IndianAmerican/AmericanIndian
@yugasini (12893)
Secunderabad, India
September 16, 2015 6:36am CST
Hi Mylot Friends,
Do you find any difference in these words, My grand male child was born in San Antanio,Texas, USA. So now my grand son will be called as IndianAmerican or IndianAmerican. He was born to Indians both father and mother are Indians. If we join that child in Indian schools we have to mention his nationality how?
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@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
16 Sep 15
There is a difference in the meaning of those two.
The term American Indian is still used for Native Americans here even though it is wrong . In fact, if you search up American Indian you will get mostly Native Americans rather than true Indians from India.
Your Grandchild would be called Indian American.
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@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
16 Sep 15
His nationality is 'American' because he was born in America and is therefore an American citizen by birth. His ethnicity or race is 'Indian' since both his parents are Indian. 'Indian-American' is not a valid option for either category because 'American' is not an ethnicity and there is no such thing as an 'Indian-American' nation. American Indian would lead to a lot of confusion because it is still used quite often to describe Native - aboriginal - Americans.
I get very hot under the collar about some of these questionnaires which give a limited number of options. I object, for example, to being asked to say whether I am White or Black (and yes, I have seen those options quite recently!): it may matter to a skin specialist (or a hairdresser or beautician), perhaps, but there is no way that it's the concern of anyone else how much or how little melanin there is in my epidermis!
@foxii2000 (32)
• Midland, Michigan
16 Sep 15
Sometimes it matters because certain ethnicities are more or less likely to suffer from certain heath ailments than others. So in matters of healthcare, it matters. Other areas, perhaps not so much!
@hora_fugit (5862)
• India
17 Sep 15
If I am not wrong, he is Indian not by birth but by other means...
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@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
18 Sep 15
@hora_fugit He would probably qualify for dual nationality, in fact, though it depends on the laws in India, so he may be both Indian and American by birth and could hold two passports. That still probably wouldn't make him eligible to put 'Indian American' as his nationality on a form, however, since no such nationality exists. 'Indian and American' would be the correct way to show it, if the need arose.
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