Melancholic Migrants

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Introduction

• Fiola, Chantal. "Diaspora, Spirituality, Kinship, and Nationhood: A Métis Woman's Perspective." In Relation and Resistance: Racialized Women, Religion, and Diaspora, ed. Sailaja Krishnamurthy and Becky R. Lee. Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press, 2021. OPTIONAL

Gender and Queerness

• Lal. "Projaproti." Corners, Public Transit Recordings. 2000.
• Hoodfar, Homa. "The Veil in Their Minds and on Our Heads: Veiling Practices and Muslim Women". In Politics of Culture in the Shadow of Capital, edited by Lisa Lowe and David Lloyd. Duke University Press, 1997. 248–279.
• Johnson, E. Patrick. "`Quare` Studies, or (Almost) Everything I Know about Queer Studies I Learned from My Grandmother." In Black Queer Studies: A Critical Anthology, edited by E. Patrick Johnson and Mae Henderson. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2005. 124–157
• Muñoz, José Esteban. "Feeling Brown: Ethnicity and Affect in Ricardo Bracho`s `The Sweetest Hangover (And Other STDs).`" Theatre Journal 52, no. 1 (2000): 67–73.
• Zine, Jasmin. "Unsettling the Nation: Gender, Race and Muslim Cultural Politics in Canada". Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism 9, no. 1 (2009): 146–163.
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Race and Class

• Lamar, Kendrick. "The Blacker the Berry." To Pimp a Butterfly, Top Dawg Entertainment. 2015.
• Yousef, Maimouna. "Tell My Story." The Reintroduction of Mumu Fresh. 2014.
• Bald, Vivek. Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 2013. Introduction. 1-10.
• Fanon, Frantz. Black Skin, White Masks. Trans. Charles Lam Markmann. London: Pluto Press, 2008. pp. 82–89.
• Sivanandan, A. "Race, Class and the State: The Black Experience in Britain". Race & Class 17, no. 4 (1 April 1976): 347–368.
• Rana, Junaid Akram. Terrifying Muslims: Race and Labor in the South Asian Diaspora. Durham: Duke University Press, 2011. 98-133. OPTIONAL
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Orientals in Our Homes

• Swet Shop Boys. "Batalvi." Swet Shop (EP), Greedhead, 2014.
• Said, Edward W. 1979. Orientalism. New York: Vintage Books. Ch. 1. 1-28.
• Bald, Vivek. 2013. Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. 49-53.
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Seeing through Whiteness

• Kominas. "4 White Guys." Stereotype. 2015.
• Charged. "Snakecharmer." Hero. Nation Records. 2000.
• Baldwin, James. "My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation." In The Fire Next Time. New York: The Dial Press, 1963. 17–24
• Ahmed, Sara. "A Phenomenology of Whiteness." Feminist Theory 8, no. 2 (2007): 149–168.
• Yancy, George. Look, a White!: Philosophical Essays on Whiteness. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2012. 1-16.
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Islamophobia: Anti-Muslim Racism

• Swet Shop Boys. "Benny Lava." Swet Shop (EP), Greedhead, 2014.
• Heems. "Drones." Wild Water Kingdom, Greedhead, 2012.
• Arora, Kamal. "Wisconsin Shooting: Tragic Extension of Everyday Hate Experienced by Sikhs in North America". Rabble.ca, 8 October 2012.
• Khalid, Iqra. Private Members' Business M-103 (Systemic racism and religious discrimination). House of Commons, Canada. 42nd Parliament, 1st session, sitting no. 156. March 23, 2017.
• Hussain, Salman. "Review: Terrifying Muslims: Race and Labor in the South Asian Diaspora". _Dawn_, 14 April 2013, sec. Books and Authors.
• Rana, Junaid Akram. Terrifying Muslims: Race and Labor in the South Asian Diaspora. Durham: Duke University Press, 2011. 25-49.
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Melancholic Migrants

• Sawhney, Nitin. "Nostalgia." Beyond Skin, Outcaste Records, 1999.
• Ahmed, Sara. The Promise of Happiness. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2010. Ch. 4. 121-159.
• Eswaran, Nisha. "‘Stick[ing] to Their Own Kind’: Melancholia and/as Anti-Black Racism in Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala." South Asian Review 36, no. 3 (2017): 97–108.
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Out of Andalus

• Tijoux, Ana. "Somos Sur." Feat. Shadia Mansour. Vengo, 2014.
• Bowen, Patrick D. "U.S. Latina/o Muslims Since 1920: From 'Moors' to 'Latino Muslims'". Journal of Religious History 37, no. 2 (2013): 165–184.
• Cook, Karoline P. Forbidden Passages: Muslims and Moriscos in Colonial Spanish America. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016. 80-102.
• Morales, Harold D. Latino and Muslim in America: Race, Religion and the Making of a New Minority, 2018. 44-74.
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Surviving Enslavement

• Sulaiman, Amir. "Danger." Def Poetry Jam. 2007.
• "Canada's Slavery Secret: The Whitewashing of 200 Years of Enslavement". Ideas. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2018. OPTIONAL
• Diouf, Sylviane A. Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas. New York: New York University Press, 2013. 71-98.
• GhaneaBassiri, Kambiz. A History of Islam in America: From the New World to the New World Order. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. 9-58.
• Said, Omar Ibn. "Autobiography of Omar Ibn Said, Slave in North Carolina, 1831" Trans. Isaac Bird. In A Muslim American Slave: The Life of Omar Ibn Said. Ed. Ala Alryyes. Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press, 2011. 83-92.
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Ayahs and Lascars

• Charged. "Empire Empire." Hero, Nation Records, 2000.
• Asian Dub Foundation. "Debris." Facts and Fictions, Nation Records, 1995.
• Visram, Rozina. Ayahs, Lascars, and Princes: Indians in Britain, 1700-1947. London: Pluto Press, 1986. 11-33.
• Gilliat-Ray, Sophie, and Jody Mellor. "Bilād Al-Welsh (Land of the Welsh): Muslims in Cardiff, South Wales: Past, Present and Future." The Muslim World 100, no. 4 (2010): 452–475.
• Seddon, Mohammed. The Last of the Lascars: Yemeni Muslims in Britain, 1836-2012. Leicestershire: Kube Publishing, 2014. 51-83.
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Girmitiyas and Ghans

• Mo Muse. "Friday." Friday, 2019.
• Khatun, Samia. Australianama: The South Asian Odyssey in Australia. London: Hurst & Co., 2018. 141-167
• Mohabir, Rajiv. Antiman: A Hybrid Memoir. New York: Restless Books, 2021. 202-258.
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Bengali Harlem

• Sawhney, Nitin. "Sunset." Prophesy, Outcaste Records, 2001.
• Bald, Vivek. Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 2013. 11-48.
• Bald, Vivek. Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 2013. 160-188.
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Continuous Journey

• Kale, Karsh. "Liberation." Realize, Six Degrees Records, 2001.
• Ward, Peter. White Canada Forever: Popular Attitudes and Public Policy Toward Orientals in British Columbia. 3rd ed. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014. 79-93.
• Leonard, Karen Isaksen. Making Ethnic Choices: California’s Punjabi Mexican Americans. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992. 62-78.
• Nayan Shah. "Adjudicating Intimacies on U.S. Frontiers." In Haunted by Empire: Geographies of Intimacy in North American History. Durham: Duke University Press, 2006. 117-136.
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Going for An Indian

• Mr Cardamom, "Nani." 2019.
• Buettner, Elizabeth. "'Going for an Indian': South Asian Restaurants and the Limits of Multiculturalism in Britain". Curried Cultures: Globalization, Food, and South Asia. Ed. Krishnendu Ray and Tulasi Srinivas. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012. 143–174.
• Mannur, Anita. Culinary Fictions: Food in South Asian Diasporic Culture. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2009. 27-49.
• Mannur, Anita. Intimate Eating: Racialized Spaces and Radical Futures. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2022. 99-127.
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Malcolm X

• Roots. "The Spark." Things Fall Apart, MCA, 1999.
• Curtis IV, Edward E. Islam in Black America: Identity, Liberation, and Difference in African-American Islamic Thought. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2002. 45-62.
• Malcolm X, and Alex Haley. The Autobiography of Malcolm X. New York: Ballantine Books, 1984. 155-178.
• Turner, Richard Brent. Soundtrack to a Movement: African American Islam, Jazz, and Black Internationalism. New York: NYU Press, 2021. 99-123.
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Too Black, Too Strong

• Fun^Da^Mental. "Dog Tribe." Erotic Terrorism, Nation Records, 1998.
• Asian Dub Foundation. "TH9." Facts and Fictions, Nation Records, 1995.
• Hutnyk, John. Critique of Exotica: Music, Politics, and the Culture Industry. London: Pluto Press, 2000. 50-81.
• Kundnani, Arun. The End of Tolerance: Racism in 21st Century Britain. London: Pluto Press, 2007. 121-140.
• Nagel, Caroline, and Lynn A. Staeheli. "Integration and the Politics of Visibility and Invisibility in Britain: The Case of British Arab Activists." In New Geographies of Race and Racism. Ed. Caroline Bressey and Claire Dwyer. Abingdon: Taylor & Francis Group, 2008. 83–93.
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Off White

• Brother Ali. "Uncle Sam Goddamn." The Undisputed Truth, Rhymesayers Entertainment, 2007.
• Gilham, Jamie. Loyal Enemies: British Converts to Islam 1850-1950. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. 87-121.
• Husain, Atiya. "Moving beyond (and Back to) the Black–White Binary: A Study of Black and White Muslims’ Racial Positioning in the United States". Ethnic and Racial Studies 42, no. 4 (12 March 2019): 589–606.
• Gualtieri, Sarah. "Becoming ‘White’: Race, Religion and the Foundations of Syrian/Lebanese Ethnicity in the United States." Journal of American Ethnic History 20, no. 4 (2001): 29–58.
• Hogben, Murray. Minarets on the Horizon: Muslim Pioneers in Canada. Toronto: Mawenzi House, 2021. Ch. 10-11. 159-212.
• Maghbouleh, Neda. The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of Race. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2020. 49-79.
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Identifying as Arab

• Narcy ft. Meryem Saci. "Average Type." World War Free Now. 2015
• Asal, Houda. Identifying as Arab in Canada: A Century of Immigration History. Trans. Mary Foster. Black Point, Nova Scotia: Fernwood Publishing, 2020. Ch. 1. 12-47.
• Asal, Houda. Identifying as Arab in Canada: A Century of Immigration History. Trans. Mary Foster. Black Point, Nova Scotia: Fernwood Publishing, 2020. Ch. 4. 78-97.
• Gualtieri, Sarah. Between Arab and White: Race and Ethnicity in the Early Syrian-American Diaspora. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2009. 21-51.
• Curtis IV, Edward E. Muslims of the Heartland: How Syrian Immigrants Made a Home in the American Midwest. New York University Press, 2022.
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Banging on the Walls

• Asian Dub Foundation. "Fortress Europe." Enemy of the Enemy. X-Ray Production, 2003.
• Muhammedi, Shezan. 2022. Gifts from Amin: Ugandan Asian Refugees in Canada. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press. 80-98.
• Maghbouleh, Neda. The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of Race. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2020. 14-48.
• namazie, yas e. "A Place Called Persia Does Not Exist." khejalat: a zine on queer/trans iranian diasporic life. No. 3, June 2022. 22-23.
• Jadali, Shawndeez. "For the Love of God: Islam, Mysticism, and Spiritual Explorations of Queer/Trans Iranian Americans". PhD Thesis. UCLA, 2022. 220-260.
• Das, Sonia N. Linguistic Rivalries: Tamil Migrants and Anglo-Franco Conflicts. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. 59-94.
• Narayanan, Badri. "What I’ve Learned About Diversity Teaching in a Small, Rural Quebec Town." This Magazine, February 1, 2017.

Afrique

• MC Solaar. "Lève-toi et rap." Cinquième As, Wea International, 2001.
• Baldwin, James. No Name in the Street. New York: The Dial Press, 1972.
• Larochelle, Catherine. School of Racism: A Canadian History, 1830-1915. Trans. S. E. Stewart. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2023, pp. 100-165.
• Martin, Lawrence M. Foreigners in Their Own Country. Berghahn Books, 2024. Ch. 4. pp. 147-173.
• Mandin, Jérémy. "Aspirations and Hope Distribution in the Emigration of Maghrebi Europeans in Montreal". Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, 18, no. 3 (2020): 300-312.
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Model Minorities and Multiculturalism

• Karmacy. "Blood Brothers." The Movement, Rukus Avenue, 2004.
• Das, Sonia N. Linguistic Rivalries: Tamil Migrants and Anglo-Franco Conflicts. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. 59-94.
• Narayanan, Badri. "What I’ve Learned About Diversity Teaching in a Small, Rural Quebec Town." This Magazine, February 1, 2017.
• GhaneaBassiri, Kambiz. A History of Islam in America: From the New World to the New World Order. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Chapter 6. 228-271.
• Hogben, Murray. Minarets on the Horizon: Muslim Pioneers in Canada. Toronto: Mawenzi House, 2021. Ch. 9. 143-158.
• Thobani, Sunera. Exalted Subjects: Studies in the Making of Race and Nation in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007. Chapter 4. 143-176.
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Reasonable Accommodation

• Neelam. "I'll Be the King." 2019.
• Sikh Knowledge and Humble the Poet. "Security Shuffle." 2010.
• Al-Saji, Alia. "The Racialization of Muslim Veils: A Philosophical Analysis". Philosophy & Social Criticism 36, no. 8 (2010): 875–902.
• Bilge, Sirma. "Mapping Québécois Sexual Nationalism in Times of Crisis of Reasonable Accommodations". Journal of Intercultural Studies 33, no. 3 (2012): 303–318.
• Mahrouse, Gada. "'Reasonable Accommodation' in Québec: The Limits of Participation and Dialogue". Race & Class 52, no. 1 (1 July 2010): 85–96.
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The Turban is Not a Hat

• Noyz. "Degrees of Freedom." Degrees of Freedom, 2012.
• Roach Killa. "Ghora." The Revolution, Moviebox, 2012.
• Puar, Jasbir K. "'The Turban Is Not a Hat': Queer Diaspora and Practices of Profiling." Sikh Formations 4, no. 1 (2008): 47–91.
• Thangaraj, Stanley. "Ballin' Indo-Pak Style: Pleasures, Desires, and Expressive Practices of 'South Asian American' Masculinity". International Review for the Sociology of Sport 45, no. 3 (1 September 2010): 372–389.
• kehal, prabhdeep s. "Living as a Question Mark." Interview by Sunny Dhillon. Medium.com. January 3, 2024.
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We Have Always Been Here

• Cartel Madras. "Goonda Gold." Age of the Goonda, Sub Pop Records, 2019.
• Ali, Mohamed Abdulkarim. Angry Queer Somali Boy: A Complicated Memoir. Regina: University of Regina, 2019. 145-165.
• Habib, Samra. We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir. Toronto: Viking, 2019. Ch. 11, 12.
• Jadali, Shawndeez. "For the Love of God: Islam, Mysticism, and Spiritual Explorations of Queer/Trans Iranian Americans". PhD Thesis. UCLA, 2022. 220-260.
• Discussion 🗣️