Mr. Singh, in what speech did she say this? Date and place, please. Notice the absence of any mention of Native Americans in her call.
I don't recall her making any ethnic distinctions. She didn't say "patriotic whites" or "patriotic whites, blacks, Latinos and Asians." She said "Americans."
Other commentators have claimed that her praise of small town America was the same as saying big city folks are less patriotic. I'm not trying to put words in your mouth, Mr. Singh, but...has Governor Palin said anything that would indicate she doesn't include Native Americans in her praise of the decency, patriotism and work ethic of such Americans?
And are you aware, sir, that a man with significant Native American heritage has shared her life for almost two decades and fathered her five children? Do you really think she considers her husband's ethnic group to be un-American?
An immigrant from India, I am a Sikh-American, and wear the markers of my faith – long unshorn hair covered by a turban. Sarah Palin had just sundered the nation into “us and them,” and relegated people like me to the category of incomplete Americans.
Mr. Singh, in your article you don't ever mention what Governor Palin said that would separate you in any way from "real Americans, much less what she has said that would lead you to believe she was excluding Sikhs.
Mr. Singh, it appears you are as bigoted as you believe Governor Palin to be. How is stereotyping her as a minority-hating exclusionist bigot based on one phrase any different from the bigotry and division you've accused her of? How is it that praising American values excludes Sikhs, who to all appearances are a decent and hardworking people?
real Americans and those that are not”
Mr. Singh, in what speech did she say this? Date and place, please.
Notice the absence of any mention of Native Americans in her call.
I don't recall her making any ethnic distinctions. She didn't say "patriotic whites" or "patriotic whites, blacks, Latinos and Asians." She said "Americans."
Other commentators have claimed that her praise of small town America was the same as saying big city folks are less patriotic. I'm not trying to put words in your mouth, Mr. Singh, but...has Governor Palin said anything that would indicate she doesn't include Native Americans in her praise of the decency, patriotism and work ethic of such Americans?
And are you aware, sir, that a man with significant Native American heritage has shared her life for about two decades and fathered her five children? Do you really think she considers her husband's ethnic group to be un-American?
An immigrant from India, I am a Sikh-American, and wear the markers of my faith – long unshorn hair covered by a turban. Sarah Palin had just sundered the nation into “us and them,” and relegated people like me to the category of incomplete Americans.
Mr. Singh, in your article you don't ever mention what Governor Palin said that would separate you in any way from "real Americans, much less what she has said that would lead you to believe she was excluding Sikhs.
Mr. Singh, it appears you are as bigoted as you believe Governor Palin to be. How is stereotyping her as a minority-hating exclusionist bigot based on one phrase any different from the bigotry and division you've accused her of? How is it that praising American values excludes Sikhs, who to all appearances are a decent and hardworking people?