Is an Indian from India an Asian Pacific Islander American?

[Techie333]

my friend wants to know.......for legal purposes

 

[MaxDSP]

Id say its a possibility

 

[amnesiac]

Asian American, possibly, but Pacific Islander, no.

 

[gotsmack]

India doesn't even touch the Pacific ocean, nor is it an island so I have no idea why he would think he is a Pacific islander. I wonder what he should check on the national origins box on surveys and stuff.

 

[ElFenix]

well, if india was an island in the pacific, then yes. but last i checked, it wasn't. i could be wrong though.

 

[hdeck]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
well, if india was an island in the pacific, then yes. but last i checked, it wasn't. i could be wrong though.

that UT edumacating has done you well my boy

 

[UNCjigga]

No way he's a Pacific Islander unless he's from Fiji. Now them damn Injuns from Trinidad and Tobago...who knows what they go as...

 

[MisterPresident]

Well I remember on the SAT, there was one bubble for Asian/Pacific Islander. I always checked that one. (I'm from India)

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: hdeck

Originally posted by: ElFenix
well, if india was an island in the pacific, then yes. but last i checked, it wasn't. i could be wrong though.

that UT edumacating has done you well my boy

i learned that in the katy ghetto

 

[Crimzon]

I don't know why you checked Asian/Pacific Islander, the reason they put those two together was because a lot of the islands there are in "Asia" but they don't consider themselves asian. I never checked that box, I always put other, or sometimes there was a box like: Indian (India).

I think it's rather sad how Indians calling themselves Indian can cause so much confusion because everyone has associated that name with Native Americans. Even looking at me in person, when I say Indian people still go... from India? Pfft.

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: Techie333
my friend wants to know.......for legal purposes

What are the other choices? Is there a South Asian?

 

[Spac3d]

Asian American? Yes
Pacific Islander? No
of Asian/Pacific Island decent? Yes

Hope that helps.

Spac3d

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: Spac3d
Asian American? Yes
Pacific Islander? No
of Asian/Pacific Island decent? Yes

Hope that helps.

Spac3d

agreed

 

[TommyVercetti]

From what I have seen, at least in Texas forms only list Asian/Pacific Islander. They don't seperate out Asian and Pacfic Islander. Tell him to check that option.

 

[TommyVercetti]

Originally posted by: Crimzon


I think it's rather sad how Indians calling themselves Indian can cause so much confusion because everyone has associated that name with Native Americans. Even looking at me in person, when I say Indian people still go... from India? Pfft.

Ha! I don't think a whole lot of people have even met a Native American person.

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

Although the designation was meant for Pacific Islands your friend would certainly qualify if he came from ANY island in Asia or the Pacific (Indonesia, Sri Lanka, parts of Bangladesh).

 

How in the world did your friend get India situated at the Pacific Islands? :Q I'm a little embarrassed if that means I never knew my map.

It helps to see I wasn't hallucinating when O saw India at South Asia. Now, I could understand if your friend or anyone else meant the Indians found at the Pacific Islands (for instance Indians in Fiji). But at India?

By the way, wouldn't "Asian Pacific Islander" be a tautology?

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

Ha! I don't think a whole lot of people have even met a Native American person.

How would you know. Although Native Americans make up less than 5% of the population they attend universities and colleges throughout the US. The notion of half naked men in headdress drinking at 2pm on the reservation is BS . . . most don't start drinking until at least 3 or 4.

 

[Peetoeng]

Originally posted by: Crimzon


I think it's rather sad how Indians calling themselves Indian can cause so much confusion because everyone has associated that name with Native Americans. Even looking at me in person, when I say Indian people still go... from India? Pfft.

So, Columbus made a gross error. Now, 500 years later you still follow it and blame the real Indian?

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

By the way, wouldn't "Asian Pacific Islander" be a tautology?

No b/c it meant to imply Island in the Pacific but not Japan/Taiwan furthermore many included islands are closer to the Americas than Asia.

 

I never call Native Americans "Indians" or "American Indians". And I never shall call them Indians. I think it's disrespect to them and to the real Indians. Asian Indians are Indians and Native Americans are Native Americans. I shall not be persuaded.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Is an Indian from India an Asian Pacific Islander American?

I actually don't understand the question.
Say what?