Racism against Asians?

[Huckleberry3911948]

it happens. im 1/2 asian. i think asian issues are understated. dont get the exposure of AA or latinos. discrimination is not a white problem and never should have been handled as such. its our problem all of us. way too much of it. i have a dream.

[nkundambatware]

But there is alot of discrimination against foreign students at IUPUI that any other school that I have attended

[grmasterb]

Originally Posted by nkundambatware

But there is alot of discrimination against foreign students at IUPUI that any other school that I have attended

In what way?

Also, just how many schools have you attended? Do you frequently change schools, or are you a professional student?

[chalcedony]

Weird that someone would revive a year-old post to talk about IUPUI (and for his/her first post ever). I was visiting IUPUI campus a few weeks ago for the first time ever and was amazed at how diverse it was. My guess is the student population at IUPUI is nearly 40% nonwhite, with a huge foreign-born and international contingent. I would have expected this from IU or Purdue, but IUPUI draws far more homegrown kids from the Indianapolis area. More proof that Indy is increasingly becoming a diverse place; I think I read recently that it had the 3rd fastest growing immigrant population of any city in the country.

[dave.dawsn]

Originally Posted by Kroop

Hello!

I'm a Southeast Asian undergrad student in the UK who's about to go study at IUPUI in a few months. I've heard lots of people tell me that Indianapolis isn't very Asian friendly (and that Bloomington is a much better place apparently), and that I should expect a lot of redneck sentiments. I'm really looking forward to studying there, but since I've never been to Indianapolis, I'm a bit worried about how bad the racism can get.

Before coming to the UK, I was living in a Southeast Asian country so it was fine, but here I get a few "ching chong ping pong/what the hell are you doing with our tax money/etc." comments. Does it get much worse than that in Indianapolis?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

I don't know who suggested that Indy has a racist attitude toward Asians, but I have never experienced it here. In fact, as a college student at IU in Bloomington, I heard many, many more snarky comments about the Asian students than I ever heard growing up in Indianapolis or living here since I graduated.

You won't find a "Chinatown" or "little Italy" like the largest cities in America, but Indy is a big city with a lot of different ethnic communities. I would honestly be shocked if you felt anything but welcome here.

Welcome to Indianapolis. Good luck at IUPUI.