Social Realities of Indian Americans: Findings From the 2020 Indian American Attitudes Survey

June 9, 2021 at 12:00 to 1:05 p.m. EDT
Live Online

As the number of Indian Americans in the United States has swelled north of 4 million, the community’s diversity has also increased and yet there is surprisingly little systematic data on the everyday social realities of Indian Americans. How do Indian Americans relate to the broader Asian American community? How do they navigate the competing forces of assimilation and integration? And, as the United States witnesses a resurgence of violence and hate speech targeting Asian Americans, how does it affect Americans of Indian origin?

Join us for an in-depth conversation—co-hosted by The Asian American Foundation and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP)—concerning a new study on the Indian American community, which draws on the 2020 Indian American Attitudes Survey (IAAS).

Speakers

• Sumitra Badrinathan is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Oxford.
• Devesh Kapur is the Starr Foundation professor of South Asian studies and director of Asia Programs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
• Satjeet Kaur is the executive director of the Sikh Coalition.
• Hope King is a business reporter at Axios.
• Neil G. Ruiz is associate director of race and ethnicity research at the Pew Research Center.
• Sonal Shah is the founding president of The Asian American Foundation.
• Hari Sreenivasan is the anchor of PBS NewsHour Weekend, a contributor for Amanpour & Company, and host of the Take on Fake YouTube series.
• Milan Vaishnav is the director of the South Asia Program and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.