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Shadow Generation

By Valarie Kaur — 2010

The murder of a family friend changed the course of my life. His name was Balbir Singh Sodhi. Four days after 9/11, he was shot in the back in front of his gas station by a man who yelled when arrested, “I’m a patriot! Arrest me and let those terrorists run wild.”

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Race, Reclamation, and the Resilience Revolution

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