#apida — Public Fediverse posts
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Our May newsletter is out, celebrating #APIDA Heritage Month, and featuring a new blog by lesbian autistic Latina Kayla Rodriguez
https://awnnetwork.org/may-awn-newsletter/ #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPI #APIDAHeritageMonth #StopAsianHate #DesiAmerican #AsianAmerican #PacificIslander -
It's Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Heritage Month!
We're so proud to have amazing APIDA disability advocates leading our organizations, including Lydia XZ Brown and Nancy Yang. Look for a newsletter soon highlighting more APIDA advocates!
#APIDAMonth #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPI #APIDA #AsianAmerican -
For the time, saw the term #APIDA History Month being used, apparently an "inclusive" update of #AAPI to include "Desi Americans."
I always hated the word #Desi, seeing it as a North Indian term & representative of cultural imposition. And it is - derived from Hindustani, and, according to Wikipedia its use is "usually restricted to Sanskrit-derived (Indo-Aryan) languages."
Of course, Indian-American identity has always been very North-Indian centric, unfortunately. So not surprising.