Comments on: Villaraigosa panders to South Asians http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/04/30/villaraigosa_pa/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anirvan http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/04/30/villaraigosa_pa/comment-page-1/#comment-9031 Anirvan Sun, 01 May 2005 21:22:33 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1451#comment-9031 <p>Apparently the fundraising dinner was the first big event that the newly formed BAPAC (the Bangladeshi American Political Action Committee) has taken part in. Given that middle/upper-class first-gen American desi politicking invariably involves well-to-do brown men posing for pictures with candidates, at least they picked a decent candidate to support for their launch event.</p> <p>Check out the Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi groups listed on <a href="http://www.antonio2005.com/">Villaraigosa</a>'s <a href="http://www.antonio2005.com/endorsements/">endorsements list</a>.</p> Apparently the fundraising dinner was the first big event that the newly formed BAPAC (the Bangladeshi American Political Action Committee) has taken part in. Given that middle/upper-class first-gen American desi politicking invariably involves well-to-do brown men posing for pictures with candidates, at least they picked a decent candidate to support for their launch event.

Check out the Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi groups listed on Villaraigosa‘s endorsements list.

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