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Louisiana elects first nonwhite governor since Reconstruction
CNN Online ^ | October 21, 2007 | AP

Posted on 10/21/2007 6:49:56 AM PDT by avacado

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal became the nation's youngest governor and the first nonwhite to hold post in Louisiana since Reconstruction when he carried more than half the vote to defeat 11 opponents.

Jindal, the Republican 36-year-old son of Indian immigrants, had 53 percent with 625,036 votes with about 92 percent of the vote tallied. It was more than enough to win Saturday's election outright and avoid a November 17 runoff.

"My mom and dad came to this country in pursuit of the American dream. And guess what happened. They found the American Dream to be alive and well right here in Louisiana," he said to cheers and applause at his victory party.

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When he takes office in January, Jindal will become the nation's youngest governor in office. He pledged to fight corruption and rid the state of those "feeding at the public trough," revisiting a campaign theme.

"They can either go quietly or they can go loudly, but either way, they will go," he said, adding that he would call the Legislature into special session to address ethics reform.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: election; governor; indianamericans; jindal; louisiana
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To: diefree
Well East Indians have caucasian facial features but most have dark skin, so while caucasian would technically be accurate, they're not "white" people by any literal definition of the word.

It's true alot of East Indian girls look very caucasian, basically seem like white girls with a dark tan. Here's the sexy Huma Naeem, a Jindal supporter:


Huma Naeem

I agree it's kind of silly to classify them as "Asian" when they have virtually nothing in common with people from Japan, China, Korea, etc.

Nevertheless, that IS how governments classify people descended from the India subcontinent... "East Asian". They are Indo-European by ethnicity but they not classified as "Caucasian" in the census.

101 posted on 10/21/2007 12:13:22 PM PDT by BillyBoy (FACT: Governors win. Senators DON'T. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it)
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To: null and void

“Aye, but the “Official” (and therefore Sacred) definitions do not correspond to the ethnographic definitions.”


The census definitions of racial classification are not “sacred.” They are merely advisory. Any person can list their race as whatever they consider themselves to be and it is possible to simply write in a race and not use the boxes provided at all.
Perhaps someone should inquire as to which racial classification box, if any Governor-elect Jindal and family checked on the 2000 census form.
What “ethnographic definitions” are you referring to? The Indian subcontinent is still situated on the Asian continent, is it not?
Mr. Jindal has referred in speeches to his ethnic/racial heritage as “Indian/South Asian.”


102 posted on 10/21/2007 12:22:51 PM PDT by jamese777
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To: jamese777
*shrug* I just tell the nosy-crats that if you go back far enough all of my ancestors came from Africa...
103 posted on 10/21/2007 12:36:38 PM PDT by null and void (Franz Kafka would have killed himself in despair if he lived in the world we inhabit today.)
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To: davisfh
Sadly I heard this from some also. They got what they deserved when blanko proved incompetent for the job.
104 posted on 10/21/2007 12:37:48 PM PDT by packrat35 (Politicians would be less worthless if they were edible, or useable for packing wheel bearings.)
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To: Fairview
I have some acquaintances like that, too: educated, sophisticated racists. And probably liberal.

I still remember the first time (and there have been many times since), the real reason that educated liberals like abortion so much. "Do you know how many babies 'they' would have otherwise", I was told. I didn't have to be told who 'they' was.

105 posted on 10/21/2007 12:46:30 PM PDT by packrat35 (Politicians would be less worthless if they were edible, or useable for packing wheel bearings.)
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To: jamese777
What “ethnographic definitions” are you referring to?

The classic Linnaean races are: Mongoloid, Caucasoid, and Negroid.

"Modern" thinking has Africans, Caucasians, East Asians, Oceanian, and Native Americans.

In terms of genetic diversity, there isn't a pinch of sh!t's worth of difference between them.

106 posted on 10/21/2007 12:54:54 PM PDT by null and void (Franz Kafka would have killed himself in despair if he lived in the world we inhabit today.)
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To: packrat35

Wasn’t that why Margaret Sanger started Planned Parenthood?
“They” were the Irish, Italians, Jews, Blacks, etc.


107 posted on 10/21/2007 1:10:13 PM PDT by diefree
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To: avacado

Congrats Bobby! Now show the country what a conservative practicing Catholic can and won’t do with the reins of power.


108 posted on 10/21/2007 1:18:30 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: ReignOfError

The word Aryan and Dravidian are politically debated and their application by europeans, iranians and so many other people only adds to the confusion. Its easier to use Caucasian, but Russians and other eastern white people dont regard them self as such. They use that word to identify those from the Caucas regions - Georgian, Armenian, Azeris - etc.

India has three main groups of people. North, south and north-eastern people. One can distinguish between them by their facial features than skin color, since in this day and age every one is mixing. Northies have prominent caucasian features and many have light eyes. Southies have (typically) aboriginal+ caucasian mixed features. North-easterners are mostly a hybrid mixture of Indians and Chinese.

Now even though Jindal’s parents are from Punjab, north punjabi, he is a bit dark complexioned than the average Punjabi. His wife looks more north indian than him.

Bollywood movies teach us that the average punjabi couple looks like this: http://youtube.com/watch?v=NM1MUgW4sqE


109 posted on 10/21/2007 2:13:15 PM PDT by design engineer
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To: null and void
The sad part is that they'd miss the reference...

Yeah, the best ones hit and start to hurt long before the target knows anything landed...

110 posted on 10/21/2007 2:47:56 PM PDT by Bernard (The only fair tax is the tax that taxes you and not me.)
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To: sergeantdave
It’s my firm belief that hillary will prove to be the new George McGovern of the 21st century.

"She's a friend of them long-haired, hippie-type pinko fags,
I betcha she's even got a Commie flag
tacked up on the wall inside of her garage.

She's a snake in the grass, I tell you guys,
she may look dumb, but that's just a disguise..."

- With apologies to Charlie Daniels. :-)

111 posted on 10/21/2007 2:55:57 PM PDT by Charles Martel (The Tree of Liberty thirsts.)
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To: diefree

Yes it was, primary the blacks today is what they mean. In the past, it included others such as you listed, the so-called undesirables.


112 posted on 10/21/2007 3:16:31 PM PDT by packrat35 (Politicians would be less worthless if they were edible, or useable for packing wheel bearings.)
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To: null and void

What “ethnographic definitions” are you referring to?
The classic Linnaean races are: Mongoloid, Caucasoid, and Negroid.

“Modern” thinking has Africans, Caucasians, East Asians, Oceanian, and Native Americans.

In terms of genetic diversity, there isn’t a pinch of sh!t’s worth of difference between them.


Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (a student of Linneaus’) revised Linneaus’classification system in 1775 when he published “On the Natural Varieties of Mankind.” Blumenbach’s taxonomy includes the Caucasian race or white race; the Mongolian or yellow race; the Malayan or brown race; the Negro, Ethiopian, or black race; and the American or red race.

His Mongolian race included all East Asians and some Central Asians. Blumenbach excluded Southeast Asian islands and Pacific Islanders from his definition as he considered them to be part of the Malay race; and American Indians as he considered them to be part of the American race.

It is Blumenbach’s five race model and not Linneaus’ four race model that has been more widely accepted ever since.
For some interesting reading on the subject “google” “The Geometer of Race” by Stephen Jay Gould and check it out!


113 posted on 10/21/2007 3:16:56 PM PDT by jamese777
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To: jamese777

Thanks. That was more or less what I was looking for. I don’t think much about race, and so was having trouble selecting good search terms. (I did get a lot of useless info on various marathons, though)...


114 posted on 10/21/2007 3:23:18 PM PDT by null and void (Franz Kafka would have killed himself in despair if he lived in the world we inhabit today.)
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To: avacado

I think this is great! Hopefully more and more minority voters come over to the conservative side. He is a success story, what an inspiration! Now, lets hope he is a good governor.


115 posted on 10/21/2007 4:56:50 PM PDT by brwnsuga (Proud, Black, Conservative!!!)
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To: diefree

They are considered this scientifically speaking, yes. But some of them have beautiful dark skin even darker than mine. Isn’t that interesting?


116 posted on 10/21/2007 4:58:35 PM PDT by brwnsuga (Proud, Black, Conservative!!!)
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To: John Jorsett

...brushcut or mullet...?


117 posted on 10/21/2007 5:00:57 PM PDT by brwnsuga (Proud, Black, Conservative!!!)
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To: design engineer

There are some real babes in those Bollywood films! I get a kick out of all the musical interludes, too!


118 posted on 10/21/2007 5:08:19 PM PDT by puroresu (Enjoy ASIAN CINEMA? See my Freeper page for recommendations (updated!).)
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To: El Gato
I don't think you can assume his roots are Hindu.

There are approximately 174 million Muslims in India (according to government census 2001), i.e 16.4% of the population. India has the second largest population of Muslims in the world (the largest being Indonesia).

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_India

119 posted on 10/21/2007 5:13:35 PM PDT by balls
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To: BillyBoy

Huma Naeem is a quite attractive young lady! No wonder Bobby won with supporters like her!


120 posted on 10/21/2007 5:18:56 PM PDT by puroresu (Enjoy ASIAN CINEMA? See my Freeper page for recommendations (updated!).)
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