I thought, in light of our discussion re: South Asian American political affiliations that it offers an interesting perspective on the issue of “racist-pandering” in the RNC.

It is even higher, from Stanford website, 83% of Asian Indians are foreign born. Sure, foreign born includes Fiji, Carribean, Africa, and all

more true than false. ‘Bigoted’ comments are quite common in India. But anti- semitism? I daresay that for most DBDs who live in India Jews dont register. If you are in Bombay then one is aware of Jews. Rest of India – I doubt it.

Is it easier to deal with a racist who is vocal about their thoughts than with a racist who controls their speech? At least in the former one knows where one stands.

“If you’re immigrating to this country and you don’t like the rules that are in place, then you have the right to choose not to live here.” He goes on to say, “But if you choose to come to a place like Canada, then shut up and fit in … these are the rules. There’s the door. If you don’t like the rules, hit it. We don’t need you here. You have another place to go: It’s called home. See ya!”

hmmm. does not seem to be unreasonable.

I suggest we build a lexicon of jolly and punchy labels against the Anglo racists and rightwingers.How about it?

Tamil words – Dhorey, Aapakaara, Aapaakaari Malayalam – Paringi, Saayippu. It is often the tone rather than the actual word that is insulting.

i had a lebanese american friend who was often called “sand n*gger”, and she would respond to some of her taunters “like jesus.”

wow what a comeback.

i have an interest in historical population genetics, so you might seem me wander into that area in the near future but two points

1) re: me, i’m bad at languages. a scholar dependent on secondary sources is at a disadvantage in the game of the academy

2) in the natural sciences we ultimately cede ground to lady nature. i am not totally unconvinced that the sclerotic machinery of human social evolution hasn’t suborned the humane studies to the point where fidelity to the Truth wouldn’t be a handicap! but perhaps i should have more faith!

“a mind is a terrible thing to waste” :=)

(this is not to imply of course that most jews believe that the lives of non-jews are without worth or value. there is some nasty material in the new testament about jews which obviously does not reflect the attitudes of most contemporary christians. historical context matters)

razib,

I read that–wow–that’s really more of a research agenda than a manifesto–you should totally go into academia–you’ve got a lifetime’s worth of interesting topics to work on–and this seems to me (no expert) to be plausible but not established stuff–so unlike so much self-satisfied academic carrying-on. Do it!