Advancement Project

July 8, 2010

I Forgot to Laugh: Joel Stein's My Own Private India

"I'm writing about your article during July about the abuse of Indian People. Well, I'm here to state the other side. I hate them, if you had to live near them you would also. We are an organization called dot busters. We have been around for 2 years. We will go to any extreme to get Indians to move out of Jersey City. If I'm walking down the street and I see a Hindu and the setting is right, I will hit him or her. We plan some of our most extreme attacks such as breaking windows, breaking car windows, and crashing family parties. We use the phone books and look up the name Patel. Have you seen how many of them there are? Do you even live in Jersey City? Do you walk down Central Avenue and experience what its like to be near them: we have and we just don't want it anymore. You said that they will have to start protecting themselves because the police cannot always be there. They will never do anything. They are a weak race physically and mentally. We are going to continue our way. We will never be stopped."

This quote was published in a newspaper by the Dot Busters, a New Jersey street gang, whose objective was to drive South Asian Indians out of New Jersey. The Dot Busters were responsible for numerous violent attacks including the brutal beating and murder of Navroze Mody in August of 1987; a month after this Dot Busters' letter was written.

June 16, 2010

A Shared Fate: The Impact of Arizona’s New Immigration Law

On July 30, 2010 you leave work a few minutes early in an attempt to beat traffic. Anxious to get home, you leave your company shirt on; complete with paint stains from a hard days effort. Incredibly thirsty, you reluctantly decide to stop at a convenience store before you begin the 30 minute commute home. Back in the car, satisfied and finally on your way home, you notice the police lights flashing in your rearview mirror. As you pull over you wonder what you did wrong. Unbeknownst to you, as you walked out of the convenience store, a police officer identified you as a potential “illegal immigrant” living in the United States. Perhaps it was your tarnished work cloths, your brown skin, or maybe the clunker of a car that you happen to be driving; nevertheless, this is an example of the racial profiling that could occur as a result of Arizona’s new immigration law.

December 3, 2009

Democrats and Republicans to Create More Healthcare Inequality

Advancement Project aims to set the record straight on policies and laws that make it harder for poor people, People of Color and immigrants to live a decent life free of inequality.

And today is one of those days that we feel compelled to call out both Democrats and Republicans for failing to pursue policies that would lead to greater healthcare equality.

September 17, 2009

Democrats and Republicans to Create More Healthcare Inequality

Advancement Project aims to set the record straight on policies and laws that make it harder for poor people, People of Color and immigrants to live a decent life free of inequality.

And today is one of those days that we feel compelled to call out both Democrats and Republicans for failing to pursue policies that would lead to greater healthcare equality.