Discrimination against Indian Americans happens more than you might think

Violence and prejudice against Asian Americans have increased markedly in recent months. While the United States has a long history of bigotry against immigrants of color going back to the late 19th century, the growing hostility toward people of Asian origin in the wake of the devastating coronavirus pandemic casts a new spotlight on the discrimination many Asian immigrant populations experience in the United States.

Much of the recent media attention has focused — rightly, in our view — on Americans of East Asian descent. But to what extent are immigrants of South Asian heritage also victims of bias and discrimination? To shed light on this question, we carried out an original survey of Indian Americans, who make up the second-largest immigrant community in the United States.

The results reveal widespread perceptions of discrimination against Indian Americans on multiple grounds. CONTINUED

Sumitra Badrinathan, Devesh Kapur, Jonathan Kay & Milan Vaishnav, Monkey Cage


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