - GURDWARAS, GUNS AND GRUDGES IN 'POST-RACIAL' AMERICA

AU - Sian, Katy Pal

PY - 2012/12

Y1 - 2012/12

N2 - This paper examines the tragic Gurdwara shootings in Wisconsin in the context of 'post-racial' America. The argument that Western societies have seen an 'end of racism' is the central idea behind the post-racial America, this paper thus explores the way in which such a discourse has been mobilized in this case to silence the critique of America's embedded structural racism. Popular accounts of the shootings within the mainstream media focused explanations primarily upon mistaken identity, gun policy or as the act of a particular individual, these accounts I argue are problematic as they tend to dismiss and deflect attention away from the very real problem of racism which can no longer be denied.

AB - This paper examines the tragic Gurdwara shootings in Wisconsin in the context of 'post-racial' America. The argument that Western societies have seen an 'end of racism' is the central idea behind the post-racial America, this paper thus explores the way in which such a discourse has been mobilized in this case to silence the critique of America's embedded structural racism. Popular accounts of the shootings within the mainstream media focused explanations primarily upon mistaken identity, gun policy or as the act of a particular individual, these accounts I argue are problematic as they tend to dismiss and deflect attention away from the very real problem of racism which can no longer be denied.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84875303736&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1080/17448727.2012.752676

DO - 10.1080/17448727.2012.752676

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84875303736

VL - 8

SP - 293

EP - 297

JO - Sikh Formations: Religion, Culture, Theory

JF - Sikh Formations: Religion, Culture, Theory

SN - 1744-8727

IS - 3

ER -