{"id":15304,"date":"2013-09-16T16:02:01","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T21:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/miss-america-pageant-puts-indian-americans-in-the-spotlight\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:29:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:29:20","slug":"miss-america-pageant-puts-indian-americans-in-the-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2013\/09\/16\/miss-america-pageant-puts-indian-americans-in-the-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Miss America pageant puts Indian Americans in the spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/social-trends\/2012\/06\/19\/the-rise-of-asian-americans\/2\/#chapter-1-portrait-of-asian-americans\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e6d4b8\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e6d4b8;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"305\" height=\"382\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/FT_miss-america-discrimination.png?resize=305,382 305w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-27637 not-transparent\" alt=\"FT_miss-america-discrimination\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/FT_miss-america-discrimination.png\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This past weekend, for the first time in its history, the Miss America pageant <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/09\/16\/showbiz\/miss-america-racist-reactions\/?hpt=hp_inthenews\">crowned an Indian American<\/a> as the winner. The announcement was followed by a barrage of <a href=\"http:\/\/newsfeed.time.com\/2013\/09\/16\/miss-america-victory-marred-by-racist-slurs\/\">tweets<\/a> disparaging the beauty queen\u2019s ethnic heritage and questioning whether her Indian background makes her less \u201cAmerican.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new Miss America is 24-year-old Nina Davuluri of Fayetteville, N.Y. Her parents emigrated from India 30 years ago. Davuluri, who is a graduate of the University of Michigan, plans to attend medical school and become a physician, like her father.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Indian American community, now numbering more than 3 million,\u00a0has notably high rates of education. According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/acs\/www\/data_documentation\/data_main\/\">American Community Survey<\/a>, seven-in-ten Indian Americans ages 25 and older have a college degree, compared with 28% of the general population. A Pew Research Center <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/social-trends\/2012\/06\/19\/the-rise-of-asian-americans\/2\/#chapter-1-portrait-of-asian-americans\">survey of Asian Americans<\/a> conducted in 2012 found that a majority of first-generation (foreign-born) Indian Americans (71%) cite educational or economic opportunities as the main reason they decided to move to the United States.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The survey also found that few Indian Americans (10%) say discrimination against their community is a major problem. Nearly half (48%) see discrimination as a minor problem, while 38% say it is not a problem at all. When asked about their personal experiences with discrimination, most Indian Americans (81%) say they have not been treated unfairly because of their national origin, but nearly a fifth (18%) say they have faced discrimination.\u00a0And while a large majority of Indian Americans (90%) say they have not been called offensive names, 10% say they have had that experience.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend, for the first time in its history, the Miss America pageant crowned an Indian American as the winner. 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