I love what they do here:

It's a Bollywood/Hollywood reflection on being Indian in America.

This went over my head.

in his party.


btw, there are many irish, italian, greek etc americans who will never give up that identity including right wingers.

when jindal speaks out against irish american , italian american etc events being held then he may be honest with what he is saying.

but he will never speak out against those events.

he just wants to be loved by racist whites and not be hated for being brown.

But this attitude, of "whiteness" being absolutely central to their existence/ego/what have you, is actually rather more prevalent amongst WASPs, even some who may be politically moderate, but most right-wingers above all, and perhaps especially if they're from the areas that used to be plantation country in the South(Not trying to South-bash here as I'm from Texas myself but the history'll back me up on this; it goes right back to the antebellum era).

the issue is not them.

it's about jindal and how he mostly has a problem with non whites .

jindal should call for an end to things like italian or irish events if he truly feels we shouldn't have hyphens and other shit he says.

but it's more about jindal feeling inferior because he is not white and wanting to be accepted by racists in his party.

Indeed, it's a shame that Jindal has chosen to prostrate himself before the RW, despite the fact that he knows that the racists amongst them will never fully accept him no matter what he does.

is WASP still accepted? I was told it is now a 'no-no'. And to anyone else who might question my question I consider myself White Anglo-Saxon Protestant. My grandparents and great grandparents settled in the mid-west before the family moved to the southwest.

I have suspected, for some time, that some conservatives may not like the word, because they perceive it to be some sort of slur.....although I'm sure some folks on the left feel that it's too old-fashioned to be of any legitimate use these days.

before this thread falls in DU history. Thanks for your reply.

But my ancient (5-yo) phone doesn't let me properly follow my Tweeps. I've used the term & didn't get slammed for it (that I know of).

Oh, and I am a WASP; 13th generation in the US. Tho I'm more of a WAS since I'm an atheist.

the guy makes me cringe with the way he is begging to be loved by racist whites.

He took "Bobby" from the Brady Bunch. Srsly!

His ethnicity is is irrelevant.

And not the cute donkey kind...

Well, her level best.

Jindal was born in Louisiana.

Yes, his parents are from India. So what?

Be raised with influence of that culture. This goes for anyone.

The thing is that it doesn't make anyone less american.

But Jindal isn't just about being American. It's more about him wanting to be white.

which destroyed Louisiana-filmed Benjamin Button at the Oscars.

An Asian-American. We live it everyday.. and people often remind us that we are..I don't mind really, I love talking about my Japanese culture... and Asian culture in General.

Jindal does, as far-fetched as the idea is. Actually, I'm surprised he made it to LA's gov mansion.

He must think that shedding his heritage mudt go along w/ shedding his religion. Now that he's a Christian theocrat, his Hindu past is a very black mark against him -- that crowd has no use f/ non-evangelicals.

I think if he were alive today, he would be disappointed in Jindal, not that Jindal would care..bobby would smack that lotus out of his hands... and probably drive it away!