 In 1930 and 1940, "Indian Americans" were identified as a separate race, "Hindu", and in 1950 and 1960 they were racially classified as "Other Race", and then in 1970 they were classified as "White".Since 1980, Indians and all other South Asians have been classified as part of the Asian ethnic group.Sociologist Madhulika Khandelwal described how ""...as a result of activism, South Asians came to be included as 'Asians' in the census only in the 80's.