So I thought it would be fun to post a diary informing people about Indian-Americans and their contributions to American society. Now to avoid misunderstandings I have had in the past this is not an ethnicity is better than your ethnicity diary it’s information about my ethnicity diary. I hope you all find it informative. I was thinking I could also do this Dwight Schrute style. Hopefully I won’t get sued by NBC =)
Fact: Hinduism subscribes to monotheism So I know not all Indian-Americans are Hindu but this is a misconception that has been bugging me. In Hinduism there is one god and many forms. I believe at the last count it was around 330 million or so.
Fact: Indian-Americans are a largely employed in the professional and managerial field. About 57.7% of Indian-Americans work in this field, contrary to the popular stereotype that all Indians are taxi cab drivers and convenient store owners. According to the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, there are close to 41,000 Indian American doctors. Also 64% of Indians have their Bachelor’s degree and 40% of them have a Master’s or other professional degree. There are nearly 200,000 Indian-American millionaires and they have the highest median income among any minority group.
Fact: Indian-Americans are mostly socially conservative and politically liberal. I’m not saying this is true for all Indian-Americans but the ones I know usually are the same on issues: you drink very little if at all, you don’t smoke, you don’t have sex till you married, among other issues but all are Democrats. In fact polls prior the 2004 election showed Indian-Americans favoring Kerry to Bush by nearly a 4-1 margin.
Finally here are some notable Indian-Americans Piyush "Bobby" Jindal: First Indian-American governor of the US. Kumar Barve: Majority leader in the Maryland Hose of Delegates. Aasif Mandvi: Daily Show Correspondent Kal Penn: Actor
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Fact: Hinduism subscribes to monotheism
So I know not all Indian-Americans are Hindu but this is a misconception that has been bugging me. In Hinduism there is one god and many forms. I believe at the last count it was around 330 million or so.
Fact: Indian-Americans are a largely employed in the professional and managerial field.
About 57.7% of Indian-Americans work in this field, contrary to the popular stereotype that all Indians are taxi cab drivers and convenient store owners. According to the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, there are close to 41,000 Indian American doctors. Also 64% of Indians have their Bachelor’s degree and 40% of them have a Master’s or other professional degree. There are nearly 200,000 Indian-American millionaires and they have the highest median income among any minority group.
Fact: Indian-Americans are mostly socially conservative and politically liberal.
I’m not saying this is true for all Indian-Americans but the ones I know usually are the same on issues: you drink very little if at all, you don’t smoke, you don’t have sex till you married, among other issues but all are Democrats. In fact polls prior the 2004 election showed Indian-Americans favoring Kerry to Bush by nearly a 4-1 margin.
Finally here are some notable Indian-Americans
Piyush “Bobby” Jindal: First Indian-American governor of the US.
Kumar Barve: Majority leader in the Maryland Hose of Delegates.
Aasif Mandvi: Daily Show Correspondent
Kal Penn: Actor
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You should comment about Delegate Kumar Barve's recent drunk driving arrest. I hear he's in favor of tougher drinking and driving laws. That's ironic, isn't it?
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