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I've been thinking a lot lately about how disappointed I am in Sikhs who trust, collaborate with, and participate in the police and military State.
There's an apparent legacy of Sikh participation in police and military, which is tied up in religious history and theology. But it's also deeply influenced by toxic masculinity, anti-blackness, and a (perceived) close proximity to whiteness/the majority.
I think Sikhs—especially those in the diaspora—miss the fact that our ancestors, our Gurus, the Shaheeds, and the very concept of Sant Sipahi were and are ANTI-State. Or, in the very least, operated apart from the State.
My suspicion of the police and military State has been profoundly isolating in my faith community—but, as a Sikh American woman, I think it's important for me to say this:

Abolish the police.

Abolish the military.

We need open borders.

If you collaborate, you're complicit.
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