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I used to be a Zionist and planned to move to Israel. However, after visiting Hebron, the largest occupied city in the West Bank, I witnessed things that I cannot forget. I saw Palestinians being prohibited from walking on certain streets, while Israeli settlers enjoyed a luxurious lifestyle on top of a hill, protected by soldiers. At the same time, Palestinians lived in slums at the bottom of the hill, despite having lived there for generations. These experiences made me question my own biases and the beliefs I grew up with.

They brutally attacked and burned my brother, treating him like a roasted pig. These painful moments have brought tears to their eyes for 34 years. Our hearts break and our liver shatters every month. Please spare me, don't hurt me in front of my children. They don't want anyone to stand with Sikhs, as these riots have destroyed many families and wounds are still not healed.

Family, Hollywood, and agencies have turned on me. I've been blacklisted for not sharing their beliefs. I remain unbothered because I trust in God's plan. Despite being called names like Uncle Tom and sellout, threats don't faze me.

I grew up as the only Indian family in a small southern town and faced daily teasing for being brown. I have a record of standing up against racism, such as advocating for body cameras after Walter Scott's shooting and calling for the removal of the Confederate flag after the Mother Emanuel Church shooting. I take pride in having friends from different races. I faced discrimination when I was disqualified from a beauty pageant because they didn't know where to place me. I understand the pain of racism and fight against it every day. If I didn't mention slavery, it's because it's a well-known part of the Civil War.

I was raised by my great grandmother, a Holocaust survivor who lost her entire extended family. She never supported the State of Israel because she believed it was wrong to inflict on others what was done to the Jewish people. She saw the state and the Zionists as becoming what they had once fought against. As a woman raised Jewish, it's unpopular for me to say this, but I no longer believe in the faith. However, the Jewish people are still my family.

We were at school during the elections when an incident occurred. There is a gym near our house that has been open for the past five years. It closes at 10 PM, and after it closes, some people, including a heavy drinker named Lee, gather there with their friends. They roam the streets, drink alcohol, and use foul language. We tried to get the gym closed by filing complaints with the social and religious authorities, but it didn't work. Finally, fifteen days ago, we contacted the helpline of the Chief Minister, and now the police will take action. Recently, during the elections, a group of 1520 boys, mainly led by a guy named Malik, physically assaulted me. They knocked me to the ground, took off my turban, pulled my hair, and behaved inappropriately. It's not a political matter, it's something I experienced.

I had a fight with someone and got injured. Then we went inside and got stuck in a flood. My man saved me and we reached home. My family was separated and I was left alone with my baby. My husband died and I cried a lot. Then my man fell down and got hurt. He beat up the people who attacked him. Then my man set fire to their feet. Finally, someone grabbed me but I asked them to let go. They took me far away from my home. After three days, I found a shelter and then I met them again. We spent time together and they even taught me Vedas.

My name is Paramjeet Kaur. My father works at the Bukaro steel plant in Sector 9, Chennai. When I was 9 years old, on the day after my birthday, my father left for work but returned due to the tense situation during the 1984 riots. My friends Kamaljeet and Kuldeep Singh were also with me. We saw people running towards us with weapons, and my mother injured her leg. She told me to hide and save myself. Later, my father managed to save our lives by seeking help from a kind man. It has been 25 years since that incident, and I am grateful to be alive.

I'd like to share my experience from 2004 when my 13-year-old daughter was gang-raped by a group of Pakistani Muslims who traveled 18 miles to our town. I was unaware of the situation as I was working long hours to support my family. When I found out, I contacted the police, but they advised me to let it go, warning that I could be arrested for being racist. My daughter was being groomed by a 20-year-old, and despite her admitting what happened, no action was taken against him. Instead, I faced threats, as a group from Oldham came looking for me.

I was fired for supporting Trump after defending a man shot at a rally. My boss, a Mexican American, insulted the victim and I stood up for him. He accused me of being what's wrong with the country and kicked me out. Now I'm unsure about my future.

I was involved in a cult that attacked Christians. I channeled demons who wanted to cause chaos. At 16, I met Satan himself, and our cult started specifically targeting Christians, including clergy. However, we couldn't harm Christians who were actively praying for protection. This made me angry and curious about the power Christians had to nullify demons. The Lord's prayer provides perfect protection, and nothing can get through. I find comfort in knowing that Satan is defeated and has no power. I wish more people understood this.

The speaker talks about being Hindu or Sikh and criticizes those who follow caste discrimination. They mention a historical figure who preached against discrimination and warns against arrogance. They emphasize their allegiance to their guru and call themselves their fans. They mention the importance of time and the consequences of disobeying divine orders. They conclude by urging listeners to avoid arrogance and ego.

I used to work in tech until my team got laid off. In my exit interview, they said they were replacing us with Indians. I told them I'm Indian, but they wanted Indians from India to do the job cheaper. I joked about doing an accent, but they were serious. It made me feel like they were taking our jobs.

I want to discuss my experience with white privilege. I graduated from North Hollywood High with a 1.7 GPA and struggled to find a job. At 19, living in my family's garage while my mom relied on welfare, I approached a fire station about a job. They told me I couldn't be hired because I wasn't black, Hispanic, or a woman. For the next seven years, I worked at a construction site. Eventually, I received a letter to take the written exam for the LA fire department. While waiting in line, I spoke with a young woman of color who had signed up just days earlier. This illustrates my experience with white privilege.

I was convicted of first-degree murder, and Kamala Harris, a black district attorney, was present in court. She seemed to laugh at the verdict, which I found disrespectful. I knew I was innocent and was determined to fight for a retrial. Despite knowing the truth, no one was willing to speak up for me due to misconceptions about testifying.

I joined the army to make my grandma proud, but I ended up smuggling two people for quick cash. I drove to a hotel to pick them up, armed only with pepper spray and a knife. I brought snacks to avoid trouble. The sheriff gave me a pocket bible, which made me reflect on my actions. I realized I should earn money honestly and help my family the right way. My faith in God has grown, and I see this experience as a message to change my ways.

In July 2020, I left Hong Kong for the US seeking asylum due to persecution by the CCP. I can no longer return to Hong Kong, where I was born and raised. Throughout my activism, I've witnessed the CCP harassing and intimidating people who hold different views, including Hong Kongers, Tibetans, Uighurs, and other Chinese dissidents. We all face targeting for supporting democracy, freedom, and speaking up for our rights. Many of us, including myself, have been charged with violating the national security law in Hong Kong and abroad. We call for freedom in Hong Kong, but many of our fellow Hong Kongers and friends are currently imprisoned for the same cause.

How many of you used to vote Democrat? And how many have always voted Republican? We have a great mix here. I grew up as a Democrat but, after studying the issues, I realized I was actually a conservative. It's important to me, as a Black man, to have the freedom to choose how I vote. I find it racist when society dictates my political beliefs. Over the years, I've learned to think for myself and have come to appreciate conservative policies, which is why I am where I am today.

During the elections, there was an incident near our old school. There is a gym on a hill in front of our house, which closes at around 10 o'clock. After it closes, for two to three days a week, some heavy drinkers, known as Helly Bhari Jain and his friends, come and roam the streets, getting drunk and causing trouble. This has turned our neighborhood into a hellish place. We tried to address this issue socially and religiously by filing a complaint at the Gurudwara, but it didn't stop. About fifteen days ago, I called the helpline of the Chief Minister and complained. After the elections, I went to the gym, where the owner, whom I don't know, along with others, attacked me, pulled my hair, and mistreated me.

As the first Sikh elected to serve in the California state legislature, I want to thank you for not sanitizing history. Sikh children grow up hearing about the terrible events that took place in India in 1984. It was a genocide that affected almost every Sikh family, with violence and murder sanctioned by the Indian government. Unfortunately, this fact has been hidden from the world, with history books downplaying the number of deaths and the government's role. Prime Minister Modi has even tried to deny the targeted nature of the violence. Today, as we reflect on his recent state dinner at the White House, it is crucial for the California state legislature to call the 1984 anti-Sikh violence what it truly was: a genocide.

My son was burned alive. He stood in front of the Gurudwara with folded hands. Don't kill him, I killed my own son and raised him up. He went to the slums, where my dreams of change were looted. No one knows how she is living, how she is surviving. I am living well, but I remember that my child is gone. No one is going to listen to me, no one is ready to hear. I have been to all the courts, wandered around, but no one listens. This is how my life has turned out, I don't know what will happen to my daughter.

Interviewer: This decision to follow your conscience, give us a little backstory. How did that happen? Guest: Without getting too much into detail, I did a long-form podcast with Tucker, laying out the entire politics of the issue. After serving twenty years, mostly deployed to the Middle East, fighting the wars over there, and seeing how our country had been lied to and brought down the wrong path in those wars, and that we were getting sucked into another one and that the American people didn't have the full story and our country did not have a vital national interest in this current fight. I said, hey, in good conscience, I can't do this because that was a promise I made to myself probably twenty plus years ago when I was deployed to Iraq. Once I realized after my first couple deployments that we weren't there for the reasons that our government told us we were there for, I said if it's ever my turn, if I'm ever an adult in this situation, I ever have a position of responsibility, I will not, in good conscience, send young men and women off to die on foreign battlefields. Interviewer: So we're Catholics here, baptized Catholic. We saw just on Sunday... Does it help you to have other members of your faith community or religious leaders speaking up on your behalf? Guest: It's been huge. I didn't think when I submitted my resignation it would get the traction or attention that you talked about. Having support from friends, family, but really, I’ve been asked a couple times, was it a hard decision to make? It wasn't made lightly. I put a lot of thought into it, and I had been thinking about it for quite some time. But having faith, I think I heard God's voice, that I was exactly where I was supposed to be and it was my time to take action, which made taking the action incredibly easy and liberating, making me feel like I was in the right spot. Interviewer: Do you have hope for America? And if you do, why so? Guest: I have a great deal of hope for America. This is a very exciting moment. The fact that we're seeing people who speak out on behalf of their faith or who are willing to speak truth to power, and that the people who support them can have a voice because of technology, which can be used for a lot of bad, but in connecting like-minded people and getting our word out, that technology is a very powerful weapon. The young people—the young men and women—there are plenty in this room; I was overwhelmed by the young folks who came up to shake my hand. I have hope for the next generation. As we head into this midterm season and as the war progresses in the next few weeks, the most important thing is to be on our knees and pray, but once we're up from our knees, we need to take action. Our leaders will hear us if we all speak out. We're at a critical juncture in the war in Iran; we must let our leaders hear that we do not support this war, that there is no vital national security interest, that we want to bring our troops home and work toward peace in that region, and that we do not want twenty plus more years of bloodletting. Heading into this next election cycle, demand from everyone, from every political party, go to your representatives, and say I will not vote for you if you are going to vote for the continuation of these wars overseas. If our country is attacked, we will attack; if there's an imminent attack, we will attack; if there's an actual threat, we will attack and fight that. However, we cannot continue to go down this path. We have to make that clear to our leaders. That's what gives me hope.

I'm from Israel and had a tough past, including jail. I sold drugs and trafficked Russian women while in the IDF. I got kicked out, but stopped trafficking. The other person was shocked by my actions.

I used to work as a software engineer until my entire team was laid off. During the exit interview, I was told we were being replaced by Indian workers. I pointed out that I’m Indian too, suggesting they could keep me. They insisted I wasn’t the type of Indian they wanted, implying they preferred workers from India. I mentioned I was born there and could move back if needed, but they clarified they wanted to move the jobs to India for cheaper labor. In that moment, I felt like every frustrated parent, thinking, “These Indians are taking our jobs.”

I'm Stanley Joan, and despite my 4.4 GPA and high SAT score, many colleges, including UC schools, rejected me. Now, I'm a software engineer at Google. My father and I are suing the University of California and the US Department of Education, alleging racial discrimination in admissions. UC denies this, stating that race is collected for statistical purposes only and not used in the admission process. While some question why I'm pursuing this, given my current success, this is bigger than just me. We aim to ensure fair treatment for Asian applicants in the future. This is for my children and grandchildren.