Kaur went to prisons, to immigration centres, to Guantanamo Bay. The result was the award-winning documentary film Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath. It occurred when a family friend, Balbir Singh Sodhi, became the first person killed in a hate crime after Sept.11, 2001.Īs more and more Muslim and Sikh Americans began to targeted, Kaur began documenting the times. With degrees from both Harvard and Yale, the California native has long focused on fighting hate crimes. The 41-year-old lawyer, activist, documentary film maker, educator and mother of two expanded a TED talk into this book. We prepare ourselves to love beyond what evolution requires.” Kaur asks, “When we choose to wonder about people we don’t know, when we imagine their lives and listen for their stories, we begin to expand the circle of those we see as part of us. It’s a fascinating reflection on the world we inhabit today. Its title is See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love by American Valarie Kaur. For Christmas my sister gave me a book I hadn’t heard of before.
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