Author: Janki Kaneria

Janki Kaneria is counsel at the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, a nonprofit that aims to support families and communities in their efforts to dismantle structural racism and oppression, and is based in Durham, N.C. She is a former public defender at the Mecklenburg County Public Defender’s Office. Find her on social media: @janki_kaneria)

South Asian Representation Will Not Liberate Us. South Asian Solidarity Will.

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The United States has entered into a cyclone of “historic firsts” for Indian Americans—from the GOP presidential bids of businessman Vivek Ramaswamy and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, to the whirlwind Democratic nomination of Vice President Kamala Harris.

But these moments of mainstream attention offer a unique opportunity for the American public, and specifically South Asian Americans, to move past celebrating identity politics and to invest in liberation politics.