This study explored the experiences and contributions of South Asian Americans actively engaged in advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives within the realm of higher education. The research question that framed this study was: What are the lived experiences of South Asian American DEI educators in higher education? Supporting questions included: How do South Asian Americans who have embraced DEI work professionally understand our perceived success, the harms of racism, and our responsibility in the work of racial justice? Given these lived experiences, how do we consider our roles as DEI educators amid the Black-white continuum of racial justice in the United States? I employed a hermeneutic phenomenological methodology to understand the lived experiences of 10 DEI practitioners of South Asian descent across the United States. Three main findings emerged. The first theme, Aunties at the Function, describes how my participants experienced much of their work in terms of cultural events and hosting spaces. Subthemes included Jhaadu Crew, or the idea of cleaning up DEI messes for others; Invisibility, which described participants' feelings of being ignored or overlooked in meaningful DEI work; and Uncle Situation, which acknowledged the noticeably different experiences between male- and female-identified participants. The second main theme, Bridge Builders, detailed how participants make connections across different stakeholders to further DEI outcomes. Subthemes of this category include proximity to whiteness, or the subversive use of privileges to advocate for others, and "Masala Magic," a term I use to describe the way participants use their intersecting identities to engage meaningfully with others. Finally, the last theme, Some Skinfolk Ain't Kinfolk, describes the ways South Asian Americans harm one another, harm others, and how we navigate this potential for harm. Based on these findings, I developed a model called Mount White Supremacy, which demonstrates how South Asian Americans use their critical consciousness to scale the early peaks of the mountain (i.e., model minority myth and perpetual foreigner stereotype) and illuminates a new peak on the mountain: the fetishization of Black folks, another outworking of white supremacy. This study offers a fresh perspective on the tools, resources, and community wealth South Asian Americans bring to DEI work, as well as illuminating ways higher education can address the more insidious forms of white supremacy in DEI spaces within higher education. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]