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.

Dhillon sounds exactly like Dinesh. Remember, India has a caste system which treated people with darker skin as inferior and forced them into lower jobs. My guess is that both Dhillon and Dinesh were instilled with that prejudice and have done nothing to overcome it. They are no different than David Duke.