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WNYC 93.9 FM
"balbir singh" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"From tell our listeners briefly what it's about Go back to where you came from and other helpful recommendations and how to become American Is about loving a country that doesn't always love you back And how the rest of us are both citizens and suspects us and them and how this country can turn on us on a dime But at the same time it's about how we can move forward as a multicultural country And I hope it is done with humor and it ends on earned hope not some hallmark a sugary confection but earned hope and the earned hope is by working through the challenges So that's the book Just one perspective my perspective but I tried to use my story as kind of a narrative spine to make a commentary about America and connect the dots for the rest of us The introduction of your book comes in hot You start by sharing some of the most offensive letters you've received from readers and viewers And then you write some snarky responses I'm wondering in real life how often do you respond to often racist hate mail or tweets That's a good question I get those emails every single day When I used to write in the comments section and articles my editors always used to turn off the comments section because they're like you don't want to read this And oftentimes it was benign stuff but it was because of who I am my name my ethnicity and my religion that all of a sudden I became a target I'm sure you get it all so you can sit here and talk about potato chips and somehow someone would make it like a racist That's how it is And you kind of take some dark humor with it and I think it depends on my mood and about once a week I'll respond to a go back to where you come from And if someone really spends a long three page emissive which they have then sometimes I have some fun with it and sometimes I share it with the public Because I feel like oftentimes we're asked to be like daffy duck get angry and upset but sometimes I want to be like Bugs Bunny you know If you really think about it right But as bunny's always chilling they're always after him but he always uses their traps against them and sometimes he dresses up as a girl and kisses them and then sometimes he just mocks them but he always gets the last laugh And I want to make sure I get the last laugh in the last word Yeah Bugs Bunny didn't work hard He worked smart There you go He was a smart bunny You know so much of your life changed on 9 11 And a big turning point in the book is that event and what it meant for you going forward I want to go back to that scene because it was very vivid for me as I read it Where were you when you found out about the attack 20 year old UC Berkeley senior undeclared in my pajamas woken up by my roommate in our apartment a mile away from UC Berkeley He knocks on the door and I'm sleeping He's like you gotta get up I'm like come on man It's freaking exhausted I stayed up all night playing NBA two K then ten minutes later I get another knock You really have to get up and see that something's happening So we're both in our pajamas blurry watching the tower on fire Maybe the pilot had a heart attack That's what happened He was trying to land the plane maybe a Laguardia something happened And then you saw the second plane go Once you saw the second plane that's when we realized something this was deliberate And right there and then you kind of do the minority prayer which all minorities know And the minority player goes something like this Please let it be a white guy And if you're white or self identifies white it's not because we want any harm to come to you going full circle with the beginning of this conversation We realize that when it's a white person all of whiteness is not convicted Well the white guy is like this lone wolf who was misunderstood you know Just a dude You know crazy dude did it You want to have white uncles and white aunties in your community having to like stand up like Uncle Sam with flags like waving in the air and saying I love America and let me prove my moderation and come to my churches and won't be investigation and surveillance and hearings right Like you won't be held you won't be interrogated or indicted and have to prove your loyalty or prove your whiteness But for the rest of us we're effed all of us collectively And then when they saw that on the scroll at the bottom suspected Osama bin Laden and Muslims that's when I remember I closed my eyes and I just realized things were going to get really bad And I was a member of this Muslim student association I was elected to the board And I joke that had Muslims known that 9 11 would happen these horrible conspiracy theories which we did not know because Muslims also died that day I would have joined the Indian student association and I would have learned how to do punga or whatever you do though Do not join the sick student association because that poor group got screwed First hate crime after 9 11 was a sick man in mason This shows you how stupid racism is 19 four and hijackers 15 from Saudi Arabia to from UAE one from Lebanon one from Egypt brought down the two towers killed 3000 people And so the first hate crime after America was in mesa Arizona where a white supremacist blamed a middle aged sick gas station owner balbir Singh for the violent acts of 19 foreign hijackers because he was brownskin had a beard and a turban and he was sick Bigots aren't nuanced This country lost its damn mine after 9 11 And so here I was a Muslim student association board member and I had Muslim women born and raised in America emailing me Should we go to school There are hate crimes We're afraid I had my first hate mail Just think about it I'm in California born and raised in the Bay Area to Pakistani immigrant parents and I am being blamed for the violent actions of 1940 hijackers And that's where it all began And I always tell people that was the baptism by fire That was the turning point the fork in the road That was the danger room simulation for the rest of my life and with the rest of my career For my generation You're listening to it's been a minute from NPR I'm Sam Sanders speaking with wajahat Ali We're talking about his new memoir It's called go back to where you came from You know you wrote about how much work you had to take on at Berkeley in the aftermath of 9 11 You and other students and the Muslim student association just took it upon yourself to do a lot of bridge building You hosted Friday prayers for the entire campus You held forums with all different kinds of speakers and groups And you said something that really stuck out to me about that experience and that year after 9 11 you said it was quote training ground an X-Men danger room simulation that would prepare you for the rest of your life Explain Yeah I mean you become overnight the Muslim firemen You become the Muslim walking Wikipedia You become the person if you're thrust in that spotlight where you have to be an expert on the drop of the dime on all things Muslim and Islam McGraw and Sharia are profit Muhammad Hakeem olajuwon Nan Hakeem not Hakeem three Hakeem everything Bollywood hummus Hamas like everything You know here I have this 20 year old undeclared student playing NBA two K next thing you know I'm giving speeches in front of 200 people And as I have the microphone and giving the speech I'm like why am I sitting here giving a speech What's happening And overnight you get thrust like our parents generation You get you know you get thrust into the moment right You have to meet the moment And you have to then play the stupid condemn Nathan game condemning violent accident by violent people you've never met And you've got to be perfect And if you're not perfect not only are you indicted by this nameless judge you're an executioner that 20 years after 9 11 still holds your loyalty aspect simply due to your ethnicity or religion it condemns this whole thing called Muslims and Islam Because after 9 11 the enemy became this thing called Islam It became a civilizational conflict between us and them I'm using the language of our elected leaders at that time The axis of evil And it wasn't just those who were Muslim and I'm glad you mentioned this earlier It was those who looked Muslim Sick Americans Indian Hindus Arab Christians right And so overnight you become an educator you become.
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"balbir singh" Discussed on WABE 90.1 FM
"Tell our listeners briefly what it's about Go back to where you came from and other helpful recommendations and how to become American Is about loving a country that doesn't always love you back And how the rest of us are both citizens and suspects us and them and how this country can turn on us on a dime But at the same time it's about how we can move forward as a multicultural country And I hope it is done with humor and it ends on earned hope not some hallmark a sugary confection but earned hope and the earned hope is by working through the challenges So that's the book And it's just one perspective my perspective but I tried to use my story as kind of a narrative spine to make a commentary about America and connect the dots for the rest of us The introduction of your book comes in hot You start by sharing some of the most offensive letters you've received from readers and viewers and then you write some snarky responses I'm wondering in real life how often do you respond to often racist hate mail or tweets That's a good question I get those emails every single day When I used to write in the comments section and articles my editors always used to turn off the comments section because they're like you don't want to read this And oftentimes it was benign stuff but it was because of who I am my name my ethnicity and my religion that all of a sudden I became a target And I'm sure you get it also We could sit here and talk about potato chips and somehow someone would make it like a racist That's how it is And you kind of take some dark humor with it And I think it depends on my mood and about once a week I'll respond to a go back to where you come from And if someone like really spends a long three page missive which they have then sometimes I have some fun with it And sometimes I share it with the public Because I feel like oftentimes we're asked to be like daffy duck get angry and upset but sometimes I want to be like Bugs Bunny you know If you really think about it right Bugs Bunny's always chilling They're always after him but he always uses their traps against them and sometimes he dresses up as a girl and kisses them and then sometimes he just walks them but he always gets the last laugh And I want to make sure I get the last laugh in the last word Yeah Bugs Bunny didn't work hard He worked smart There you go He was a smart bunny You know so much of your life changed on 9 11 And a big turning point in the book is that event and what it meant for you going forward I want to go back to that scene because it was very vivid for me as I read it Where were you when you found out about the attack 20 year old UC Berkeley senior undeclared in my pajamas woken up by my roommate in our apartment a mile away from UC Berkeley He knocks on the door and I'm sleeping He's like you gotta get up I'm like come on man It's freaking exhausted I stayed up all night playing NBA two K then ten minutes later I get another knock You really have to get up and see that something's happening So we're both in our pajamas blurry watching the tower on fire Maybe the pilot had a heart attack That's what happened He was trying to land a plane maybe a Laguardia something happened and then you saw the second plane go Once you saw the second plane that's when we realized something this was deliberate And right there and then you kind of do the minority prayer which all minorities know And the minority player goes something like this Please let it be a white guy And if you're white or self identifies white it's not because we want any harm to come to you going full circle with the beginning of this conversation We realize that when it's a white person all of whiteness is not convicted Well the white guy is like this lone wolf who was misunderstood you know Just a dude You know crazy dude did it You want to have white uncles and white aunties in your community having to stand up like Uncle Sam with flags like waving in the air and saying I love America and let me prove my moderation and come to my churches and you won't be investigation and surveillance and hearings right Like you won't be held you won't be interrogated or indicted and have to prove your loyalty or prove your whiteness But for the rest of us we're effed all of us collectively And then when they saw that on the scroll at the bottom you know suspected Osama bin Laden in Muslims that's when I remember I closed my eyes and I just realized things were going to get really bad And I was a member of this Muslim student association I was elected to the board and I joke that had Muslims known that 9 11 would happen these horrible conspiracy theories which we did not know because Muslims also died that day I would have joined the Indian student association and I would have learned how to do punga or whatever you do though Do not join the sick student association because that poor group got screwed First hate crime after 9 11 was a sick man and this shows you how stupid racism is 19 foreign hijackers 15 from Saudi Arabia two from UAE one from Lebanon one from Egypt brought down the two towers killed 3000 people And so the first hate crime after America was in mesa Arizona where a white supremacist blamed a middle aged sick gas station owner balbir Singh for the violent acts of 19 foreign hijackers because he was brown skinned had a beard and a turban and he was sick Bigots aren't nuanced This country lost its damn mine after 9 11 And so here I was a Muslim student association board member and I had Muslim women born and raised in America emailing me Should we go to school Their hate crimes were afraid I had my first hate mail Just think about it I'm in California born and raised in the Bay Area to Pakistani immigrant parents and I am being blamed for the violent actions of 1940 hijackers And that's where it all began And I always tell people that was the baptism by fire That was the turning point the fork in the road That was the danger room simulation for the rest of my life and with the rest of my career For my generation Fear listening to it's been a minute from NPR I'm Sam Sanders speaking with wajahat Ali We're talking about his new memoir It's called go back to where you came from.
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"balbir singh" Discussed on It's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders
"Do the writing. But you know, having insurance doesn't hurt. This is a thing. Everyone is like, oh, my parents did. My parents said, even if they're a little too enthusiastic about what they want for your life, big picture, they are concerned about the right things. There you go. Your security. They're trying the best they can. They're trying to love you the best way they know how. They just, you know, they're overzealous. You know how it is. And you know, another I'm a parent, I'm an older, you see things from their perspective. Parents instinct is protection. That's all it is. And for my parents generation, especially that immigrant generation, you have to realize they left with they came all by themselves. They were young kids, there was no community. They had the funny accent. They weren't seen as average that you had to put their head down, they could only do a few reliable, safe, secure jobs to send money back. And so once they made the Concorde American Dream, they wanted to hand that checklist down to the kids and said we don't want you to suffer how we suffered we learned the hard way, go get a stable degree in a stable job and keep your head down and be safe and marry someone who's ate on the hotness skill and get a Toyota or Honda that immigrant vehicle of choice. And there's a love there in a concern there. And the reason why so many of my parents generation, the kind of mocked or ridiculed or didn't invest in journalism or podcast host or writers is because we saw no models of success. So they're like, you just can't expect me to have faith. My faith has to be rooted in something tangible. Show me success. And then maybe I'll invest in this. And when I was growing up, we didn't have Hasan minhaj and riz Emma then Mindy Kaling. Flash forward to now, look at you on national public radio, talking about your book. I can't imagine an NPR 15 years ago. Letting the two of us get a whole hour. Seriously. I think 15 years ago, let's take it back, like, 2006. This would be wild. This would be wild. You know what would happen? This is what would happen. Like the whitest white NPR host probably would have been sick. And then they would have gone to the next two hosts who would have been in a car crash God forbid and healing. And then there was another white person who's never done a radio show. And they got like a panic attack. And then like, Sam, you got to do it. And then with me, like, 17 guests would have like bailed the last second. And we've heard about this war a lot. He has a book coming out. And then that's how we get an hour. There you go. There you go. Up next, how 9 11 changed was reality. And prepared him for the rest of his life. Stay with us. Been baller worked at a record label, but he thought his boss was giving young artists a raw deal. I was like, yo man, it's not like you can't still get rich and they can still eat. I'm talking everyone eat Wagyu. Oh, his boss was Dr. Dre. And he fired me. I was like, look, I'm gonna pivot and do something. All he did was change the game of high end, custom jewelry. Here how? On the limits from NPR. You know, so much of your life changed on 9 11. And a big turning point in the book is that event and what it meant for you going forward. I want to go back to that scene because it was very vivid for me as I read it. Where were you when you found out about the attack? 20 year old UC Berkeley senior undeclared in my pajamas woken up by my roommate in our apartment a mile away from UC Berkeley. He knocks on the door and I'm sleeping. He's like, you gotta get up. I'm like, come on, man. It's freaking exhausted, I stayed up all night playing NBA two K then ten minutes later I get another knock. You really have to get up and see that something's happening. So we're both in our pajamas, blurry, watching the tower on fire. Maybe the pilot had heart attack. That's what happened. He was trying to land the plane maybe, a Laguardia, something happened, and then you saw the second plane go. Once you saw the second plane, that's when we realized something this was deliberate. And right there and then you kind of do the minority prayer, which all minorities know. And the minority player goes something like this. Please let it be a white guy. And if you're white or self identifies white, it's not because we want any harm to come to you, going full circle with the beginning of this conversation. We realize that when it's a white person, all of whiteness is not convicted. Well, the white guy is like, this lone wolf, who was misunderstood, you know? Just a dude. You know, crazy dude did it. You want to have white uncles and white aunties in your community having to stand up like Uncle Sam with flags like waving in the air and saying, I love America and let me prove my moderation and come to my churches. And you won't be investigation and surveillance and hearings, right? Like you won't be held, you won't be interrogated or indicted and have to prove your loyalty or prove your whiteness. But for the rest of us, we're effed, all of us collectively. And then when they saw that on the scroll at the bottom, suspected Osama bin Laden in Muslims, that's when I remember I closed my eyes and I just realized things were going to get really bad. And I was a member of this Muslim student association. I was elected to the board. And I joke that had Muslims known that 9 11 would happen, these horrible conspiracy theories, which we did not know, because Muslims also died that day. I would have joined the Indian student association. I would have learned how to do punga, whatever you do, though. Do not join the sick student association because that poor group got screwed. First hate crime after 9 11 was a sick man in this shows you how stupid racism is. 19 foreign hijackers 15 from Saudi Arabia to from UAE one from Lebanon, one from Egypt, brought down the two towers, killed 3000 people. And so the first hate crime after America was in messer Arizona where a white supremacist blamed a middle aged sick gas station owner balbir Singh for the violent acts of 19 foreign hijackers because he was brown skinned had a beard and a turban and he was sick. Bigots aren't nuanced. This country lost its damn mine after 9 11. And so here I was a Muslim student association board member and I had Muslim women born and raised in America emailing me. Should we go to school? There are hate crimes. We're afraid. I had my first hate mail. Just think about it. I'm in California, born and raised in the Bay Area to Pakistani immigrant parents, and I am being blamed for the violent actions of 1940 hijackers. And that's where it all began. And I always tell people, that was the baptism by fire. That was the turning point, the fork in the road. That was the danger room simulation for the rest of my life and with the rest of my career. For my generation. Yeah. You know, you wrote about how much work you had to take on at Berkeley in the aftermath of 9 11. You and other students and the Muslim student association just took it upon yourself to do a lot of bridge building. You hosted Friday prayers for the entire campus. You held forums with all different kinds of speakers and groups. And you said something that really stuck out to me about that experience and that year after 9 11. You said it was quote training ground. An X-Men danger room simulation that would prepare you for the rest of your life. Explain. Yeah, I mean, you become overnight the Muslim firemen. You become the Muslim walking Wikipedia. You become the person if you're thrust in that spotlight, where you have to be an expert on the drop of the dime on all things Muslim and Islam and.
Axios Today
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"You for taking the time to speak with us. Dr harris thank you for having me after devastating congressional testimony yesterday from some of the world's most famous gymnasts fbi director. Christopher wray apologized for how the agency handled the investigation into sexual abuse by former olympic team. Usa gymnastics doctor. Larry nassar maggie nicols michaela maroney eilly race men and simone biles testified before a senate judiciary committee meeting about how the fbi mishandled their reports. I am haunted by the fact that even after airport in my abuse so many women and girls had to suffer at the hands of larry nassar not only did the fbi not report my abuse but when they eventually documented my report seventeen months later they made entirely false claims about what i said. It disgusts me. That we are still fighting for the most basic answers and accountability. Over six years later to be clear. I blame larry nassar and i also blame an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse and one final story before we end today last night. That family of balbir singh so the members of the sick and muslim communities and other face gathered at a gas station in mesa arizona as they have for the past twenty years to remember the first american murdered in a hate crime after the nine eleven attacks. His brother rana spoke to local. Abc station at a similar memorial in two thousand sixteen. He killed my brother because he thought the turban and vietnam belong to this country and we are part of this country and we have part of this community labou. Thanks for.
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"balbir singh" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"Defendant with one count of first degree murder. Three counts of drive by shooting arrested the day after the attack. He told the court he had carried out the killing because he was consumed with anger at the 9 11 attacks. Has the jury reached a verdict. Get we have As you count one. We the jury upon our oath. Do not find that there's mitigation that is sufficiently substantial call for leniency and we find that the death is the appropriate sentence. He was found guilty of first degree murder. Frank Roque was sentenced to death later commuted to life in prison without parole. In his first ever interview with the media. Frank Roque spoke to me from his prison in Mesa. As far as the pain the family suffers. I recognize that 20 years now. Every single year. 1911 comes up. I recognize the pain that cause them. How sorrowful I am causing them that pain and wishing I could do something to change that, But I can other than this terrible thing that I've done. I don't have prior criminal history. I was a family man. Hard working family man. I was just a man living in normal, ordinary life. Those events of 9 11. Cause me to Do something that I never would have gone normally, I would not have even contemplated doing anything like that. My feelings for Frank Silva. They asked me like, Do you forgive this person? I said no. I can not forget He took my father away from me. How can you forget somebody who did that and for no reason. Soon after his father's death, moved back to Mesa with his young family to look after his widowed mother. Today by running the gas station business his father had built. He feels he's fulfilling his father's legacy. That was my dad's dream, he said. I want to be retired. I'm done. I'm going to go back to India and have a peaceful life there with my mom and my Grandparents and he wants me to come here take over this gas station, and that was his dream, and those people are still they're coming to my store 20 years because of him that happened to my family. So I think we got a lot back from the community as well like he gave it to community a lot, but That was unfortunate that this happened and just what? Because of one person Sabrina's uncle Rana, now U. S Citizen is an active campaigner against hate crime in the US He says he has reconciled with his loss. I've feel proud to be part of this country part of this community. Because this nation Stanford justice And even I lost my brother. My family, my community get justice that's making peace. Rana Saudi, Uh, son of Balbir Singh, Saudi ending.
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"balbir singh" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"News ER with me. Tim Franks. A record number of activists working to protect the environment or land rights were murdered last year, according to a report by a campaign group. Global witness said that 227 people were killed and that it was the highest such number for a second year in a row. Almost a third of the murders were linked to resource exploitation. In other words, logging, mining, large scale agribusiness, hydro electric dams and other infrastructure among those killed when nine members of the two man Doc and indigenous community in the Philippines they were killed last December in an overnight raid by Police and the military who say those killed remembers of an illegal rebel group. But a lawyer for the two man dog, Angela Gilliam, Says they were targeted in extrajudicial killings because of their vocal opposition to a dam project on their ancestral land. Their members of uh, people's organizations. The advocacies of these organizations involved environmental protection and The advancement of the rights of indigenous communities in relation to their ancestral land. Now the commandos have been very vocal about the protection of their rights to their ancestral land and opposition government projects that threaten these rights and that also threatened to evict them from their ancestral land or to disrupt their livelihoods or their way of life. For the past few months, starting from around June and July of last year. The military the Philippine Army deployed units in this communities. And a few months later D operation happened, and the police and the military claim that the fatalities all nine of them and the 16 persons arrested are members of the new People's Army. It's a rebel organization here in the Philippines. The truth is, these commandos are Nearly civilians. They are members of legal organizations that are engaged in advocacies for environmental protection. And, of course, the advancement of the rights of indigenous communities. They have been read. Yes, sir. Was there a specific project that they were opposing that? I mean, it's it's one thing for indigenous groups to Want to campaign to protect rights to their ancestral lands. But was there a development that they particularly were in opposition to Yes, the most significant project they were opposing was the creation of the Order Mega Dam Project. It's a large, uh, damn network that, if created would result in The encroachment into ancestral land, their eviction from their communities and the inundation the flooding of several communities in the area. They are also opposing the programs of the government that involved the declaration of thousands of hectares of ancestral land. US. Forest reserves and army reservations that would essentially evict them from their communities and threaten their livelihoods. What's your understanding of how they died? Well, the police and the military claim that all of the fatalities died during a firefight because they allegedly armed And they resisted the service of search warrants. But it is worth noting that this massacres have taken place on several locations in different parts of the country. The models, operandi of the military is always the same. They secure search warrants the use these warrants as a pretext. To conduct raids in the middle of the night. In the case of the commando raids took place between two in the morning and five in the morning. And, uh according to eyewitness accounts, the police and the military simply redid the homes and Drag them out of their beds and started executing them. Many of the leaders of these communities were also arrested and face multiple charges in court. But Many of the members of these communities who were present during the operation said that the evidence had been planted. This was clearly one very bloody episode in terms of Environmental activism, though, isn't much of a surprise in the Philippines. I mean, is it Is it a dangerous place for People who are involved in environmental activism to Try and go about their campaigns. To be honest, the Philippines has become extremely dangerous not just for environmental activists. But, uh for activists in general, particularly human rights activists who are very vocal about the policies of the government. There has been a significant wave of killings under the current administration of president to Turkey. And, uh, what is striking about these, uh, extrajudicial killings that target not only human rights activists, but also Environmental activists that all of the victims are being read before they are killed. The red tagging it's like McCarthyism, but it's being done not just by one politician or by the By one legislative committee but by the entire executive branch of government. So you have different agencies of government, claiming that the victims are members of the Communist organization or members of an armed underground movement after the red tagging that's when the killing state place So the extrajudicial killings in the Philippines are quite rampant and the investigations are going nowhere. So there is really a an atmosphere of impunity that has been created under the current administration. The lawyer, Angelo Gillian, speaking to us from PANA Island. We did ask the Filipino authorities to respond to the allegations that the executive responsible for these extrajudicial killings of environmental activists The president's spokesman declined to come on air. In the wake of 9 11. The US saw a sharp rise in hate crimes, According to the FBI, the number of reported incidence increasing 28 to 481 soon after the Qaeda attacks, the perpetrators Most of whom call themselves White Patriots targeted those they believe to be Arab Muslims. 51 year old Balbir Singh, Saudi was an American Sikh who Ran the family gas station in Mesa, Arizona. He also happened to have a bid and where a turban and was to become the first hate crime victim from the 9 11 backlash. You may find some of the tinder Dylan's report upsetting. After the September 11th attacks. He was shot and killed while planting flowers outside neighborhood gas station four days after the 9 11 attacks using Saudi was outside his gestation. The Mesa star. When Frank Rigg pulled up in his truck Juan down the window. And shot Bell beer five times, killing him instantly. Somebody called me telling me the news. You know, they're shooting at my brother Bobby Gas station. Rana, Saudi Isabel, be as younger brother. He was working at his own gas station across the other side of Mesa when he heard about his brother's shooting took off down that I didn't know that until I reached there He was a victim of a hate crime. I thought it's very common in gas station convenience store business. They're armed robbery in the first thing Come to my mind is armed robbery. 20 years on the shock and pain of his death is still there. Losing your brother. I think I lost. Uh, so much love. Because to me, he treated me like a younger brother, and he treated me like Sun and baby. 20 years is a number means the pain is always there. It will be there. 20 years is just a number for me, I guess. Bobby sense of vendor. Was 24 years old when his father died. And living in San Francisco. Today. He has two Children of his own. He never met my Children because my son born exactly about Nine months after his death, but I would think he would have been a great great grandfather the way he loves kids. Other kids. He probably loved his own grandchildren. 10 times more. The man who ended will be his life was Frank Roque. At the time of the shooting. He was 42 years old. A Boeing airline mechanic and married with two daughters in Mesa State, has charged the.
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"balbir singh" Discussed on NEWS 88.7
"Other kids. He probably loved his own grandchildren. 10 times more. The man who ended Barbie's life was Frank Roque. At the time of the shooting. He was 42 years old. A Boeing airline mechanic and married with two daughters in Mesa. Frank Roque was sentenced to death later commuted to life in prison without parole in his first ever interview with the media. Frank Roque spoke to me from his prison in Misa. Far as the pain The family suffers every single year When 9 11 comes up. I recognize the pain caused them. How sorrowful I am causing them that pain and wishing I could do something to change that, But I can. I was a family man. Hard working family man. I was just a man living in normal. Ordinary life. Also events of 9 11 cause me too. Do something that I never would have gone. They asked me like, Do you forgive this person? I said no. I can not forget He took my father away from me. Soon after his father's death to move back to Mesa with his young family to look after his widowed mother today by running the gas station business his father had built He feels he's fulfilling his father's legacy, he said. I want to be retired and Donna. I'm going to go back to India and have a peaceful life there with my mom and my Grandparents. He want me to come here. Take over this gas station. And that was his dream. Others people are still they're coming to my store 20 years because of him that happened to my family. So I think we got a lot back from the community as well like he gave it to community a lot, but That was unfortunate that this happened and just what? Because of one person And that report was by attended Devon on the post. 9 11 Kidding of Balbir Singh Sodi. You're listening to the BBC World Service. Neil has the headlines, State media say North Korea has twice test fired a new type of long range cruise missile, describing the launches as a success. Iran's reached a deal with the U. N nuclear watchdog to continue the surveillance of some of its nuclear facilities and Novak Djokovic has failed in his latest bid to make tennis history, losing the U..
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"To manage to rise a war had to put it on a cruise mess up. But given the advancements that has made so far, few would bet against it what it does prove it even if Pyongyang has been quiet since Donald Trump and Kim Jong UN met and Hanoi and talks fell apart. Even though it's been quiet. It has been very busy Laura Baker, we turn now to nuclear tensions elsewhere. Iran has made a concession to the UN nuclear watchdog ahead of a meeting of its board of governors on Monday, which had been expected to censure the country over its nuclear program. Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency reached a deal that will allow inspectors to service cameras were set up to monitor Iranian nuclear facilities. Tehran had been blocking this for months. But does this move marks a significant breakthrough in efforts to revive the international agreement on Iran's nuclear program, Caroline Hawley reports. The head of the IAEA flew to Tehran on a hastily arranged visit amid growing concern in Western capitals, efforts to revive the 2000 and 15 deal that curved Iran's nuclear activities. Have so far failed to be no talk since the elections That brought the new hardline President Ibrahim racy to power, and there are fears that the window to resurrect the deal is closing. Tehran began breaching the agreement after Donald Trump tore it up in 2000 and 18 and reimpose sanctions and the nuclear watchdog warned last month that Iran was now enriching uranium to a level that could almost be weaponized. An expert on Iran. Sanam Vakil sees today's limited agreement as a sign that president racy doesn't want to direct confrontation over the nuclear issue. At the moment tomorrow, the International Atomic Energy Agency's board of governors is set to have a meeting where they were planning to censure Iran, and the agreement was designed to sort of stave off A crisis that could have stalled negotiations and potentially even seen Iran taken to the U. N. Security Council. International inspectors should now be able to replace the memory cards of surveillance cameras used to monitor nuclear sites. But this small step forward by no means lays the West's wider concerns over Iran's nuclear program. Caroline Hali in the wake of the 9 11 terror attacks 20 years ago, the U. S or a huge rise in hate crimes. The perpetrators, mostly white, self styled patriots targeted those they believe to be Arab Muslims. The first person to die in such an attack was Balbir Singh, Saudi, a 51 year old American Sikh who owned and ran the gas station in Mesa in Arizona. He was shot because he had a bid and wore a turban. Dylan has been speaking to his family and his killer. After the September 11th attacks. He was shot and killed while planting flowers outside neighborhood gas station who days after the 9 11 attacks. Bobby Singh Saudi was outside his gas station. The Mesa star when Frank Rigg pulled up in his truck, one down the window and shot Bell beer five times, killing him instantly. Rana Sodi Balbi is younger brother. He was working at his own gas station across the other side of Mesa when he heard about his brother's shooting took out. I didn't know that until I reached there he was a victim of a hate crime. The first thing come to my mind is armed robbery. Losing your brother. I think I lost. Uh, so much love. Bobby sense of vendor was 24 years old when his father died. And living in San Francisco. Today. He has two Children of his own. He never met my Children because my son born exactly about Nine months after his death, but I would think he would have been in great great grandfather the way he loves kids. Other kids. He probably loved his own grandchildren. 10 times more. The man who ended by Libya's life was Frank Roque. At the time of the shooting. He was 42 years old. Boeing airline mechanic and married with two daughters in Mesa. Frank Roque was sentenced to death later commuted to life in prison without parole. In his first ever interview with the media. Frank Roque spoke to me from his prison in Mesa. It's far as the pain the family sufferers every single year When 9 11 comes up, I recognize the pain that cause them. How sorrowful I have causing them that pain and wishing I could do something to change that, But I can. I was a family man. Hard working family man. I was just a man living in normal ordinary life. Events of 9 11 cause me too. Do something that I never would have gone. They asked me like, Do you forgive this person? I said no. I can not forget He took my father away from me. Soon after his father's death to move back to Mesa with his young family to look after his widowed mother. Today by running the gas station business his father had built. He feels he's fulfilling his father's legacy, he said. I want to be retired and done. I'm going to go back to India and have a peaceful life there with my mom and my Grandparents. He want me to come here take over this gas station, and that was his dream. Others people are still they're coming to my store 20 years because of him that happened to my family. So I think we got a lot back from the community as well like he gave it to community a lot, but That was unfortunate that it does happen. And just what? Because of one person And that report was by attended on the post 9 11 killing of Balbir Singh Sodi. You're listening to the BBC World Service. Neil has the headlines, State media say North Korea has twice test fired a new type of long range cruise missile, describing the launches as a success. Iran's reached a deal with the U. N nuclear watchdog to continue the surveillance of some of its nuclear facilities and Novak Djokovic has failed in his latest bid to make tennis history, losing the U. S Open final to the Russian Daniel Medvedev. And we'll have more on that in our sports news shortly. A prominent Nicaraguan opposition activist, is in a critical condition in a hospital in Costa Rica. After being shot several times by unknown gunmen. Joel Melded Donato was organizing a demonstration against the government of President Daniel Tega when he was attacked Our Americas editor Leonardo Russia, told me more Joe Maldonado. He is an engineer first two years of age, and like many other Nicaraguans, he fled to escape political persecution there, and he has to be said the Nicaraguans have gold and Costa Rica. Most of them they go there to look for work and he was driving his car near the Costa Rican capital, San Jose. When these two men on the multi bike approached him, in short, at least said at least three times and his family is saying four times and he was taken to hospital. And you say that a lot of Nicaraguans go to Costa Rica for economic reasons, but Recently, there has been a crackdown by the government of Daniel Ortega, which is led more people to flee the country. Yes, What's happening is President Ortega is seeking a third consecutive term in office is the form of rebel leader The U. N has criticized him to his abusing his powers. The elections are now in November, and the dozens of politicians and activists have been arrested in the some of the people fled to Costa Rica. Costa Rica also I mean the pride themselves as being the Switzerland of Central America, so freedoms are respected. That Now. Maldonado was organizing a demonstration when he was shot. He was in middle of organizing that demonstration. Did that still go ahead? He did earlier on Sunday, but the turnout was very low. Some people say it is because of these incidents of people worried about it. There have been many demonstrations in Costa Rica against the government. We have to say that there's no proof there's no evidence that these was a political attack. That's what the Maldonado family and the exiles in Costa Rica are saying. The government in Nicaragua hasn't said anything. All the accusations have been placed against him. Of fresh and they know that they have ignored this most of the time in every now and again, you will have a TV statement by President Ortega when he says..
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"North Korea called this a strategic weapon. Now that means usually intends to put a nuclear warhead on it. What we don't know is if North Korea has the capability to miniaturize a warhead to put it on a cruise mess up But given the advancements that has made so far, few would bet against it. What it does prove is even if Pyongyang has been quiet since Donald Trump and Kim Jong UN met in Hanoi and talks fell apart, even though it's been quiet. It has been very busy. Laura bicker, We turn now to nuclear tensions elsewhere. Iran has made a concession to the U. N nuclear watchdog ahead of a meeting of its board of governors on Monday, which had been expected to censure the country over its nuclear program. Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency reached a deal that will allow inspectors to service cameras were set up to monitor Iranian nuclear facilities. Tehran had been blocking this for months. But does this move marks a significant breakthrough in efforts to revive the international agreement on Iran's nuclear program, Caroline Hawley reports. The head of the IAEA flew to Tehran on a hastily arranged visit amid growing concern in Western capitals efforts to revive the 2000 and 15 deal that curbed Iran's nuclear activities. Have so far failed to be no talks since the elections That brought the new hardline President Ibrahim racy to power, and there are fears that the window to resurrect the deal is closing. Tehran began breaching the agreement after Donald Trump tore it up in 2000 and 18 and reimpose sanctions and the nuclear watchdog warned last month that Iran was now enriching uranium to a level that could almost be weaponized. An expert on Iran. Sanam Vakil sees today's limited agreement is a sign that President racy doesn't want to direct confrontation over the nuclear issue. At the moment tomorrow, the International Atomic Energy Agency's board of governors is set to have a meeting where they were planning to censure Iran, and the agreement was designed to sort of stave off A crisis that could have stalled negotiations and potentially even seen Iran taken to the U. N. Security Council. International inspectors should now be able to replace the memory cards of surveillance cameras used to monitor nuclear sites. But this small step forward by no means lays the West's wider concerns over Iran's nuclear program. Caroline Hali in the wake of the 9 11 terror attacks 20 years ago, the U. S or a huge rise in hate crimes. The perpetrators, mostly white, self styled patriots targeted those they believe to be Arab Muslims. The first person to die in such an attack was Balbir Singh, Saudi, a 51 year old American Sikh who owned and ran a gas station in Mesa in Arizona. He was shot because he had a bid and wore a turban. Tinder. Dylan has been speaking to his family and his killer. After the September 11th attacks. He was shot and killed while planting flowers outside neighborhood gas station. Four days after the 9 11 attacks. Bobby Singh Saudi was outside his gas station. The Mesa star. When Frank Rigg pulled up in his truck, one down the window and shot Bell beer five times, killing him instantly. Rana Saudi, his bell be his younger brother. He was working at his own gas station across the other side of Mesa. When you heard about his brother's shooting took out from that I didn't know that until I reached there he was a victim of a hate crime. The first thing come to my mind is armed robbery. Losing your brother. I think I lost. Uh, so much love. Babies. Sense of vendor was 24 years old when his father died. And living in San Francisco. Today. He has two Children of his own. He never met my Children because my son born exactly about Nine months after his death, but I would think he would have been a great great grandfather the way he loves kids. Other kids. He probably loved his own grandchildren. 10 times more. The man who ended well be his life was Frank Roque. At the time of the shooting. He was 42 years old. A Boeing airline mechanic and married with two daughters in Mesa. Frank Roque was sentenced to death later commuted to life in prison without parole in his first ever interview with the media. Frank Roque spoke to me from his prison in Mesa. Far as the pain the family suffers. Every single year. 1911 comes up. I recognize the pain that cause them. How sorrow will I am causing them that pain and wishing I could do something to change that, But I can. I was a family man. Hard working family man. I was just a man living in normal. Ordinary life is also bad of 9 11 cause me too. Do something that I never would have gone. They asked me like, Do you forgive this person? I said no. I can not forget He took my father away from me. Soon after his father's death, moved back to Mesa with his young family to look after his widowed mother today by running the gas station business his father had built. He feels he's fulfilling his father's legacy, he said. I want to be retired. I'm done. I'm going to go back to India and the have a peaceful life there with my mom and my Grandparents. He want me to come here. Take over this gas station. And that was his dream. There's people are still they're coming to my store 20 years because of him that happened to my family. So I think we got a lot back from the community as well like he gave it to community a lot, but That was unfortunate that it does happen. And just what? Because of one person And that report was by attended Devon on the post 9 11 killing of Bell Basing Sodi. You're listening to the BBC World Service. Neil has the headlines, State media say North Korea has twice test fired a new type of long range cruise missile, describing the launches as a success. Iran's reached a deal with the U. N nuclear watchdog to continue the surveillance of some of its nuclear facilities and Novak Djokovic has failed in his latest bid to make tennis history, losing the U. S Open final to the Russian Daniel Medvedev. And we'll have more on that In our sports news shortly. A prominent Nicaraguan opposition activists is in a critical condition in a hospital in Costa Rica after being shot several times by unknown gunmen. Joel melded. Donato was organizing a demonstration against the government of President Daniel Tega when he was attacked Our Americas editor Leonardo Russia, tell me more Zero Maldonado. He is an engineer for 32 years of age, and like many other Nicaraguans, he fled to escape political persecution there and he has to be said the Nicaraguans have gold and Costa Rica. Most of them they go there to look for work and he was driving his car near the Costa Rican capital, San Jose. When these two men on the motorbike approached him in shot, Police said. At least three times and his family is saying four times and he was taken to hospital. And you say that a lot of Nicaraguans go to Costa Rica for economic reasons, but Recently, there has been a crackdown by the government of Daniel Ortega, which is led more people to flee the country. Yes, what's happening is President Ortega is seeking a third consecutive term in office. He's the form of rebel leader The U. N has criticized him to his abusing his powers. The elections are now in November, and the dozens of politicians and activists have been arrested in the some of the people fled to Costa Rica. Costa Rica also I mean, they pride themselves as being the Switzerland of Central America. So freedoms are respected that now Maldonado was organizing a demonstration when he was shot. He was in middle of organizing that demonstration. Did that still go ahead earlier on Sunday, but the turnout was very low. Some people say it is because of this incident of people were worried about it. There have been many demonstrations in Costa Rica against the government. We have to say that there is no proof there's no evidence that these was a political attack. That's what the Maldonado family and the exiles in Costa Rica are saying. The government in Nicaragua hasn't said anything. All the accusations have been placed against them of fresh and they know that they have ignored this most of the time in every now and again. You will have a TV statement by President Ortega when he says that this is a right wing plot against his government led by the United States, and that these are all lies. Leonardo, Russia. BBC investigation has uncovered evidence that suggests one of Britain's biggest companies paid a bribe to the former president of Zimbabwe. Robert Mugabe. British American tobacco has also been accused of paying bribes and using illegal surveillance methods to damage its rivals..
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"Would like to say that tonight even though I have not won the match, my heart is filled with joy and on the happiest man alive because you guys made me feel very special. Britney Spears has revealed that she's engaged to some Asgari and Iranian born fitness instructor she met on the set of a music video. The American singer recently celebrated a legal victory in the conservative ship that controls her life and career. BBC news. Hello and welcome to the newsroom The BBC World Service with me Janet Jalil. For the first time in months, North Korea has announced its been testing its weaponry. State media says it successfully fired what it described as newly developed long range cruise missiles over the weekend. Pyongyang says rockets flew 1500 kilometers before hitting their targets and falling into territorial waters. A U. S response has been swift. The Pentagon says North Korea's tests pose a threat to its neighbors. So how worried should we be? I got the latest from our correspondent Laura Bika in Seoul cruise missiles, So it is not a ballistic missile. The difference is this is kind of like an airplane. So it flies low and it flies fast. But it's not a ballistic weapon in terms of a nuclear weapon and under strict Yuen international sanctions to some might shrug it off as a little level provocation. But when analysts lived to that they see this as a new type of weapon by examining the pictures in state media. They say that obviously would put the whole of Japan including the U. S base in Okinawa within range on once again. It shows that despite being under strict international sanctions, despite the deepening economic crisis, despite massive food shortages in the country, Pyongyang is continuing to develop nuclear weapons and is able to develop new strategic and dangerous weapons. And when it comes to what the United States over many decades has tried to do is try to prevent this happening and Pyongyang Is showing that it can float all of those rails all of those sanctions and develop brand new weapons because this comes just days after North Korea held its annual military parade, But there were no missiles on show then, as they usually are, so this is quite interesting. The timing of all this Well, I think when it comes to those military parades, the one held in September is usually domestically orientated. There is another parade usually held in October, which may have more strategic missiles on show last October. They certainly showed off a lot of new military hardware. I think it is worth pointing out that when it comes to the announcement Of this missile test. It was on Page two of the state newspaper, not the front page, which shows that North Korea has been focusing on domestic issues. It is under as I said, really deepening economic crisis since they closed their borders last January to prevent the spread of Covid 19, which means that very little has coming in very little food. Very few vital supplies are making their way. In from China, its main trading partner, and when it comes to the sanctions, the two are appeared to having some kind of effect on North Korea's economy. So when it comes to domestic issues, North Korea has been focusing over the last two years on domestic issues and trying to kind of get its economy back on track. Although that's proving It far more difficult, But I think what it proves to the international community and the reason why so many people will be watching this and kind of making a fuss of it is the fact that this is a brand new weapon, and it comes just a month. After satellite images show that their main nuclear plant is back up and running. North Korea called this a strategic weapon. Now that means usually intends to put a nuclear warhead on it. What we don't know is if North Korea has the capability to miniaturize a warhead to put it on a cruise mess up But given the advancements that has made so far, few would bet against it what it does prove it even if Pyongyang has been quiet since Donald Trump and Kim Jong UN met and Hanoi and talks fell apart. Even though it's been quiet. It has been very busy Laura Baker, we turn now to nuclear tensions elsewhere. Iran has made a concession to the U. N nuclear watchdog ahead of a meeting of its board of governors on Monday, which had been expected to censure the country over its nuclear program. Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency reached a deal that will allow inspectors to service cameras were set up to monitor Iranian nuclear facilities. Tehran had been blocking this for months. But does this move marks a significant breakthrough in efforts to revive the international agreement on Iran's nuclear program, Caroline Hawley reports. The head of the IAEA flew to Tehran on a hastily arranged visit amid growing concern in Western capitals. Efforts to revive the 2000 and 15 deal that curbed Iran's nuclear activities have so far failed. There be no talk since the elections That brought the new hardline President Ibrahim racy to power, and there are fears that the window to resurrect the deal is closing. Tehran began breaching the agreement after Donald Trump tore it up in 2000 and 18 and reimpose sanctions. And the nuclear watchdog warned last month that Iran was now enriching uranium to a level that could almost be weaponized. An expert on Iran, Akil sees today's limited agreement. Is a sign that President racy doesn't want to direct confrontation over the nuclear issue. At the moment tomorrow, the International Atomic Energy Agency's board of governors is set to have a meeting where they were planning to censure Iran, and the agreement was designed to sort of stave off a crisis that could have stalled negotiations. And potentially even seen Iran taken to the U. N. Security Council. International inspectors should now be able to replace the memory cards of surveillance cameras used to monitor nuclear sites. But this small step forward by no means lays the West's wider concerns over Iran's nuclear program. Caroline Hawley. In the wake of the 9 11 terror attacks 20 years ago, the U. S saw a huge rise in hate crimes. The perpetrators, mostly white, self styled patriots targeted those they believe to be Arab Muslims. The first person to die in such an attack was Balbir Singh, Saudi, a 51 year old American Sikh who owned and ran the gas station in Mesa in Arizona. He was shot because he had a beard and wore a turban. Linda Dillon has been speaking to his family and his killer. After the September 11th attacks. He was shot and killed while planting flowers outside neighborhood gas station. Four days after the 9 11 attacks. Bobby Singh Saudi was outside his gas station. The mess a star. When Frank Rigg pulled up in his truck one down the window. And shot Bell beer five times, killing him instantly. Rana Saudi Shelby, his younger brother. He was working at his own gas station across the other side of myself when he heard about his brother's shooting. I didn't know that until I reached there he was a victim of a hate crime. The first thing come to my mind is armed robbery. Losing your brother. I think I lost. Uh, so much love. Bobby sense of vendor was 24 years old when his father died. And living in San Francisco. Today. He has two Children of his own. He never met my Children because my son born exactly about Nine months after his death, but I would think he would have been a great great grandfather the way he loves kids..
WNYC 93.9 FM
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"Been talking with activists and author Valerie Core about two decades of hate crimes directed against Sick Americans and Muslim Americans since 9 11. In 2016. Valerie founded the Revolutionary Love Project, and I asked her to respond to those who receive love as a weak or ineffective response to hate and violence. I'm with you. I'm a lawyer. Every time I heard someone stand up on a stage and say Love was the answer, I would roll my eyes. Love in the face of institutions that perpetuate injustice. What you mean And honestly, Melissa, it was it was It was my own existential crisis after my son was born, realizing that you know, with every film with every loss it with every campaign, I thought we were making the nation safer for the next generation and then to reckon with the fact that You know, we need more than sound government. We need more than just policy. What we need in America is a shift in culture and consciousness. A new way of being and seeing that leaves no one behind a kind of revolution of the heart. That are malady is not just a political one or not going comic one. It's a spiritual one. It's a cultural one. I and what I saw. You know, every time I've seen people of color On the brink of despair. I've seen the love ethics show up as this muscular, robust force. Love is more than a Russia feeling Love is sweet labor. It is fierce, bloody, imperfect life giving and when communities in the face of oppression are able to show up with that kind of love to sustain longevity and courage in the face of ongoing oppression, its life giving I remember the last interview I did was when I first really learned this. I traveled across the world to see the widow of embarrassing so deep. And at this point I know people were telling us to go back to our country. I was starting to feel a kind of bitter despair spread through my chest, and when I found her in the village, he was dressed in white, the color of mourning and I only you know, I had this long list of questions. I could only set my questions aside and weep with her. And then I asked her. What would you tell the people of America? And I was expecting that despair that reproach And she said, Tell them. Thank you. When I went to America from my husband's funeral, they came out in the thousands. Christian Jew Muslim They did not know me, but they cared with me. They wept with me. They chose to love me. Thank them for their love. Melissa. That moment saved me and it's It's still saves me because You know Balbir Singh Saudis name it's not known to the nation now, 20 years later. His story is not known, even though it should be and yet and that small community They told the story. Well, well enough for people to show up. And weep and it didn't stop the violence. But it did heal this widow's heart so that she could go on. And since then the Saudi family and Rana Bob, your uncle's younger brother, has insisted on this. This love, even reaching out to his brother's murderer a few years ago. To forgive him and begin this process of reconciliation. He refused to create another US and them. He refused to let anyone outside of his circle of care, and I keep thinking if we could do that, as a nation Wouldn't that be revolutionary? Indeed, we're now in a space where where we may need to do that as a nation. Not that we haven't I guess always been there, but I'm wondering about your thoughts as The final members of the U. S military evacuated from Afghanistan What might be possible perhaps not the linear way. But in that revolutionary love way I have been holding this question in my heart. You know, the future is dark. Is this the darkness of the tomb? Or the darkness of the womb. It is both. We have lost so much in the last 20 years. The gas station where it will be. Your so de was killed is the second ground zero. It's the ground zero for all of the people who have been killed and harmed by the way, our nation responded to 9 11. And hate violence at home and state violence at home and in the wars on terror abroad, and we can see how that decision to divide the world into us versus them to respond to aggression with enormous aggression we can see looking at gobble how that has failed. So, yes, it is the darkness of the tomb. And yet, and then just sit with that grief And with that rage and with that trauma into lift your gaze and to see what is emerging now that perhaps was not emerging before. What if this was the darkness of the womb? What if this was the first moment where America woke up? To welcoming refugees. What if this was the moment where we learned from the lessons of two decades and chose to value human dignity above all to not let fear hijack us anymore? What if Our America is not dead, but a nation still waiting to be born. In birthing labor. Progress is cyclical, not linear. It's a series of expansions and contractions. And so I don't know how many more turns to the cycle It's going to take before we birth in America, where we were all safe and free, but I know that I want to show up to do my part in the labor. And the way that I have found longevity, strength, solidarity, dignity, and that is if I show up with love. A kind of revolutionary love. Say his name. Barbara things. So D, um, is there a marker where he was killed? At the corner of the gas station at 80th and University in Mesa, Arizona. There is a plaque where he was killed. And every year the family turns this gas station into a sacred space. We sing our prayers as the sun sets and we say his name and we remember all who have been lost to hate. Will be gathering again there on September 15th. And this time we're taking people with us will be live, streaming it and bringing a book of prayers and people can join us at 9 11 hub dot org..
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"We're back with levied Igman, senior politics reporter at KPCC in Southern California. Continuing our discussion on voter enthusiasm for the recall election and voter turnout. At first, the enthusiasm gap was something the Newsome campaign was very concerned about. But then you saw Newsome turn on the top of money, and he's been able to raise something in the neighborhood of $70 million to defeat this recall versus on the pro recall side, you know more modest numbers, maybe Between eight and 10 million for the top polling candidates on the GOP side, just nothing in the neighborhood of what Newsom's been able to raise. And when the ads started going every Internet video you pull up has a pre roll ad practically in California, Uh, asking voters to vote No on the recall, and every sporting event you watch on television includes an anti recall. Add that money seems to have been paying off. As have some high profile endorsements from National Democratic All Stars say more about the Democratic all Stars who have shown up for governor Newsom. Well, it's a who's who of you know the top names in the Democratic Party. You had Bernie Sanders cutting an ad pretty early on for Governor Newsom urging people to vote No. On the recall. Um Senator Elizabeth Warren has come in person She was in Los Angeles County recently. Rallying with Newsom's So is Amy Klobuchar. Um Kamala Harris Vice President Kamala Harris was in the Bay Area on Wednesday. At a rally supporting Newsome. And that's an interesting sight to see Melissa because Kamala Harris, a governor, Newsom have been somewhat considered rivals from Bay Area political circles for many years. I mean, Governor Newsom has, of course, like many high profile governors thought about his own run for president, and when, uh Vice President Harris became the vice president. That seemed to maybe close the door for him in the near future. Um, these two appearing together on a stage united to voice their support for no on the recall. That was an interesting sight for many political reporters. And then you have a former president Barack Obama, cutting an ad as well for Newsome and now president Biden's team has confirmed. That the president will be in Long Beach in the Los Angeles area on Monday to rally supporters a day before voting closes on this recall, there is no doubt politics makes very odd bedfellows. But it's also true that this governor has been quite tested. He's had to manage obviously coronavirus in the state and has been Pretty aggressive in in his management at the at the state level. From that perspective, obviously the issues of drought record breaking wildfire seasons. These challenges do they tend to strengthen his argument for staying in office or weaken it? That's a great question. If you talk to Republican supporters of the recall the efforts that Governor Newsom has made to shut down the state during the height of Covid peaks in California, aggressive as the word for it, he was out in front on masking mandates and vaccine mandates, even before CDC recommendations before a lot of other states. Um in person education at public schools was shut down for longer in California than in many other states, and Republicans say that this frustration has really fueled both the signature gathering effort and voters who want to remove Newsome from office. However, the governor in recent weeks has really leaned into his record on Covid and said. That he has saved lives with the restrictions that he put in place and has sounded the alarm that if a Larry Elder the top polling Republican were to be elected in this recall, Elder has promised to rescind Covid vaccine mandates and masking mandates on his first day in office, and Newsom says that that would be a mistake that walking back those measures would put us back in the In the bad times of covid surges. So you know, the Republicans would say that this has helped their effort and Democrats are now in the last final days of this campaign, leaning into Newsom's record on Covid. Let me think man is senior politics reporter at KPCC in Southern California. Thank you for joining us Live E. Thanks, Melissa. On the next Brian Lehrer show. It's Monday morning politics, local and national. It's the first day of school in New York City. With all the reopening debate surrounding that some Republican governors are planning to challenge President Biden's new vaccine and testing mandates in court, Biden's Justice Department is so in Texas over its abortion ban. Those topics and more plus your calls Brain They'll show weekdays at 10 A.m. on w N. Y C. Crazy. This is to take away. I'm Melissa Harris Perry all this week. Our guests and you have shared your recollections of the September 11th terrorist attacks with us. I was a kid in college. I was home for the summer and I remember my father woke me up frantic. And we sat in front of the T V set and watch the second plane go into the second tower. Activists. Valerie Core remembers the horror of watching the televised attacks that day. And she recalls her painful realization that this action likely would have personal consequences. My uncle, My father's brother works a few blocks away from the World Trade Center, and so we were, you know, panicked and trying to call him make sure that he was okay. He got out. But within minutes really, I remember. You know, the towers kept falling on this endless loop. And then seeing there was this image of Osama bin Laden and I realized that our nation's new enemy looked like my family. Valerie's family of origin. Her community is sick Americans. Sikhism was founded in the 15th century on the Indian subcontinent, and the faith is not share a common history or geography with Islam, but these realities were irrelevant. To those acting out of a rage fueled Islamophobia in the months following 9 11. Within hours, there was news of hate violence erupting on city streets across the country against Muslim Americans and also against my community. Sick Americans. Many of our men were turbines as part of our faith, and so we were at the forefront of that violence. The alarming violence soon became even more personal for Valerie. Four days later, on September 15th. I got the phone call from Arizona that will be your uncle had been killed. He was a family friend. A sick father, who is standing in front of his gas station planting flowers when a man shot him five times in the back and called himself a patriot. When arrested. Balbir Singh, Saudi was the first person to be murdered in a hate crime. Following September 11. Valerie has spent the years since his murder advocating for the sick American community and others targeted and impacted by hate. Lord, you know, for for many sick and Muslim Americans,.
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"Addition to the steel beam other items from that day or this earphone from flight 93. Where passengers and crew fought the terrorists and down the plane in rural Pennsylvania in this ID card, warned by Navy commander Patrick Dunn, who kissed his pregnant wife goodbye before heading to the Pentagon. Where he was killed in the attack. There's the cell phone used by then New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani as he helped his city respond. Let's let's go north of the angry aftermath of 9 11 is reflected as well. This sick turban belonged to Balbir Singh Sodi, who was murdered in a hate crime mistakenly targeted as a Muslim in the days after the attacks. Other powerful objects come from the donations of loved ones. New York Fire chief Joseph Pfeifer was one of the initial commanders on scene at the World Trade Center directing firefighters up into the burning towers. One of those firemen was his brother, Kevin, and we stood there. We looked at each other What every Each of us was going to be okay? And then I told him To go up to evacuate and to rescue people in the building. That was the last time I saw my brother Kevin. His brother's body was discovered in the smoldering wreckage days later. Along with Kevin's officers Tool, which is an implement used to wedge open doors, and we knew it was him because on the back of his bunker gear, it had his name. And lying next to him. Was his officers tool and You put.
WNYC 93.9 FM
"balbir singh" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"Politics reporter at KPCC in Southern California. Continuing our discussion on voter enthusiasm for the recall election and voter turnout. At first, the enthusiasm gap was something the Newsome campaign was very concerned about. But then you saw new. Some turn on the top of money, and he's been able to raise something in the neighborhood of $70 million to defeat this recall versus on the pro recall side, you know more modest numbers, maybe Between eight and 10 million for the top polling candidates on the GOP side, just nothing in the neighborhood of what Newsom has been able to raise. And when the ads started going every Internet video you pull up has a pre roll ad practically in California, asking voters to vote No on the recall. And every sporting event you watch on television includes an anti recall. Add that money seems to have been paying off. As have some high profile endorsements from National Democratic All Stars say more about the Democratic all Stars who have shown up for governor Newsom. Well, it's a who's who of you know the top names in the Democratic Party. You had Bernie Sanders cutting an ad pretty early on for Governor Newsom urging people to vote No. On the recall. Um Senator Elizabeth Warren has come in person. She was in Los Angeles County recently rallying with Newsome. So was Amy Klobuchar. Um Kamala Harris Vice President Kamala Harris was in the Bay Area on Wednesday. At a rally supporting Newsome. And that's an interesting sight to see Melissa because Kamala Harris and Governor Newsom have been somewhat considered rivals from Bay Area political circles for many years. I mean, governor Newsom has, of course, like many high profile governors thought about his own run for president, and when Vice President Harris became the vice president That seemed to maybe close the door for him in the near future, these two appearing together on a stage united to voice their support for no on the recall. That was an interesting sight for many political reporters. And then you have former President Barack Obama cutting an ad as well for Newsome and now president Biden's team has confirmed. That the president will be in Long Beach in the Los Angeles area on Monday to rally supporters a day before voting closes on this recall, there is no doubt politics makes very odd bedfellows. But it's also true that this governor has been quite tested. He's had to manage obviously coronavirus in the state and has been Pretty aggressive in in his management at the at the state level. From that perspective, obviously the issues of drought record breaking wildfire seasons. These challenges do they tend to strengthen his argument for staying in office or weaken it? That's a great question. If you talk to Republican supporters of the recall the efforts that Governor Newsom has made to shut down the state during the height of Covid peaks in California, aggressive is the word for it. He was out in front on masking mandates and and vaccine mandates, even before CDC recommendations before a lot of other states. In person. Education at public schools was shut down for longer in California than in many other states, and Republicans say that this frustration has really fueled both the signature gathering effort and voters who want to remove Newsome from office. However, the governor in recent weeks has really leaned into his record on Covid and said that he has saved lives with the restrictions that he put in place and Has sounded the alarm that if Larry Elder, the top polling Republican were to be elected in this recall, Elder has promised to rescind Covid vaccine mandates and masking mandates on his first day in office, and Newsom says that that would be a mistake that walking back those measures would put us back in the in the bad times of Covid surges. So you know, the Republicans would say that this has helped their effort and Democrats are now in the last final days of this campaign, leaning into, uh, Newsom's record on Covid. Let me Dink man is senior politics reporter at KPCC in Southern California. Thank you for joining us. Levy. Thanks, Melissa. By Maria Rosa Next time on Latino USA 20 years ago, the events of September 11th shocked the world and forever changed life in the U. S, including the future of immigration in this country and remember paying attention to that because I still had a little bit of hope that I was going to travel to DC. So there was that sense of like postponement and we're just like waiting for things to get back to normal. That's next time on Latino USA. Tonight at 9 93.9 FM w N. Y C. This is to take away. I'm Melissa Harris Perry all this week. Our guests and you Have shared your recollections of the September 11th terrorist attacks with us. I was a kid in college. I was home for the summer and I remember my father woke me up frantic. And we sat in front of the T V set and watch the second plane go into the second tower. Activists. Valerie Core remembers the horror of watching the televised attacks that day. And she recalls her painful realization that this action likely would have personal consequences. My uncle, My father's brother works a few blocks away from the World Trade Center, and so we were panicked and trying to call him make sure that he was okay. He got out. But within minutes really, I remember. You know, the towers kept falling on this endless loop. And then soon there was this image of Osama bin Laden and I realized that our nation's new enemy looked like my family. Valerie's family of origin. Her community is sick Americans. Sikhism was founded in the 15th century on the Indian subcontinent, and the faith does not share a common history or geography with Islam, but these realities were irrelevant. To those acting out of a rage fueled Islamophobia in the month following 9 11. Within hours, there was news of hate violence erupting on city streets across the country. Against Muslim Americans and also against my community, sick Americans. Many of our men wear turbans as part of our faith. And so we were at the forefront of that violence. The alarming violence soon became even more personal for Valerie. Four days later, on September 15th. I got the phone call from Arizona that your uncle had been killed. He was a family friend, a sick father, who was standing in front of his gas station planting flowers when a man shot him five times in the back and called himself a patriot when arrested. Balbir Singh Sodi was the first person to be murdered in a hate crime following September 11. Valerie has spent the years since his murder advocating for the sick American community and others targeted and impacted by hate. You.