This Sikh Motorcycle Club Rides for Unity
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- čas přidán 14. 11. 2018
- After a gunman killed six worshippers at a Sikh temple in 2012, Gurinder Singh Basra knew he needed to do something to fight deadly stereotypes about his faith. Sikhs, who believe in equality for all and service to others, increasingly had become the targets of hate crimes after September 11, 2001. So Gurinder started the Sikh Riders of America, a motorcycle club dedicated to fostering dialogue and visibility, while also fundraising for charities. Today, the club has about 200 members-including Gurinder’s young son Afftab, who is inspired to follow his father’s path of generosity and compassion.
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Sikhs are pretty great folks. It's a shame that they've been subject to so much unkindness in the US.
@ pls don't worry about us
@@gurisingh9446 No I'm not worried about you. I feel bad for the poor guy who has to scrape your brains off of his windshield
@noemi ghosh brother we r just askIng for justice of 84 genocide if u will hang them all why will we ask for a diff country. Come in Punjab u will
Find casuality in every 2nd household bcuz of 84.
@noemi ghosh btw what do you mean by 2nd religions
@noemi ghosh Good.
I’m a Sikh and I must say this is an accurate representation of what Sikhs are
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@@AliRaza-gp2ki what?😂
I’m 9 years old and I am a Sikh too when I grow up I want to be a soldier in the American army so there will be more Sikhs there
@@ranjitaujla1979 are you jatt khatri brahmin or ravidasi?
I took the time to learn a lot about Sikhs, and I respect them. They're one of the few religions that respects women.
respect wahmen
Proud to be Sikh
I want to hug this man
Sikh's are just so awesome. Every time I hear about them it is due to them being upstanding, awesome people
The Turbanator 2: Sikh and Destroy
For the record: in my xp, Sikh's are great, peaceful people, and I'm glad they're doing something positive (:
Man, Sikhism is probably one of the coolest and chill religions like why would you hate on them?
Plus it's totally unrelated to 9/11
Because they look different.
@@archivehans This, unfortunately.
I know right. My neighbors were sikh and they always treated everyone with respect. Hell they even invited me over alot of times before they moved.
Sadly, people misinterpret Sikhs as Muslims and fear danger to them. However Islam and Sikhism are completely different religions and Islam is peaceful and beautiful itself. The issue is that the small minorities in a religion who are bad cause attention and media to people that start to stereotype the rest of the good people. This is the issue with ISIS and terrorism itself.
I appreciate your approach of sharing your culture and the Sikhs I know are not only peaceful and share peace they also know more about America’s history politics and culture than 98% of people that consider themselves true Americans. The Sikhs I know are great Americans. Btw I’m a white middle age conservative male from the south. So don’t believe every stereotype
Thank you sir. Peace be upon you and your family.
Same here southern and conservative and I've corrected some of my ignorant coworkers when they've talked bad about "the guys in turbans" i started doing research after the temple attack because I didn't know what Sikhs were I was impressed by what I saw they are hard working kind charitable people that love their familes that treat women as equals they have a noble history as warriors I tell people that they have fought radical Islam for centuries they serve in our military and that part of their faith is defending the oppressed. I love how they chose to reach out to others rather than using the media to make people feal guilty for their ignorance they find something that they can have in common with others to start a conversation and educate people.
So proud of them.Proud two be a Sikh.🇮🇳
Had no idea there was such a thing as a Sikh motorcycle club. Last night coming home from the grocery store I pulled up next to a bunch of Harley's, and happened to notice a bunch of beards, and a bunch of Turban's. I'm thinking to myself... "well, that's something you don't see every day" Had to look it up, and here I am!!! Pretty awesome!!
Growing up in northern California I've known a lot of Sikh. Huge population there. And they are wonderful, kind, giving, loyal, and brave people. The main tenant of their faith is to protect and provide for the innocent. All Sikh men are almost like knights. Of they see an innocent getting attacked by 10 thugs.. They will jump in and give their life tondwfend that person.
Great message. Great people. Thanks for this. Keep the shiny side up...
Love our Sikh brothers, love from India
Wait a minute! You are not Justin!
Cc
01:14 that Texas patch. Love my Sikh Texans!
What a great initiative to help spread Guru Nanak’s message of ONENESS!!
Thank you. Many Blessings.
Thank you for your willingness to be so patient, when others are so mean and ignorant. Thank you for all that you do.👳♀️😘
If all religious would adapt to the modern world as they did, the modern world would be a much greater place 👳👌
What you mean is the only religion that hasn't is islam all others have.
Human kind deserves this comment.
You mean Islam.
All others have done that already.
Juarez I am myself is a Christian in Indonesia, country with the biggest Moslem population in the world, I think your opinion is not true, most of them, I repeat, most of them are pretty tolerance and respect us the minority, although there are some people that have a radical Islam mindset, but the numer is small
@@jakeruffin9433
And maybe the racist and bigots like you weren't around. It be a better place.
Skihs are a warrior family love from India
Sikhs are not warriors instead Jat Sikhs and jats are. It's about caste not religion. There are also lower castes in Sikhs. Warriors were only upper caste Sikhs which were and still are Jats.
Sikhi completely denies caste system , where are u guys living ?
@@lvdp1710 they're very weak. Cowards!
@@lvdp1710 jma fuddu soch aa teri casta sochn waleya
@@alexmartin5073 would love to kick your ass then.
Waheguru ji da khalsa waheguru ji di fateh🙏,very nice brother,Really Proud moments being a sikh🙏,well done,keep it up🙏,serve the nation🙏
I think the main reason Sikhs aren't as accepted is because people mistake them for Muslims. I kinda wish that more people knew more about Sikhism; personally I know very little, except that they're not Muslims.
no shit
sladikk So you're saying it's okay to not accept them if they were Muslim and you wouldn't care to know more about them if this was the case?? That's fucked up. Sikhism derived from Sufism anyway and two of their teachers in their holy book are Muslim.
@@EliteXtasy Don't you put words in my mouth...I'm saying that most people associate south/central Asians wearing turbans with Muslims, which is often associated with radical Islam in the West.
@@sladikk you're exactly right. It's the total definition of "case in point" when Sikh people (or any brown person for that matter) are assumed as Muslim because it perfectly highlights the ignorance involved.
@@EliteXtasy The same Muslims went to war with Sikhs slaughtered them . Sikhism was not derived from Sufism ofcourse it had influences from many religions at the time but it is not derived from it . Do you want me to cite how gruesomly Sikh gurus were executed by Muslims? And FYI you cannot put all muslims in to Sufism it is nothing like Wahabism which is totally extreme kind
Haribol, very good let people know who you are. Be proud.
Soo proud to be sikh
this is frickin awesome!!
🇮🇳... Appreciate it.
Iam from Kerala..
Love and respect Motorcycle Riders...
You should start the Lungi motorcycle club 😂
I love this
Great Turbans
beautiful and wonderful
That isn't a motorcycle, it's a *_BULT_*
_o tennu bult pyada si_
Kathan Parmar
Harley brah
Bullet pyada ni bullet pyara si hai bro
Damn, I love this channel.
PUNJABI
Veera mera good soo nice
Wow
Sikhs are the signature of one of the hundred amazing things (atleast a dozen) to come out of my motherland India.
Amazing people!
Sikhs are the sikhers of the light! (Pun intended)
I proud to be sikh
I wish there was more videos of them😀
Sat Sri Akaal
davidhintz1 sat sri akal
Hey, awesome video....
Well made !!
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I'm from Bakersfield and they've adopted some roads here. Sikh Riders 😁
Balle balle !
This is pretty dope , and is that CJ McCollum the NBA player?
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@@cuyes1223 he's a good dude on and off the court
Sikhs are not good guys
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They're the best, I'm not sikh but i know they're always helpful and humble. I've been around them.
Sikh folk are great
Siks are good peoples
In jail there's a lot of good people too
@@freddylopez8018 what your meant to say?
@@freddylopez8018 sikhs aren't Muslims you idiot.. They follow guru Nanak's teaching not Muhammed
To all my fellow brothers
Our gurus always taught to respect all religion be it Islam , Hinduism or Christianity any of them , our gurus were always against inhuman practices not against any religion
yessss representttttt
Nice to see these people represent their faith.
Nice
Fine example of integration . God bless sikhs 🙏
I see these comments how religions need to modernize and assimilate into western culture.
Sikhs had founded a similar ideology to western culture BEFORE the west. For us, America isn’t assimilation, it’s home.
Siiiiick bikes bro
bhai if you get a bar fight you got a Sikh bhai on your side you know its going to be amazing.
I bet these guys are a blast
Here in Philippines we really don't care what religion you have as long as you are a good person we will treat you desame as how you treated us
A concept par excellent ✌👍 , and , executed is equally superbly !! 👏👏 .
Further , there is no differenciation with in ONE human race , which is God's creation.
I marvel at how the Sikhs have historically bore the brunt of Islamic extremism. From the days of Mughal rule in India, when their great gurus laid down their lives for dharma, till now. Not to mention their gallantry in independence movement of India.
Does anyone know the name of the red bike because I'm pretty sure I'm in love with it
Dude, this is fucking AWESOME !!!
OK 👌👌👌👌🙏🙏🙏🙏
0:41 What a feeling!
I don't care about your religion.
I don't care about your race.
I don't care about the color of ur skin.
I just LOVE YOUR MOTORBIKE!
Sikhs are badass.
MUITO MUITO MUITO SHOWWWW!!! BJS.
very cool! hate to see you ride without helmets though.
#SwagMeraDesi ... With those glasses
How about Sikh riders of Australia ? Do we have ...
Sikh kom nu maan bada
0:04 when he says “after 9-11” this made me having 9-11 flashbacks
All right brothers, Bakersfield it is then...
Those bikers, they makes me sikh..
nice helmet. where i can buy one?
For that you have to search about history of sikhs not anyone can wear those turbans you have to earn that
Sikhs must also try to eliminate the discrimination between themselves. the system of caste is still in deep roots although it was formed to eradicate it. the discrimination on basis of looks is similar on basis of caste.
We shall interact!
After 9/11 for some reason some Indians get so much hate it’s disturbing (other religions as well) I understand that the attackers were Muslims but not all are bad many are good .
Singh is king
That's awesome
Some of your uploads lately don't play in my country! Why?
@Øbye okay thanks for your reply.
There are alot less people who hate them then they think.
You really have no idea..
Do they not wear helmets?
They always have helmets
@@XenoflareBahamut Not in Canada
@@monstadable I don't think you get the joke here. That turban is the helmet.
their turbans are stronger than helmets. the turbans are the helmets. the turbans have taken over.
@@jimmylives Missed it
Whos CJ Mccollum? The nba player?
New Jersy and I would like to drive a motorbike with my turban and pride. Are we allowed to ride bike in New Jersey with a turban
I'm surprised no one has made a Motorcycle Helmet that looks like a Turban.
Million dollar idea!!!
Sings are king.
I would just like to say that I think this channel always does a great job in producing its videos, and I love the content, but Sikh is pronounced the same way as "sick" not "seek". I was really disappointed in the fact that they got this wrong.
Intense turban coloring,interesting 🤔
So cool , many do not know who there really are. Learn about some really awsome culture. As a rider thumb s up!
Riverdale? SOUTHSIDE SERPENTS?
Where the helmets at?
Anish if you are from India(your name says you are) ,you should know better.
Pautang 5.6
😉
this is ACTUALLY sick
Wow those guys have SIKH rides.
The fact they didn't name the group "Singh's of anarchy" is an absolute missed opportunity.. they need a board meeting pronto.. all in favour say aye !
Too many Americans don’t know their history. For such a young nation of a couple hundred years, our political “interests” and forward reach around the globe demands that we do a better job of learning history. Sikhs were our allies during the Burma Campaign of WWII; just like the Hmong People were to us in Vietnam.
Very proud of them. In India they are exempted from wearing helmets coz of the turban!
Sujay An Same in Canada.
Same in canada and america not only india
There is also a Christian MC club
Sikhs and Christians are on the same side
As an American-Indian I like what they are doing, but why aren't they wearing helmets? Safety is most important on a motorcycle.
Watch the video again... a lot of them are wearing helmets. Some states don't have helmet laws
In Vic. It is allowed to wear turban while driving Scooty or Bike