The Sikh Captain America  Photo: Fiona Aboud  Meet Vishavjit
Singh, software analyst and cartoonist (over at Sikhtoons) by
day and Captain America by night. Okay, not by night: Captain
America just for one day - the turbaned and bearded version.
The idea came from photographer Fiona Aboud, who traveled the
country capturing photos for her project, Sikhs: An American
Portrait. The idea was to dress Singh up as Captain America, the
most patriotic of all American superheros, and see how people
would react.  Singh recounted the experience over at Salon:
People shook my hands, and a few literally congratulated me. The
celebrity-of-the-moment experience was a little overwhelming.
But I was jarred out of that trance by a few negative outliers.
One man tried to grab my turban. Another yelled, “Captain Arab.”
And yet another: “Terrorista!”  As we posed for a picture with
one kid, he stuck his middle finger right in my face.  “So you
are flipping off Captain America?” I admonished him.  He got
red-faced, apologized a