Sakshi Venkatraman is a reporter for NBC Asian America.
Addressing a crowd of Indian Americans this week, Vice President Kamala Harris asserted the importance of South Asians running for office, saying there’s not nearly enough compared to the group’s size in the U.S. Indian Americans are now the most populous “Asian-alone” group in the country, surpassing Chinese Americans in September. This means 4.4 million people identified themselves as “Indian-alone” — or 100% Indian — on the 2020 U.S. Census, marking a 55% increase over the course of a decade.
The progressive organization Hindus for Human Rights staged a walkout during Harris’ speech at the Desis Decide summit in protest of the Biden administration’s handling of Israel’s war in Gaza. “Our tradition of speaking out against injustice is part of a long and proud political movement inspired by figures like Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, who used their faith as a foundation for social and political activism,” the group said in a news release.
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