re: #226 calochortus

I was listening to NPR this morning and they had assorted people on to discuss DACA, one of them being Harmeet Dhillon. (She’s an Indian-born Sikh lawyer who moved to the US as a child when her father was finishing up his medical education. She grew up in the Carolinas, I think, and is now a prominent SF Bay Area Republican. Trotted out when they need a non-white face.)

Anyway, she offered some rather racist opinions and the whole conversation veered off the DACA topic. She doesn’t think poor people from other countries who “self segregate” when they get here have anything to offer. She also brought up the fact she lived in the South and saw signs saying “The KKK welcomes you” to whatever state it was-and the KKK was Democrats.
At first I was inclined to chalk it up to general GOP talking points, but then as I thought about it, I think it may have revealed an underlying philosophy. What she was saying was that we shouldn’t take risks (with poor people) and things don’t ever (and maybe shouldn’t ever) change (Dems=KKK.) This seems to be a bizarre stand for someone living in California to take. Risk and change are what we do. Perhaps it relates to being raised in the South?
In any event, the more I hear Ms. Dhillon, the less respect I have for her.

People like that drive me bonkers. First off, there’s always been ethnic enclaves. Secondly, most immigrants don’t self segregate in the US, & thirdly the Dems = KKK is really lame when David Duke is a huge fan of Trump and the KKK has hated the National Democratic Party in Ms. Dhilion’s lifetime with a passion. You can’t blame liberals for the KKK while echoing their talking points.