it isnt racism if one is open with one’s fears and apprehensiion and open to dialog. governance should be around delivering an equitable environment that safeguards the interests of all, and not about knowing the secret handshakes for every club in town. anyway – the republicans have bungled their outreach – no question about that. but the system is self-correcting. shall hope the let down is not too hard.

Racism: You get penalized for not being white Against identify politics: nobody should be penalized for not being white but everybody should be treated as if they were white. So you HAVE to take Sunday off even if you don’t want it, and you don’t get to take any other time off, even if you do. etc. It also ignores the fact that we’re not on a level playing field. So no efforts are made to correct racism, because that means putting “special” efforts for one group and not another. etc.

Khoof – I’m with you on the dark clowns, and I personally thought Richard Pryor was hysterial, but you and I don’t see I-to-I with I and I on this matter.

i am against identity politics – and would much rather see buttons saying obama/mccain for america – but when this whole campaign is about a giant schvingg vote, a leaf on or off the cabbage wont make any difference. here’s a more articulate view point.

These class divides will only deepen. Fear and anxiety will probably get worse. And a strange kind of reactive populism, much worse than anything we have seen before, could be on the rise. Unless Mr. Obama can fashion a broad, inclusive appeal that extends the benefits of the creative economy to working and service economies, the bitterness he himself acknowledged, in a moment of candour, will grow deeper.

i see dark clowns in the horizon. it’s hysterical.

Yes. But, according to Razib, the other sub-groups comprise a grand total of 10% of South Asians – perhaps its a messaging decision. If anything, Obama has been much tougher on Pakistan than the GOP, though the GOP is far tougher on “radical Islam.”

You’re assuming that the two terms are synonyms, or terms that vary only in terms of their emphasis on America. The starker difference between the terms is that one excludes Pakistani-Americans, Bangladeshi-Americans, Sri Lankan-Americans, etc. The two GOP groups have written off non-Indians in their message.

My love is like the watercolor of an apple. dreamy, wistful but not quite real. i wish it were true.

My love is like a dusty cardboard apple. what the fuck do i do with a fake apple? die bitch die.

moral: poop by another name smells just as nasty but it’s important to be regular. so eat your fiber and drop your votebombs you pretty people you.

South Asians for Obama is largely Indian as well despite the best efforts of its organizers to find common ground. It’s a fickle union, most religiously observant Pakistanis/Bangladeshis will return to the GOP (they supported Dubya in 2000)once the world settles down. Obama’s carrot (i.e. aid to civil society, health & schools) and stick (i.e. hot pursuit of jiadis into Pakistani territory) is a hard pill to swallow for some. The narrative that many young Pakistani-Americans have chosen to adopt is that the radicalization of their society is entirely the fault of the US so they resent the “stick”. While I reject the “South Asian” label and thank Dubya for the Indian nuke deal, I prefer Obama because I think that the “carrot” will make Pakistan a better neighbor over the long run. Especially considering the GOP can’t resist making $$$ selling the Pakistanis gear that will never be used in the WoT.