Dat's my yob.
I hold no official party position but my family has been Republican forever. I know a lot of Indians and a growing number of Chinese. A number of times I have been tasked to try and bring them into the party.
These people are natural Republicans. They are bright, ambitious and conservative. They are steady as a rock and they do not like to make waves. One group I found had even formed their own “Republican Club”.
The greatest impediment that I have met so far is the religious animosity. The insults are shocking, pointed and barbed. If you think the Mormons set the Rollers off, you should see the reaction to a Hindu. These people are run off faster than I can bring them in.
We are also always on the lookout for potential leadership. If anyone spots a knowledgeable, well spoken young person with an exemplary background we shop them around, sponsor them and encourage them to become active. The two places that I am finding that kind of potential are among the Hindu and Mormons. Both groups are highly educated and have the characteristics that we want. Outside of them the pickings are sparce.
I had pretty much given up and I was advising the Party to just leave the Asians alone until an incident this past summer in another venue but involving an active party member. Our genius called a girl I had sponsored for a research project a “f------ A-Rab”, among other things, and she overheard. I stepped in and the Republicans lost a donor.
I am not going to allow the Grand Old Party to become a repository for this kind of waste. They need to be Democrats. That’s where they came from and they'll drift back there anyway. Now I’m going to give them some encouragement.
Typically the first generation immigrants don’t make for good GOP recruits, at least in my experience. I’m also not sure all first generation immigrants are assimilating as they did in the past. In my opinion, it has to do not only with the fact that conscription has ended but also it is so much easier to keep in touch with their parent cultures.