Sangay Mishra
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Author @UMinnPress book Desis Divided … @USC grad!! Associate Professor, Political Science @DrewUniversity .
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Happy to share this piece on
@VP
Kamala Harris that I wrote three years back!!
Happy to have a piece today in
@washingtonpost
on
@KamalaHarris
's candidacy. Situates her in the longer history of Asian & South Asian American exclusion from civic life. Thanks
@car1ygoodman
@KeishaBlain
&
@KathrynBrownell
for helpful edits.
#VPDebate
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Summe Lee , a pro-Palestine member of Congress, wins her primary contest in PA. She defeated Bhavini Patel, an Indian American, backed heavily by pro-Israel lobby, AIPAC, and by Hindu nationalist right!!
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Loved this statement from an Indian student group at UCLA!!!
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The piece by Tunku Varadarajan on Usha Chilukuri Vance in Wall Street Journal is one of the most ideologically driven pieces about Indian Americans!! I don’t have much to say about Usha Vance but this moment is producing all kinds insidious narratives about Indian Americans. 1/1
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One of the best food experiences in Delhi- Chole Bhature at Chache di Hatti in Kamala Nagar behind Delhi University!! I had not noticed earlier that they trace their culinary lineage to Rawalpindi in Pakistan!!
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A Columbia professor commented on Friday prayers being offered by Muslims on Columbia lawns as symbolizing hate. Now the chant of freedom-Azadi- in South Asian languages (Hindi and Urdu) on Columbia campus is being seen as not welcoming and documented as hate! Wow!!!
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A lively protest by students, faculty and others in New York City at the Indian Consulate in solidarity with JNU students and faculty in India facing unprecedented violence
#nystandswithjnu
#JNUViolence
. Felt good to be a part of this solidarity action!!
@SASIinNYC
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The term Hinduphobia is being deployed rather frequently in the U.S. and other western countries with sizable Indian diasporic population. The use is mostly coming from formations that want to shield the current political regime in India led by BJP/RSS!! 1/1
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Varadarajan is using classic model minority trope: Indian Americans have succeeded without affirmative action and grievance politics. It is not only to present a particular view of Indian American success but to undermine the struggle for racial equality by African Americans .1/2
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Two chief ministers and major opposition leaders in prison on trumped up charges; bank accounts of the major opposition party frozen, open islamophobic speeches, major media outlets completely controlled!! All signs of a peaceful and thriving democracy!!
A most powerful government suffered a massive setback. All totally peaceful. No rigging, hijack attempted. No candidate harmed. Mexico elections coincided and saw 37 candidates killed. Its per capita GDP is 4x India’s. India’s election process is a global common good.
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Columbia is asking a student from India to get revaccinated since she took covaxin in India which is not approved by the WHO. No one knows if revaccination is even safe. Universities with all their expertise asking for such a thing is disturbing!!!
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The piece very explicitly uses the economic successes of Indian Americans to claim that the racial grievances are bogus and minorities can succeed only with hard work and determination. There is no better example of model minority trope than this Varadarajan’s piece.1/3
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Very excited to share that I have been granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Drew University!!! Long Journey!!!
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Also lobbied for changing their census classification from white to Asian American and one of the motives was to have eligibility for affirmative action programs in small businesses and government contracts! 1/5
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Nothing can be more ill-informed than the claim that they don’t engage in lobbying. Let me list examples.
-They lobbied for India’s independence through Ghadar activities in early 20th century .
-lobbied for the right to have American citizenship through courts & legislatures.1/4
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I am astounded how little people in the U.S. have shown empathy and curiosity about what is happening in India. Is that your experience too?
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South Asians on campuses, I am so glad you disappointed this Desi uncle!! Please keep doing your Bollywood and Samosas and Kababs and some more- speaking for justice in never uncool!!
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He goes on to say that Indian Americans believe in Quiet hard work and they don’t engage in any lobbying. He implies that they don’t engage in anything else than hard work, particularly self interested politics. Again classic model minority trope: quiet hard working Asians.1/4
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H-1B visa holders of Indian origin Lobbying currently to change the long wait time for green cards. The young dependents of H-1B visa holders are lobbying for a dreamer status so that they can stay in the US after they age out of dependent status! 1/6
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Many more examples of lobbying of all kinds- some desirable and others not so much. All I say is that if you write about a group then pay attention and not produce vacuous ideological claims.1/7
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My students are reading Ibram Kendi's
@DrIbram
book Stamped from the Beginning for the race and politics course. We have read about Cotton Mather, Jefferson, and Du Bois and students are blown away by what they are reading. They have become big fans of the book!!
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#DelhiBurning
is top trending hashtag in India at this moment.All incoming news through conventional media and social media is pointing to brazenness of Hindu nationalists in wreaking havoc on Muslim protesters. Happening under the glare of international media
#TrumpVisitIndia
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HinduPACT is one of the groups that came out very quickly in favor of today's affirmative action judgment by the Supreme Court. The group represents the ecosystem that is supportive of Modi, BJP, RSS, and a particular vision of exclusionary politics in India and the U.S.!
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Chache Di Hatti in Kamla Nagar, Delhi. A legendary joint for Chole- Bhature with Rawalpindi links.Enjoyed immensely !!
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Great that activist, organizers,& many from the community challenged and pressurized Edison Mayor, Samip Joshi, to condemn the use of hateful symbol of bulldozer during India day parade!!
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An islamophobic flier was distributed in Piscataway, NJ by local democrats targeting a muslim leader. Three Hindu Indian Americans are signatory to the flier and it was aimed at mobilizing local Indian American voters & it was translated in Gujarati.
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San Francisco became the sixth city in the U.S. to pass a resolution condemning anti-Muslim Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA) and National Population Register(NPR) of India. Started with Seattle, WA and followed by Cambridge, MA, Albany, NY, St. Paul, MN, Hamtramck, MI!!
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I am going to teach a course on Asian Americans the coming fall!! My first time ever and I am so excited to be able to do this!!
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The use of Hinduphobia to shield religious nationalist exclusionary government in India is an issue that requires a separate discussion but I wanted to share my thoughts about the terms itself and how that matches with the experience of Indian Americans !!
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Kamala & Maya Harris were brought up primarily by their Indian immigrant mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris. Shyamala Gopalan decided to socialize primarily with Black friends and families to bring up two biracial daughters- that is where she felt they would get most affirmation!!
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Happy to share my piece on South Asian Americans and 9/11, published in
@washingtonpost
@monkeycageblog
. Post-9/11 witnessed a fractured response to racialized identity but a unified electoral convergence behind the Democratic party & progressive policies!
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@Google
decided to disinvite caste activist Thenmozhi Soundararajan from a scheduled talk for a section of its staff. They did it to appease those who think that talking about caste is divisive!! So is talking about race,gender, and sexuality!!
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I have been thinking about this term a lot lately and I engage with the term seriously: the term is loosely deployed to suggest that there is a widespread hatred of Hinduism and Hindus in the west ( something akin to Islamophobia or anti-semitism loosely speaking).1/2
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Important conference: Diaspora needs to know that the exclusionary religious nationalism in India is threat to all communities and to democracy !!!
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There is, of course, a history of denigrating and ridiculing of non-Abrahamic religion such as Hinduism in the west but whether it has acquired the form of Hinduphobia in the contemporary moment is something that needs to be interrogated. I come to this from my scholarship on1/3
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Tragic incident in NYC!!! Didn’t get much media attention!
Bangladeshi student pushed to her death in front of oncoming New York City subway!!
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Desi uncles never miss a chance to chastise younger people!!
College campuses are no longer collegial—much like the rest of society.
My take:
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I am sure religious difference in a predominantly Christian society remains a ground for exclusion and hostility but attempt to understand Hindu Indian American experience of exclusion, discrimination, and hostility through the lens of Hinduphobia is not supported by research.1/9
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In fact, since these conversations happened in the post-9/11 period, a large number of them evoked being seen as Muslim and how prevailing anti-Muslim sentiments are leading to targeting of people who " appear to be Muslim."1/8
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Being Hindu as a basis for discrimination did not come up very frequently and strongly in those conversations. It is not that Hindu identity is not used for discriminating in certain settings but Hindu Americans did not use that frequently to understand discrimination.1/7
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South Asians in U. S. with a specific focus on Indian Americans. I have conducted multiple interviews with Hindu Indian Americans( alongside Indians and South Asians of other religious affiliations) over the last many years resulting into published peer-reviewed scholarship.1/4
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There were a large number of Indian descent Hindu participants in my study and they talked a fair bit about discrimination. When they spoke about discrimination they referred to their appearance, skin color, accent, culture, food, religion, and racial identity!! 1/6
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One of the questions that I focused on in my research was whether South Asians encountered discrimination in their day to day lives in United States. While thinking back to those conversations , I can say that there was a lot of conversation about discrimination and hostility.1/5
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A Sri-Lankan American woman is the new chief of staff for Kamala Harris !! Important since Most such positions are occupied by white men and women!!
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It has become so normalized for India to deny entry to Indian origin individuals with foreign passport if they are critical about policies and politics of the ruling regime. OCI cards are canceled without any recourse. A must read piece on this issue!
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There are many students from Afghanistan on the U.S. university and college campuses. When their visas expire they would be required to go back. Are there conversations at educational institutions to push for some kind of relief or pathway for them to extend their stay?
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I am so glad that
@Northeastern
is doing this important series of talks on Asian Americans and thrilled to be a part of it!!
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Enjoyed spending some time with family in India after a long gap!! Happy to have this moment with my father!!!
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To first generation Indian immigrants: stop denying that caste and caste based discrimination exists in diaspora. To the second generation: don’t think of caste identity as your cultural heritage - it is pernicious & dehumanizing
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Students Against Hindutva Ideology- a U.S. based student group explains the name change!! They have done some important work on College campuses and brought in second generation Desi students into this important conversation!!
Read Students Against Hindutva Ideology's official statement on our most recent name change.
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At the Indian consulate this evening-it was a larger than expected mobilization and people were outraged about the violence and bigotry in Delhi!!
#desidiaspora
turned up!!
#delhiviolence2020
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Two western leaders of South Asian ancestry standing in support of war on Gaza and unrestrained killing of children and civilians!! Quite a sight!!
Today, I met with Prime Minister
@RishiSunak
and discussed our support for Israel’s right to defend itself and the urgent need to increase the flow of humanitarian assistance into Gaza. Together we are committed to helping civilians in need.
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On September 15, 2001, Balbir Singh Sodhi was killed in hate violence after 9/11 attacks. He was the first person to be killed in hate violence after the attacks. His family decided to donate his personal turban to National Museum of American History!!
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It is extremely harmful that a large segment of Indian Americans do not want to even talk about something that is a big part of social fabric and everyday life in India: caste!!!
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1/16 One provision in Citizenship Amend. Act in India focuses on Overseas Citizens of India (OCI).
#CAA
is being challenged by people for linking citizenship to religion & its likely use for taking away citizenship from those who can't produce documents, particularly Muslims.
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.
@harikondabolu
day declared by Mayor De Blasio. Being honored by the mayor on the day of Diwali celebration
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This is what our table looked like today!!!Desi- South Asian- guest of honor dish was Shami Kabab!!
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Heavy police crackdown on NYU students and faculty. Lots of people arrested !! Close friends who are faculty protecting the protest site have also been arrested!!
#palestine
#nyu4palestine
spread the word!
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I spoke with
@sakshi_saroja
of
@NBCNews
about the rise of exclusionary Hindu nationalism in the diaspora!! A detailed analysis!!
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A must read by Sunita Viswanath
@SunitaSunitaV
-a perfect example of the ruling party engaging in horrendous propaganda to target anyone critical of human rights situation in India.Have followed her work as a researcher on diaspora and deeply admire her!!
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Happy to have a piece today in
@washingtonpost
on
@KamalaHarris
's candidacy. Situates her in the longer history of Asian & South Asian American exclusion from civic life. Thanks
@car1ygoodman
@KeishaBlain
&
@KathrynBrownell
for helpful edits.
#VPDebate
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This Google Scholar Alert could not have come at a more appropriate time!!
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Each contest is different but this is an early indicator of AIPAC’s ability to defeat pro-Palestine progressive Democratic candidates!
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In California, the debate on
#SB403
- the bill to make caste a protected category and ban caste discrimination- has led to a very strange argument which suggests that to talk about caste in the context of the U.S. is Hinduphobia!!!
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.
@nytimes
had to clarify this because a fraudulent NYT front page with Narendra Modi and a story about his greatness was circulating on WhatsApp groups in India!!
This is a completely fabricated image, one of many in circulation featuring Prime Minister Modi. All of our factual reporting on Narendra Modi can be found at:
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Listen to Ta-Nehisi Coates comparing Israeli treatment of Palestinian to the Jim Crow era in the U.S. I deeply appreciate his point about Palestinian situation being not too complex-it is very simple to understand what is going on!!
“You can’t behold evil and then return and not speak on it.”
Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks about how an experience in Palestine illuminated the connections between the African American and Palestinian liberation struggles, and the moral responsibility to speak out.
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Sharing information about a new edited volume by Ruben Gowricharn on Indian diaspora published by Routledge!! I have a chapter on Hindutva and Indian American diaspora!! I can share the chapter individually if anyone is interested.
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A big moment to mark in New Jersey- two South Asian Muslim women of Pakistani origin elected to NJ Assembly for the first time. Sadaf Jaffer from Montgomery township(District 16) and Shama Haider from Teaneck (district 37)!! A big moment for South Asians and Asian Americans in NJ
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So thrilled to get my copy of Our Stories: An Introduction to South Asian America published by
@SAADAonline
. A collection of writings by sixty four academics, artists, activists and others on South Asians in the United States!! Happy to be a part of this historic effort!!
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Interview w
@tanuja822
by
@IChotiner
about her departure from
@Google
when she tried to organize a conversation on caste. Google shut it because caste privileged Indian origin employees claimed:conversation on caste will create a hostile environment!!
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Honored to be the faculty commencement speaker for Social Science graduates
@DrewUniversity
2021! I found ways to talk about student and faculty resilience during pandemic, movement for racial equality in U.S., and global inequality as evident in lack of vaccination in India!!
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It was such an experience of its own kind speaking with Ravish Kumar
@ravishndtv
about Indian American diaspora!I have always admired his work from a distance but to be in conversation with him was unreal. I loved talking about my work in Hindi! It is little more than45 minutes!
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I wrote this piece for
@IndianExpress
about the first
#Covid19
travel ban by India on Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) and what does it say about India's relationship to the diaspora!! Please read and share!!
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Seattle City Council did something historic today!!it passed a resolution introduction by
@cmkshama
condemning citizenship amendment act of India- the law has introduced religion as a requirement for citizenship in India and it can disenfranchise a large number of Indian Muslims
Few minutes ago,
@SeattleCouncil
passed a historic resolution moved by
@cmkshama
against the anti-Muslim CAA. It sends a clear message to Modi & Amit Shah that world is watching every step of yours against Kashmiris & minorities in India & they wont hesitate to standup & speak.
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If you have done your K-12 schooling in the U.S., at what point did you understand that Asian migrants were legally not eligible for citizenship in the U.S. for a very long time?
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Vivek Ramaswamy calling Ayanna Pressley the grand wizard of KKK is deeply troubling .To use a deeply hateful symbol of anti-Black racism in a twisted way to engage with a Black elected woman leader is beyond the pale-he knows no boundaries and that's his appeal in the primaries.
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Pankaj Mishra’s piece in
@nytimes
starts by suggesting that Hindu Americans are most pro-Trump minority in the U.S. - not true and a lazy sweeping analysis!! Also trying to understand India through the lens of Trumpism doesn’t work!!
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My scholarship has been deeply shapes by the ways in which 9/11 shaped the lives of Muslims and communities of color in the United States. This piece co-authored with
@LokaneetaJinee
reflects some of the issues that We have been engaging with!!
#September11th
"Combatting Suspicion, Creating Trust: The Interface of Muslim Communities and Law Enforcement in the United States after 9/11" by
@SangayMishra
and
@LokaneetaJinee
is available in our latest issue!
Read here:
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A statement signed by more than 100 organizations about the threat of Hindu religious nationalism in the diaspora and anti-Muslim rhetoric becoming common in Indian diasporic spaces.
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Thanks for running this redlining ad
@ewarren
. As someone who teaches race to undergraduates , I truly appreciate the value of this ad. I sincerely hope others do that too.
Here’s a history lesson on the racist legacy of redlining, if any presidential candidate needs a refresher.
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Excellent reporting by
@washingtonpost
on the massive undercounting of
#COVID19India
deaths. Ground report from Agra, Bhopal, and Rajkot points to the possibility of underreporting by 10 times or more!! And much of it is deliberate on the part of the govt.
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I spoke with Sandhya Dirks
@audiosand
of
@NPR
about South Asian American Politics!! The story about overwhelming support for Democrats among South Asians is out today. I liked
@ZohranKMamdani
’s term ‘Modi Democrats’!!!
@DrewUniversity
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Traveling to India after a gap of three years!! Have not had such a long gap after I started living here!! Excited and looking forward!!!
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There is something unique and exceptional happening on U.S. multiple campuses tomorrow.
#DesiAmericans
- Indian Americans/South Asian Americans- primarily of second generation who grew up in the U.S. are coming out to speak against Hindu nationalist bigotry and violence in India
TWITTER STORM TODAY AT 8 PM EST!!! Tell us why you think we need to oppose Hindutva Fascism with
#AHoliagainstHindutva
!!!
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Wow!!! This tweet has got so much Trolling by rabid nationalists for using the category South Asian and not Indian!!!! This rabid nationalism is a South Asian tradition that has many followers!!!!
What is a South Asian tradition you continue to follow?
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A focus group by
@nytimes
on Asian Americans- South Asians are still marginal to the Asian American category, at least for the New York Times. Only one out of the twelve participants is a South Asian/Indian American!!
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The govt. of India wants the account to be banned because they have been reporting on the farmers' protests fearlessly!!
Our account has been restored. Today more than ever, it is clear that true media needs true allies. We thank our readers, subscribers and contributors for their unwavering support.
Contribute now to India’s finest long form journalism:
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Being a total DeSantis supporter, completely expected that she would attack them but using a white racist trope invoking a religion is beyond disgusting. It didn't matter that both these candidates are trying to build their carriers through politics of white racial resentment!
Nikki and Vivek are involved in some Hindu business, it seems. Not our fight.
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South Asian Americans have helped turn Virginia blue-
@nytimes
story focused on Asian Americans, particularly South Asians and Koreans, in Virginia suburbs !!
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Much of the South Asian American / Indian American conversation and scholarly work is disconnected from Indo- Caribbean stories and experiences!! So important to mark this important day
#indianarrivalday
in
#GUYANA
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@nytimes
reports the story of Bangladeshi restaurant owner in Minneapolis whose business was burnt during the protests against police killing of
#GeorgeFloyd
but he stood with protestors.
Let my building burn,” he said. “Justice needs to be served.”
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I spoke with
@mvenk82
of
@washingtonpost
about the complexity of the identity and category of Asian Americans. She highlights so many complex dimensions of the issue.
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Happy to be a part of a group of scholars following VP Kamala Harris's term in office!!
@AngeMarieH
@uscpoir
@sarasadhwani
!!!
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In case you missed the big news coming from a recent census report: Indian Americans (Race Alone) are the largest Asian group now!! A big shift within Asian American communities!!
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You respect Ann Coulter for making an awful and deeply racist statement!! I don’t know what the term respect means to you. Is that how you get acceptance in these circles? By respecting racist statements?
.
@AnnCoulter
told me flat-out to my face that she couldn’t vote for me “because you’re an Indian,” even though she agreed with me more than most other candidates. I disagree with her but respect she had the guts to speak her mind. It was a riveting hour. The TRUTH podcast is back
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Sikh Coalition, a U.S.Sikh civil rights org., criticized attempts to pass a legislation on anti-semitism which equates criticisms of Israel with anti-semitism. Interestingly,It is invoking its experiences with India & attempts to shut any criticism of India as a parallel to this.
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