Vishavjit Singh
American Sikh cartoonist
Vishavjit Singh is an American cartoonist, author, and activist. Singh garnered international attention for his persona, "Sikh Captain America", which he used to not only combat hate speech and discrimination but to also raise awareness around the Sikh community.
Biography
Singh was born in Washington, DC in the early 1970s to Sikh parents, one of whom worked in the Indian Embassy. In 1975, Singh's family moved from nearby Hyattsville, Maryland to Delhi, India.
While he was attending middle school in India, two of Indira Gandhi's Sikh bodyguards assassinated her. Through the actions of a Hindu neighbor, Singh's family escaped the Hindu gang violence of the ensuing anti-Sikh riots in which thousands of Sikhs were killed. The memories of these pogroms left a lasting effect on Singh.
After high school, Singh relocated to Los Angeles where he encountered ridicule of his Sikh appearance. While attending college at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Singh felt inundated with being stereotyped and subsequently doffed his turban and cut his long hair, unshorn since birth. He later obtained a master's degree in public health at University of California, Berkeley.
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