Talk:Bangladeshi American
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[edit] hmmm
I dislike this sentence –
- The overwhelming majority of Bangladeshi Americans are ethnically Bengalis.
This makes little sense to the average non-Indian/non-Bengali reader... in fact, I'm not quite sure what it means either. I'm assuming the writer meant that the majority are Indian Bengalis, not "Bangals". However, I won't make the distinction. I have dabbed [[Bengali]]s to [[Bengali people|Bengali]]s for now. — riana_dzasta • t • c • e • 03:53, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] About that sentence
What is meant by most Bangladeshi Americans being ethnically Bengali is that some immigrants from Bangladesh to America are actually not Bengali by language/ethnicity. There are many other ethnicities in Bangladesh, including Garos, Bodos, Santals, and Chakmas, many of whom have emigrated to the West. Their number is quite small, so I'm not surprised that not many know of this, but they exist and I felt it would be respectful to keep in mind that not all Bangladeshis are Bengali. --SameerKhan 07:55, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
- OK, I see what you mean. Thanks for clearing that up so well. Cheers, — riana_dzasta • t • c • e • 15:22, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Bangladeshi American
(See Talk: Pakistani American) The term Bangladeshi American seems semantically problematic to me for the same reason the term Pakistani American does. At least one person didn't agree with me on the Pakistani American issue and certainly won't here, either. Gringo300 (talk) 08:54, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
