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Jun 9, 2022 · According to a survey from the Pew Center in November 2021, over 90 percent of people in South Korea, Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, and many other nations, believe that racial and ethnic...
In the South Asia of the twenty-first century it is not useful and might indeed be dangerous to promote diversity or alternatively to seek to reduce it. So much depends upon what sort of diversity is at stake and upon the quality of the ideas supporting it. This essay deals with a few of the diversities, particularly economic, cultural and ...
across and within countries, the findings of The South Asia State of Minorities Report 2019 highlight common patterns and, in particular, the central role of discrimination on the basis of religion, ethnicity, language, and other factors in each context. These matters also have important regional and cross-border dynamics in South Asia,
Racism in Asia is multi-faceted and has roots in events that have happened from centuries ago to the present. Racism in Asia may occur from nation against nation, or within each nation's ethnic groups, or from region against region.
- ‘South Asian’ as An Inclusive Coalition
- Some South Indians and Tamils Don’T Feel ‘Desi’ Includes Them
- How 9/11 Made ‘Brown’ A Salient Identity
- A Disconnect with The Term ‘Asian American’
Maira said she remembers when the term “South Asian” first became popular after she moved to the U.S. from India for college. “It brought all of these national groups together who otherwise, in the subcontinent, would not have been interacting,” Maira said. “Coming from India, I had never really met Pakistanis or Bangladeshis or Sri Lankans.” Meant...
As transnational classifications expanded on the academic level, “Desi” emerged as a grassroots-based alternative in the ’90s partly to combat the nationalist ideals of a growing Bharatiya Janata Party in India, Maira said. “‘South Asian American’ is fine in academia, but at a community level, it’s a bit unwieldy,” Maira said. “‘Desi’ actually eman...
After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a lot changed for people with brown skin. “There was a particular construction of targeted groups that were seen as enemies of the U.S.,” Maira said. “That included a whole plethora of brown people.” As discrimination against Muslims and Sikhs ran rampant and brown Americans were increasingly targeted with bias and...
While disagreements are common when people describe the diaspora, many South Asians say they have no relationship at all to the terms “Asian” or “Asian American.” “South Asians don’t get included, and they’re not often recognized as being fully Asian American,” Maira said. Even with a reignited Asian American civil rights movement this year, South ...
- Sakshi Venkatraman
- Reporter
Ethnic groups in South Asia are ethnolinguistic groupings within the diverse populations of South Asia, including the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
However, there are many distinct ethnic communities, based on religion, language, race and caste who have not sought separate states. Moreover, the people of South Asia have several overlapping identities, particularly religion and culture. Thus, these sub-identities can breed diverse ethnic nationalism in South Asia.
