To: CreativePerspective
“With the Democrats set to field the first female or black White House nominee, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison has emerged as a possibility, along with Bobby Jindal, who last year became the first Asian American to win a governorship, in Louisiana.”
Bobby Jindal is Indian American if I’m not mistaken, not Asian American. Not your fault, bad telegraph UK journalist.
Squidly,
Hysterical!
48 posted on
02/17/2008 9:24:09 PM PST by
SOSUSA
To: SOSUSA
Bobby Jindal is Indian American if I’m not mistaken, not Asian American.Technically, India is in Asia.
61 posted on
02/17/2008 9:32:17 PM PST by
paudio
(Conservatism: like it or not, it's a fluid concept with many interpretations.)
To: SOSUSA
Bobby Jindal’s parents are Punjabi Indian immigrants.
74 posted on
02/17/2008 9:43:19 PM PST by
sofaman
("Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.")
To: SOSUSA
Bobby Jindal is Indian American if I’m not mistakenWhen the Brits talk about 'Asians' they frequently mean folks from India, Bengladesh, or Pakistan. As a result you see stories about rioting 'Asian' youth, meaning Muslims from those countries.
89 posted on
02/17/2008 10:03:15 PM PST by
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
(Mike Huckabee: If Gomer Pyle and Hugo Chavez had a love child this is who it would be.)
To: SOSUSA
119 posted on
02/17/2008 10:24:57 PM PST by
egginanest
( "Never interrupt me when I'm trying to interrupt you." -Winston Churchill-)
To: SOSUSA
Bobby Jindal is Indian American if I’m not mistaken, not Asian American. Not your fault, bad telegraph UK journalist.The term "Asian" was used precisely because the Telegraph is UK. People from both India, and Pakistan are, and have been for over a century, routinely described as "Asian" in the UK...
the infowarrior
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