Sikhs & 2011 Census - Are Sikhs A Ethnicity?

[Khalasthan86]

Vaheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa Vaheguroo Jee Kee Fateh

Please have a look at the following document,

with has a case link, to Sikhs being seperate ethnic group.

http://sikhcensus.org/sikhs-and-ethnicity.pdf

Please spend a few minutes reading the document.

Vaheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa Vaheguroo Jee Kee Fateh

[Hammertime007]

A good chance to remove ourselves from the term "asian" a term which does us no favours.

[Khalasthan86]

A good chance to remove ourselves from the term "asian" a term which does us no favours.

The BBC doesn't always define the term 'Asian', so we become the prey of Hate crime.

[Hammertime007]

The BBC doesn't always define the term 'Asian', so we become the prey of Hate crime.

When the BBC report Pakistani grooming gangs they always report them as “Asian” this is an injustice to us, Chinese, Thai people and everyone else who us asian.

When you challenge the BBC on the subject like in the letter below they struggle to give a real answer, but if we withdraw ourselves from the term Asian then they will have to be specific.

Dear Sir/Madam. I wish to make a complaint about your use/abuse of the descriptive term "Asian" to generalise anyone from the continent of Asia and the sub continent of India.

It would seem that your use of the term is typically one of negativity when a particular group is in the news for reasons other than socially and culturally conducive reasons.

Many people are upset at the generalised term "Asian" when most of the population of the minorities who do come from the continent of Asia and the Indian Sub continent do not use this term.

Sikhs, Hindus, Buddhists, Chinese, Vietnamese, Burmese are all Asian, they can all be described under the terms of Asian and it is in my opinion quite wrong to generalise such a diverse swathe of people in this broad, sweeping inaccurate term.

It is something I feel that is in danger of creating a broad distrust of minorities in general. If one community is in the news for criminal and public order issues then they should be described specifically.

Yours Sincerley