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UNITED SIKHS is a civil and human rights, humanitarian aid non profit organization and disaster relief non-governmental organization which is also a United Nations affiliated group. The concept of UNITED SIKHS was conceived in 1999 by three Sikh Americans.[1] It is international in scope and aims to help people regardless of color, race, gender, nationality or creed.
UNITED SIKHS led a campaign to have U.S. Census Bureau recognize Sikhs as a separate ethnicity, which was successful on January 6, 2020. As a result, Sikhs are regarded as different from Asian Indian category.[2][3][4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Haynes, Jeffrey (2008). Routledge Handbook of Religion and Politics. Routledge. p. 318. ISBN 9781134121779.
- ^ United Sikhs Request for Ethnic Designation Sparks Confusion and Debate, November 6, 2018, Ravleen Kaur
- ^ US Census '20 to include SIKHS as separate Ethnic Group, SikhNet, January 6, 2020,
- ^ HISTORIC VICTORY: SIKHS TO BE COUNTED AS SEPARATE ETHNIC GROUP IN U.S. CENSUS 2020, 1/21/2020
- ^ Sikhs to be counted as separate ethnic group in US census for first time, The Pluralism Project, Harvard University, January 15, 2020
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