Comments on: Webinar: The South Asian American Vote

By: Taz

Taz — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:35:13 +0000

UPDATE: The Webinar can be viewed here. http://www.saalt.org/categories/South-Asians-in-the-2008-Elections-Online-Webinar-/

By: modesty aside

modesty aside — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:00:19 +0000

why is louiecypher passing up this golden opportunity to denounce prashad and a group that bills itself as a “progressive action collective?” has the recession so dampened our beloved pataka?

By: Camille

Camille — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:43:35 +0000

makes perfect sense to me, camille. you can find traction in my package anytime

Manju, wow.

Amrita — immigration policy.

By: modesty aside

modesty aside — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:24:38 +0000

you can find traction in my package anytime

ah yes, but do good things ever cum in small packages?

By: Amrita

Amrita — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:41:22 +0000

…and of course I feel that conflating South Asian with “Asian” is was and ever shall be a mistake, especially when you’re identifying another group as, say, Italian– very much as hatchet to scalpel, to abuse a metaphor currently being bandied about.

By: Amrita

Amrita — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:33:04 +0000

Pretty cute–what a medley of voices! I wondered how many immigrant communities have historically been championed by an over-educated elite, and realized it was probably ever thus, but also suspect South Asians assimilation is accelerated via technology and the study of damned lies and statistics. So anyway, like I say, it was cute, but I want to object to calling anyone Car-thick or Uh-LEE. My daughter met a fellow in high school who begged her not to pronounce his multi-syllabic last name in anything but the rather alarming supposedly American way, especially over a PA system, but then at college she was able to persuade an entire department to call her friend Muh-neesh instead of Mannish.

By: Dr Amonymous

Dr Amonymous — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:07:33 +0000

Do we have critical mass to form a voting bloc?

Third question: Would you (anyone, not just Taz) want it to if it wasn't voting the way you wanted it to? Strategic essentialism, baby.

By: MoorNam

MoorNam — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:15:44 +0000

Do we south-asian americans have critical mass to form a voting bloc?

More importantly, have we lost all our traces of individualism to facilitate the forming of any bloc?

M. Nam

By: Manju

Manju — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:37:06 +0000

and yet finding traction in a “South Asian American” package… hm!

Wow, my sentences do not make sense at this time of night.

makes perfect sense to me, camille. you can find traction in my package anytime

By: Camille

Camille — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:44:21 +0000

Wow, my sentences do not make sense at this time of night. I meant to say I like SAALT’s work, and I think they’re bringing people together in cool ways. Simple words, so much easier to handle.