<story><title>How Turbans Helped Some Blacks Go Incognito in the Jim Crow Era</title><url>http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/07/19/332380449/how-turbans-helped-some-blacks-go-incognito-in-the-jim-crow-era</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>satjot</author><text>As a Sikh American that wears a turban every day [&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/satjot&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.facebook.com&amp;#x2F;satjot&lt;/a&gt;], it&amp;#x27;s great to see a positive piece on Turbans in the US.  For the most part I&amp;#x27;ve dealt with comments like, &amp;quot;Hey Osama&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;You Towel Head&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Taliban!&amp;quot;...</text></comment>
<story><title>How Turbans Helped Some Blacks Go Incognito in the Jim Crow Era</title><url>http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/07/19/332380449/how-turbans-helped-some-blacks-go-incognito-in-the-jim-crow-era</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>maxdemarzi</author><text>This goes sideways as well.  I was dating an Indian girl in High School (almost 20 years ago). If any older Indian men were around or crossed our path, she would say a few words in spanish. They would assume she was Mexican which would make it  none-of-their-business who this &amp;quot;Mexican girl&amp;quot; dated and would stop staring.</text></comment>