Red, White, Blue, and Brown?: South Asian America Beyond Electoral Politics

The 2024 U.S. presidential election has opened up national discussions about the presence of people of South Asian origin in the United States. This talk will present a brief history of South Asian migration to the United States, highlighting the diversity of a diaspora that is often presented as monocultural. We will discuss how race, caste, class, gender, and religion have influenced, shaped, and informed who migrates and how South Asian Americans have positioned themselves throughout U.S. society and in relation to other racial and ethnic minorities.