Research Template
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Name:
Identity Issue:
Knowledge
Copy and paste the quotation you
received from the source here:
Ex. The law will be applicable from the new
academic year that begins in September.
However, for many Sikhs, their problems have
already begun.
Karamvir Singh, 19, is one of those who have
already been affected.
“I am a French citizen and I have the same rights
to education and prosperity in life as any other
French citizen.”
-Karamvir Singh
He has been trying to get into a vocational
institute.
"I went to five different institutes here. I was called
for tests in each and everywhere I passed," he says.
"However, each time, the principals added a
condition - that I have to take my turban off. And I
What is the source? Please cite the
source here
French Sikhs defend the turban
By Ranvir Nayar in Paris
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/340377
5.stm
Knowledge and Thinking
1. Why is this quotation
important?
2. How does it help you learn more
about your topic?
1. This quotation shows how people
who wear religious or cultural
clothing that is not “Western” are
discriminated against.
2. It helps me learn more because I
can see the effects of racism and
discrimination in laws and how
they can prevent people who have
different identities from being able
to be their true selves.
Application
1. How does it connect to other
things you have read about in
the class?
a. Does it connect to other
stories you have
read/seen?
2. Can you relate to it?
1. I read in the novel “The Sun is
Also a Star” about how Natasha
proudly wears her Afro as a sign to
others that she is confident and
comfortable in her identity. She
does not let others tell her how to
express herself nor change her
hairstyle just so others can be
happy.
2. Yes, because many people in my
family proudly wear turbans. I
understand the stereotypes that go
with them and I know how much it
bothers the Punjabi community to
have to put up with such
discrimination. But we live in a
multicultural country and are
surrounded by many amazing
people from all around the globe.
 flatly refused. So, here I am, unable to study, a
victim of the law even before it is passed by the
French parliament."

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