:dateline:After the Waris Ahluwalia’s GAP advertisement, the Gentlemen’s Quarterly has featured Manik Singh, another keshadhari Sikh, in its magazine.
The Gentlemen Quarterly is a fashion magazine with no connection to Sikhi, however’s its decision to feature a Sikh model has been welcomed with surprise.
Since the 9/11 attacks, Sikhs have repeatedly endured violence and bigotry throughout the World because of their religiously-mandated turbans. �In August 2012, a gunman with known ties to neo-Nazi groups attacked a Sikh place of worship�in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six worshipers and injuring several others, including a local law enforcement officer.
In the months after the massacre, a Sikh business owner was shot and injured in Port Orange, Florida; a Sikh octogenarian was beaten with a steel rod in Fresno, California; and a Sikh professor was assaulted in New York, New York. �Despite Sikhs being an integral part of the United Sikhs of America, racism against Sikhs has increased over the past few years.
am so proud of this boy, i know him. And he has all the goodness that a young man of this day age can have.
Also his name is Manak…
Keep it up and well done GQ!