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DESCRIPTION:"Race\, Religion\, and the Political Incorporation of Contempor
 ary Immigrants." &nbsp\;Prema Kurien\, Professor of Sociology at the Syrac
 use University Maxwell School.&nbsp\;Using a case study of Indian American
 s\, my presentation will examine how race and religion interact to shape t
 he political mobilization of contemporary immigrants. Indian Americans are
  becoming politically active. What is particularly striking about this gro
 up is that they have mobilized around a variety of identities to influence
  U.S. policy. Some identify as Indian Americans\, others as South Asians\,
  and yet others on the basis of religious identity as Hindus\, Muslims\, S
 ikhs\, and Christians. A growing group identifies in terms of their party 
 affiliation as Democrats and Republicans. There is also an adult\, second-
 generation population that is getting involved in civic and political acti
 vism in very different ways than from their parents' generation. My resear
 ch focused on a variety of Indian American advocacy organizations and foun
 d that differing understandings of race\, as well as majority/minority sta
 tus in India and in the United States produced much of the variation in th
 e patterns of civic and political activism of the various groups.&nbsp\;Pi
 zza will be served. &nbsp\;Follow us on Facebook at: PARCCatMaxwell\, twee
 t #ConvolnConflict.&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:Conversations in Conflict Studies presents: Prema Kurien
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p></p><p><b>"Race\, Religion\, and the Politi
 cal Incorporation of Contemporary Immigrants." &nbsp\;</b><i>Prema Kurien<
 /i>\, Professor of Sociology at the Syracuse University Maxwell School.&nb
 sp\;<br>Using a case study of Indian Americans\, my presentation will exam
 ine how race and religion interact to shape the political mobilization of 
 contemporary immigrants. Indian Americans are becoming politically active.
  What is particularly striking about this group is that they have mobilize
 d around a variety of identities to influence U.S. policy. Some identify a
 s Indian Americans\, others as South Asians\, and yet others on the basis 
 of religious identity as Hindus\, Muslims\, Sikhs\, and Christians. A grow
 ing group identifies in terms of their party affiliation as Democrats and 
 Republicans. There is also an adult\, second-generation population that is
  getting involved in civic and political activism in very different ways t
 han from their parents' generation. My research focused on a variety of In
 dian American advocacy organizations and found that differing understandin
 gs of race\, as well as majority/minority status in India and in the Unite
 d States produced much of the variation in the patterns of civic and polit
 ical activism of the various groups.&nbsp\;</p><p>Pizza will be served. &n
 bsp\;Follow us on Facebook at: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PARCCatMa
 xwell" title="PARCCatMaxwell">PARCCatMaxwell</a>\, tweet #ConvolnConflict.
 <br>&nbsp\;<br></p><p></p>
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