Khyati Joshi | Source | Professor of Education at Fairleigh Dickinson University
Khyati Y. Joshi is a public intellectual whose social science research and community connections inform policy-makers, educators, and everyday people about race, religion, and immigration in 21st century America. She has lectured around the world and published ground-breaking scholarly and popular work in her field, while also serving as an advisor to policy-makers and as a leader in the South Asian American community.
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Sri will bring the experience of being Indian, biracial and of growing up in an immigrant community. As everyday people see someone whose life experience resembles theirs having a seat at tables of political power, they also see the power of their vote and a reason to get involved.
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Asian Americans are considered forever foreigners. It is why you can have a third or fourth generation Asian American and it’s constantly, ‘You’re not from here.’
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One is more likely going to find right-wing groups in the first generation, among immigrants. The pull for Trump is not just his romance with Modi, but the fact that Trump sold himself as a successful businessman.
28 April 2021
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US election: Why are more Indian-Americans backing Trump?Indian-American voters have long been left-leaning, but a slight conservative shift this election could give Trump a boost in swing states. -
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Asian Americans are victims of hate crimes since coronavirus outbreak. N.J. congressman Kim says action is needed."Whenever there's a crisis in America, there is a history of wanting to blame people," said Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Wash. -
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Democrats hope to turn Texas blue — in part by banking on Asian AmericansIf Sri Kulkarni and others win in Texas, relying on Asian Americans will become the norm in the Democratic Party, an expert believes.
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Fairleigh Dickinson University
Professor of Education