Ten days ago nobody had heard of him but now googling Rahul Dubey generates 17,000,000 results. This Indian-American has got inextricably linked to the unfolding events in America in the wake of George Floyd’s killing, and shows that actions speak louder than words.
Browsing: The Indian-Americans
In a reprieve for the Dreamers, as they are known, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision finding that the Trump administration’s termination of DACA was judicially reviewable and done in an arbitrary and capricious way that violated federal law.
I can’t breathe” were the last words of George Floyd, an unarmed, handcuffed black man in Minneapolis who died in custody, his neck pressed under the knee of a white policeman for 8 minutes and 46 seconds while three other officers stood and watched.
It’s been called a pandemic within a pandemic. America has been hit by a double whammy – the coronavirus which has claimed over 110,000 lives and another virus which has infected it for over 400 years – and that is the virus of racism
Kamala Harris, for the People’ is the new mantra of the US Senator from California who has dedicated her life to fighting for ordinary people, and she likes to use three words as an introduction to who she really is: “Tough. Principled. Fearless.” She proved this first when she became the first African-American, the first South Asian, and the very first woman to serve as Attorney General of the State of California.
“You know, growing up as an immigrant is inherently political: there’s a constant struggle to fit in, to overcompensate for ‘how American you are’ to prove that you belong” – Suraj Patel, on running for US Congress
Census 2020 is a snapshot of the American family. The South Asian community has expanded over the last decade but we can’t tell its story effectively if we don’t participate and get counted.
You could call them some of the most desirable voters in America that any political party would love to have in their ranks. Indeed, Indian-Americans seem to be in all 50 states and are strong players in the American political scene.So how is this viable block of American citizens going to vote in the upcoming presidential elections? Will they vote for a Democrat in the White House or four more years for Donald J. Trump?
Now in the 2020’s, we are certainly seeing more action. It’s a groundswell with Indian-Americans in the corridors of power, in think-tanks, political campaigns, in community organizations and often as commentators on national television.
Meet Senator Elizabeth Warren’s India connection – her Indian-American son-in-law from Uttar Pradesh and her three grandchildren of mixed Indian-American heritage.
Zarna Garg, who had been a practicing lawyer, left the field for 15 years to bring up her children. At 44 she was looking to jumpstart her career – but once again on her own terms – now as a writer and stand-up comic.
“we’re both fighting for something universal and something specific, and the specificity is about being an Indian-American, a desi Muslim American running to represent our communities which have been shut out of the conversation for far too long.”
The 800 lb gorilla in America is still the issue of immigration and affects so many lives. Be it the construction of the border wall, detention centers, the elimination of chain migration and the visa lottery and the limbo lives of so many green card hopefuls – most of them Indian and the possibility they may still be waiting 50 years later.
Yet as South Asians turn to political activism and support civic organisations that fight for immigrant rights and human rights in America, we see some famous names in the arts taking on these issues on television and on the big screen.
“We should never forget the roots of America’s Gay Liberation, which is the Stonewall riots of ‘69. My family immigrated to America from Kuwait in 1997. I was 18 and started college. I struggled with coming out publicly for many years.”
Meet the Boss Ladies of the 2020 Elections, creating a new political narrative.
Senator Kamala Harris has pulled out of the US Presidential Race
Senator Elizabeth Warren’s daughter, Amelia, is married to Indian-American entrepreneur Sushil Tyagi. He opens up for the first time about Warren, calling her a fighter who knows exactly what families go through every day in America.
the first time in a generation, the swing state of Virginia went completely blue and this is partly thanks to the strong showing of two Indian-American candidates – Suhas Subramanyam and Ghazala Hashmi.
Mayor Bill de Blasio hosted a Diwali reception at Gracie Mansion and declared ‘Maulik Pancholy Day’ in New York to honor the actor-activist.
t was his smile that many people remember first. His warm, spontaneous smile. And of course, his turban which he wore proudly on his head, like a crown.