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I attended a recent political fundraiser where most of the people were wealthy indian-americans (on the east coast). Almost all of the group are Democrats but everyone said they had donated money to Neel Kashkari's CA gov bid.
I asked them if they had done the same in the past for Bobby Jindal or Nikki Haley's campaigns and none of them had.
Now all three are Republicans (though Kashkari is socially much more in line with D's....pro choice, pro ssm, supports enhanced background checks on firearms, etc).
Everyone pretty much said, with Neel - he isn't a 'sell out' or acts 'ashamed' of his roots - he never changed his name, his religion, etc.
However with the two southern governors, the attendees felt that they were sellouts to some extent - i.e. essentially saying that their actions seemed to indicate they had to 'walk back' on their ethnicity/culture in order to have political viability in the south.
Very interesting that it isn't "republican" that is an issue with this donor group but a sense of respect.
As a Mexican-American, I certainly can sympathize with what they are saying. Even when you look at ppl like Ted Cruz or Sen Rubio, you don't hear them talking about their roots either. But then again, at least they kept their Hispanic surnames. I knew a Persian physician once who scorned the popular tennis player Andre Agassi because he denied his half Persian roots. It's only natural to scorn someone from your tribe who is like that.
I attended a recent political fundraiser where most of the people were wealthy indian-americans (on the east coast). Almost all of the group are Democrats but everyone said they had donated money to Neel Kashkari's CA gov bid.
I asked them if they had done the same in the past for Bobby Jindal or Nikki Haley's campaigns and none of them had.
Now all three are Republicans (though Kashkari is socially much more in line with D's....pro choice, pro ssm, supports enhanced background checks on firearms, etc).
Everyone pretty much said, with Neel - he isn't a 'sell out' or acts 'ashamed' of his roots - he never changed his name, his religion, etc.
However with the two southern governors, the attendees felt that they were sellouts to some extent - i.e. essentially saying that their actions seemed to indicate they had to 'walk back' on their ethnicity/culture in order to have political viability in the south.
Very interesting that it isn't "republican" that is an issue with this donor group but a sense of respect.
Uh; there's NOTHING wrong with having an "anglo" 1st name, it def helps and that goes for ANY race of people here in the US. Word is France only allows "French" sounding names to be given to new born babies there. Even tho about 1 French person in 10 is of "Hispanic" family, the French name rule applies to them.
As a Mexican-American, I certainly can sympathize with what they are saying. Even when you look at ppl like Ted Cruz or Sen Rubio, you don't hear them talking about their roots either. But then again, at least they kept their Hispanic surnames. I knew a Persian physician once who scorned the popular tennis player Andre Agassi because he denied his half Persian roots. It's only natural to scorn someone from your tribe who is like that.
Maybe because Mr Agassi's "tribe" is the US, not where his dad's family came from so he decided to fit in even tho "Andre" is def "ethnic".
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indian-americans are the highest earning ethnicity in the country.
