Cultural Stereotypes and Indian-Americans

Indian-Americans: Looking closer, though, curators are probing the history behind certain cultural stereotypes of this population of 3.3 million Americans in a new exhibit opening Thursday, according to 660 News. Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation is the Smithsonians first major exhibit to examine the history of Indian immigration to the United States and the influence of Indian-Americans. The exhibit is on view for at least a year and is expected to travel to 15 cities through 2019 and Indian-Americans are doctors, engineers, motel owners, taxi drivers and spelling bee champs just a few takeaways from a new exhibition at the Smithsonian. The influx of Indian doctors, for example, began in the 1960s as the U.S. needed more physicians for its new Medicare system, and immigration law opened the door to those with medical training. Later, the American inventors of Hotmail, the Pentium chip and fiber optics were all of Indian origin, perhaps because H-1B visas for engineers were a U.S. effort to remain competitive with the Soviet Union during the Cold War. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.