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In parts of anglophone Africa, especially East Africa and in parts of the Caribbean, the term "Asian" is more commonly associated with people of South Asian origin, particularly Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis and Sri Lankans. [4] In South Africa the term "Asian" is also usually synonymous with the Indian race group. [5]
The terms Asian Indian and East Indian are used to avoid confusion with Native Americans in the United States, who are also referred to as "Indians" or "American Indians".
Particularly in North America and the Caribbean, the terms "Asian Indian" and "East Indian" are sometimes used to differentiate Indians from the indigenous peoples of the Americas. Although the misidentification of indigenous Americans as Indians occurred during the European colonization of the Americas , the term "Indian" is still used as an ...
In the United States, South Asian Americans have had a presence since the 1700s, emigrating from British India.Classically, they were known as East Indians or Hindoos (regardless of whether they were followers of Hinduism or not) in North America to differentiate them from the Native Americans, who were also known as Indians, as well as from Black West Indians.
Indian Americans are now the most populous Asian-alone group in the United States, according to a new report from the Census Bureau. They have surpassed Chinese Americans, who were previously the ...
A recent genetic study found 10-20% of Cebuano ancestry is attributable to South Asian (Indian) descent, [32] dated to a time when Precolonial Cebu practiced Hinduism. [33] As of 2018, there are over 120,000 Indians alone in the Philippines, not including illegal Indian immigrants or Filipinos of Indian descent living in the Philippines. [34]
Among South Asian Americans, the term may be considered divisive, as first generation South Asian Americans use it to criticize the Americanization and the lack of belonging to Indian Asian culture they perceive in their second-generation peers or children.
Indian Canadians are Canadians who have ancestry from India.The term East Indian is sometimes used to avoid confusion with Indigenous groups.Categorically, Indian Canadians comprise a subgroup of South Asian Canadians which is a further subgroup of Asian Canadians.