Democratic candidate of Indian descent faces racist attack from teabaggers in Illinois

(Raja) Krishamoorthi (a Democratic Congressional candidate of Indian-origin) decided to participate in a previously planned protest outside the event (the TeaCon 2011 Convention) to show his opposition to Tea Party grandstanding and demonstrate his commitment to protecting the interests of his constituents.

During the protest, Krishamoorthi was singled out by Tea Party activists, who later published his profile on the conservative blog "biggovernment. org". While the profile labels Krishamoorthi as a communist, the comments on the page go much further, showing distinct racist undertones and stereotyping the Indian-American community.

Readers insinuated that Krishamoorthi was an illegal immigrant, writing "Love that immigration act of '65", despite the fact that he legally emigrated from India with his parents when he was 3 months old.

Reacting to the attacks, Mike Murray, Krishamoorthi's campaign spokesman, said "The fact that these divisive and discriminatory comments are not chastised shows the racist undertones of the Tea Party, and a more professional news outlet would have deleted them immediately". Krishnamoorthi said, "It's sad to see political discourse sink into bigotry and willful ignorance." ... Krishnamoorthi will be running for election in the Democratic primary on March 20th, and if elected would be the only South Asian serving in the US Congress.

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/us-indoorigin-candidate-faces-racist-attack/222379-2.html

Guess Indian-Americans can join African-Americans and Hispanic Americans as the targets of teabagger wrath.

Interesting that if elected he will be the only South Asian in congress. I read that 14% of Canada's parliament are immigrants while, AFAIK, there are no immigrants in the US congress. Even though he immigrated at age 3-months, Krishamoorthi would qualify if he gets elected.