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  1. 1. Ever been discriminated against 4 being a Sikh?

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i went for a job at radio shack back when i was in hs.. the sign said help wanted.. i talked to the worker inside and he said ya they were hiring.. then i talked to the manager and he said.. no they r not hiring and the sign is a mistake.

um.. i have had more.. but thats the only thing that stuck in my mind..

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I got a job through this agency. It was a summer job working in a factory. You had to wear this sorta net thing on ur head. I refused and said i already have a turban and all my hair are covered.

So on the induction day (first day) the people i was to start work with all of them were shown round the factory while i sat in the canteen waiting for the supervisor to find out if turban was acceptable :@

Luckily for them it was, otherwise they would have seen a lawsuit. grin.gif

Oh yeah, Discrimination now days is done undercover. The employers act all nice from top but at the end of the day they dont hire.

I have noticed that if someone is educated and is in a skilled profession as Computer prograamming, doctor etc then employers tend to look at ur abilities than anything else. So its quite good in that sense. Thats why most of the singhs are Techies, Doctors or lawyers.

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ny1 heard the shop DTF? well i got a bag frm there u c, n cuz its khanda i dont put it on the floor. well i hav this teacher hus frm another country mrs irwin n she sed u betta put that down, how can i, its guru ji's nishan? n then we had this substitue teacha 4 english called miss harris (no wonder y she "MISS" cuz she iz a dog) nywayz she sez put that "thing" on the floor, i say no, she goes u bin warned, refused, so moved 2 another seat, refused went outside, i sed 2 her its religious n she sez "i dont really care" wot kind of person is she? by the way few weeks l8a she had a car crash, but survved. damn. so nywayz shes now got a whole bunch of teachas tryin 2 make me put that bag on the floor, or even tryin 2 make me keep my bag @ home. in if thats the case, i aint bowin down 2 no pressure, even if u can c me frm miles away in that orange bag. i got on report cuz of that teacha.

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got denied by private school back in georgia (10th grade).. they wanted was clean shaven with no turban .. thought i had very small dhari (can't even hold it by hand)

i also sat out on the side bench for one whole "out of home" soccer game, cauz the empire didn't approve my headgear rolleyes.gif

Though i never got discriminated in job section so far :@

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What about Descrimination when arranging marriage?

There was this kuri who said she didnt want to marry a Singh, wasnt her falut her dad was mona, so were her brothers. My Dad was trying to do some Vichola stuff :@ for this family at that time, The singh who she refused is studying law, and is a proper singh, does great kirtan. So its her loss. :@

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