I guess I don’t see how an American citizen with family who came over from India is any less of a “native American” than an American citizen with family who came over from Poland or France or Ireland. I have a problem with this guy’s politics, not his skin tone. Would you be that much happier had Obama appointed a far-lefty German-American Surgeon General?
My issue is that Obama’s appointments almost always have some liberally valuable distinction. There’s a far higher probability of an appointment of his being Muslim, gay, female, non-white, a major party bundler or activist, or whatever than there would be in the population at large. Its as if he’s selecting for people who have a grudge against historic America. Like him, they either aren’t from around here, or don’t root for the home team.
I don’t have an issue with any particular person being appointed who has any of these characteristics as long as their competent, but when competence takes an obvious back seat, I get sarcastic.
By the way, I like your screen name.
First off, a hyphenated American is only half an American regardless of where he he/ she comes from. Secondly, it’s evident that Obama is interested in removing non-hyphenated American white males from power wherever possible and his political appointments always seem to reflect that. It’s starting to feel like South Africa in fact. So let’s just call a spade a spade here, their stripping power away from white men in order to fundamentally transform America. This is a significant event and something worth being aware of. Am I racist for pointing it out? No. Are they racist for adopting such a policy? Absolutely.