“So, Are You Hindi?”

Immigration and the Current Social, Political, and Economic Climate ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-6918-3.ch021 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 373-391

Author(s):

M. Gail Hickey

Keyword(s):

South Asian ◽

Skin Color ◽

Religious Affiliation ◽

South Asians ◽

The United States ◽

Geographic Region ◽

South Asian Immigrants ◽

English Speaking ◽

American Society ◽

Migration Experiences

Immigrant children and adolescents living in the United States encounter significant stressors during the acculturation process, particularly in the schooling context. South Asian immigrants identify strongly with religious and geographic region background. This chapter investigates intersections between religion and education in U.S. South Asians' post-migration experiences in the American Midwest. Findings suggest South Asian children enrolled in U.S. schools are confronted daily by the duality between their parents' birth culture and mainstream values and traditions of the host culture. Participants and their families experience prejudice and racism in daily activities, including school. Prejudice ranges from judgments about English-speaking ability to doubts about the South Asian education system to prepare workers for U.S. jobs. Findings show religious affiliation, accent, skin color, and ethnic dress create barriers for South Asians trying to fit into everyday American society.

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‘So, Are You Hindi?'

Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration, and Leadership - Emerging Strategies for Public Education Reform ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-5695-5.ch003 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 58-83

Author(s):

M. Gail Hickey

Keyword(s):

South Asian ◽

Skin Color ◽

Religious Affiliation ◽

South Asians ◽

The United States ◽

Geographic Region ◽

School Activities ◽

American Society ◽

American Physical ◽

Physical Features

Immigrant children and adolescents living in the United States encounter significant stressors during the acculturation process, particularly in schools. South Asian immigrants tend to identify strongly with religious and geographic region background. This study investigates intersections between religion and education in U.S. South Asians' post-migration experiences in the American Midwest. Findings suggest South Asian children in U.S. schools are confronted daily by the duality between their parents' birth culture and mainstream values and traditions of the host culture. Participants and their families experience prejudice, discrimination, and racism as they engage in daily social, work, and school activities. Reported incidents of prejudice range from judgments about English-speaking ability to doubts about the South Asian education system to prepare workers for U.S. jobs. Findings show religious affiliation, foreign accent, skin color, ethnic dress, and non-Euro-American physical features create barriers for South Asians trying to fit into everyday American society.

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The Homeownership Hierarchies of Canada and the United States: The Housing Patterns of White and Non-White Immigrants of the past Thirty Years

International Migration Review ◽

10.1111/j.1747-7379.2007.00074.x ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 41 (2) ◽

pp. 433-465 ◽

Cited By ~ 34

Author(s):

Michael Haan

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Comparative Research ◽

Skin Color ◽

South Asians ◽

The United States ◽

Black Immigrants ◽

South Asian Immigrants ◽

The Past ◽

American Immigrant ◽

White Immigrants

In this paper two gaps in North American immigrant homeownership research are addressed. The first concerns the lack of studies (especially in Canada) that identify changes in homeownership rates by skin color over time, and the second relates to the shortage of comparative research between Canada and the United States on this topic. In this paper the homeownership levels and attainment rates of Black, Chinese, Filipino, White, and South Asian immigrants are compared in Canada and the United States for 1970/1971–2000/2001. For the most part, greater similarities than differences are found between the two countries. Both Canadian and U.S. Chinese and White immigrants have the highest adjusted homeownership rates of all groups, at times even exceeding comparably positioned native-born households. Black immigrants, on the other hand, tend to have the lowest ownership rates of all groups, particularly in the United States, with Filipinos and South Asians situated between these extremes. Most of these differences stem from disparities that exist at arrival, however, and not from differential advancement into homeownership.

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Review for "Indirect experiences with domestic violence and help-seeking preferences among south asian immigrants in the United States"

10.1002/jcop.22492/v1/review1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Rashmi Goel

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Domestic Violence ◽

South Asian ◽

Help Seeking ◽

The United States ◽

Asian Immigrants ◽

South Asian Immigrants

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Domestic Violence Victimization among South Asian Immigrant Men and Women in the United States

Journal of Interpersonal Violence ◽

10.1177/08862605211015262 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 088626052110152

Author(s):

Abha Rai ◽

Y. Joon Choi

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Domestic Violence ◽

South Asian ◽

South Asians ◽

The United States ◽

Asian Immigrant ◽

Men And Women ◽

Violence Victimization ◽

Immigrant Men ◽

South Asian Immigrant

Domestic violence is a pernicious social problem in the United States and a cause of national concern. The South Asian culture disempowers individuals experiencing domestic violence from recognizing and reporting victimization. Structural inequities may also discourage reporting victimization. These issues have led to inconsistent findings of domestic violence prevalence rates. Additionally, domestic violence studies with South Asians in the United States have predominantly focused on women, omitting men from this purview of research. The purpose of this study was to examine domestic violence victimization rates as well as their correlates among South Asian immigrant men and women. The sample for this cross-sectional study included 468 South Asians across the 50 U.S. states. Descriptive statistics were used to establish rates of domestic violence victimization. Hierarchical logistic regression was used to examine the correlates of domestic violence victimization. All of the sociodemographic information was added in step 1, and acculturation and gender-role attitudes were added as covariates in step 2. The most prevalent type of domestic violence victimization was physical violence (48%), followed by emotional (38%), economic (35%), verbal (27%), immigration-related (26%), in-laws related (19%), and ultimately sexual abuse (11%). Prevalence rates were higher for women than for men in each type of violence. According to the logistic regression results, education, generational position, family type, and employment were significant correlates of domestic violence victimization. Prior to development of prevention programs by community agencies, it is essential to understand the nature and prevalence of domestic violence experiences among South Asians. The victimization of men in addition to women adds to the novelty of this research study and paves the way for practitioners and scholars to engage in conversations about providing both male and female victims of domestic violence with the needed resources and support. The article will discuss implications for research, practice, and policy.

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A DYSTOPIAN VISION IN THE PALACE OF ILLUSION- A CRITICAL STUDY

10.36106/ijsr/6134082 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 11-12

Author(s):

Simran Siwach

Keyword(s):

South Asian ◽

The United States ◽

Asian Immigrants ◽

Critical Study ◽

Psychological Approach ◽

South Asian Immigrants ◽

Indian American ◽

Alternative Perspective ◽

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ◽

Indian Epic

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an author, poet, activist and professor. She is considered an Indian American writer. Divakaruni often focuses on the experience of South Asian immigrants and her works are largely set in India and the United States. The present paper deals with the reading of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's remarkable historical ction- “The Palace of Illusion”. A number of researches have been done on this work with a Feminist and Psychological approach. This research paper will attempt the analyzing the work with an alternative perspective which is a Dystopian vision. With answering these questions- How Divakaruni's work- 'The palace of Illusion' is re-imaging the protagonist's perspective in a dystopian society instead of retelling the Indian epic? How dystopian vision is an appropriate choice for analyzing the present work? The paper will also argue that Dystopia is not just bounded to science ction although it can also be related to other genres of ction.

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Univision, Telemundo, and the Rise of Spanish-Language Television in the United States

10.5744/florida/9781683401643.001.0001 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Craig Allen

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Mass Communication ◽

The United States ◽

Spanish Language ◽

Spanish Speaking ◽

History Of ◽

English Speaking ◽

American Society ◽

The U.S

The first completely researched history of U.S. Spanish-language television traces the rise of two foremost, if widely unrecognized, modern American enterprises—the Spanish-language networks Univision and Telemundo. It is a standard scholarly history constructed from archives, original interviews, reportage, and other public materials. Occasioned by the public’s wakening to a “Latinization” of the U.S., the book demonstrates that the emergence of Spanish-language television as a force in mass communication is essential to understanding the increasing role of Latinos and Latino affairs in modern American society. It argues that a combination of foreign and domestic entrepreneurs and innovators who overcame large odds resolves a significant and timely question: In an English-speaking country, how could a Spanish-speaking institution have emerged? Through exploration of significant and colorful pioneers, continuing conflicts and setbacks, landmark strides, and ongoing controversies—and with revelations that include regulatory indecision, behind-the-scenes tug-of-war, and the internationalization of U.S. mass media—the rise of a Spanish-language institution in the English-speaking U.S. is explained. Nine chapters that begin with Spanish-language television’s inception in 1961 and end 2012 chronologically narrate the endeavor’s first 50 years. Events, passages, and themes are thoroughly referenced.

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Promoting allyship among South Asian and Arab Muslims toward Black and Latino/a Muslims in American Islamic centers

10.31234/osf.io/gjz4c ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Nausheen Pasha-Zaidi ◽

Meg Aum Warren ◽

Yvonne Pilar El Ashmawi ◽

Neneh Kowai-Bell

Keyword(s):

South Asian ◽

South Asians ◽

The United States ◽

Muslim Americans ◽

Social Categories ◽

Islam In America ◽

The Us ◽

Racial Dialogue ◽

Muslim Communities ◽

Black And Latino

Increased social justice awareness in the United States and shifting demographics are giving birth to a more diverse and egalitarian generation. Improving relations across social categories has been a key topic in di-versity, equity, and inclusion work, but less emphasis has been placed on cross-racial allyship within mi-nority populations. While allyship in racial contexts is often perceived as a White versus non-White issue, this binary position erases the diversity that exists within communities of color. A dichotomous approach to allyship that positions White heterosexual males as the primary holders of privilege does not address the disparities that exist within and across minoritized communities. While Arabs and South Asians are minori-ties in the US on a macrolevel, they often hold privileged positions in Islamic centers and other Muslim spaces—even though Black Americans make up a larger percentage of the Muslim population. Additional-ly, there is an increasing number of Latino/a Muslims in the US, but they are often invisible in larger con-versations about Islam in America as well as in discourse among Muslim Americans. In this chapter, we explore the concept of allyship and how South Asian and Arab Muslims can support and advocate for Black and Latino/a Muslims in American Islamic centers. We also discuss Islamophobia in the US as well as the anti-Blackness and racism that exists within Muslim communities and provide suggestions on how Islamic centers can serve as spaces of allyship and cross-racial dialogue.

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