Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal announced the suspension of his presidential campaign tonight, which inspired writer Anil Dash to conclude that Jindal was on a losing track from the start, having abandoned his Indian American identity and values in favor of being “divisive and combative,” which we’ll assume is synonymous with Republican.
Unfortunately, Jindal in particular has been targeted for ethnic purity, from the Washington Post tracking down a professor to declare that “There’s not much Indian left in Bobby Jindal” to both The Atlantic’s Ta-Nehisi Coates and CNN commentator Marc Lamont Hill falling for a satirical piece claiming Jindal said the Confederate flag was a symbol of his heritage.
Piling on tonight as Jindal bows out of the race is alleged comedian Hari Kondabolu, who served up the raciest of racist humor.
This is the second time Bobby Jindal quit a race.
— Hari Kondabolu (@harikondabolu) November 17, 2015
@harikondabolu you win all the twitter awards today.
— Ijeoma Oluo (@IjeomaOluo) November 18, 2015
https://twitter.com/dushyanth/status/666764855307862021
https://twitter.com/Emucratic/status/666765323484327936
@harikondabolu this is so savage I love it
— Catriona Jane Kendall (@catriionaa) November 17, 2015
@harikondabolu This is might be one of the greatest tweets of all time
— Gaurav (@gauravvshastri) November 17, 2015
https://twitter.com/shalottcinq/status/666773930254831616
We get it, but what we don’t get is why Jindal deserves this kind of abuse. He was born and raised in America to immigrant parents; what’s the proper setting for his “ethnicity dial”? Is the hatred due to his politics, his assimilation into American culture, or is it the product of a university system where young scholars demand a campus resource center for “students of marginalized identities”?
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And the race haters come out of the woodwork. https://t.co/gIeelIBSsk
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) November 18, 2015
@baseballcrank @harikondabolu yes and it's the republicans who are racist.
— James Davis (@jamesedavis2012) November 18, 2015
@baseballcrank To be fair, Hari has been tweeting disdainful things about Jindal for YEARS
— Tennessee Grimes (@10ehC) November 18, 2015
Time for some new material?
Super-classy. And look at all those enlightened progressives RT'ing and fav'ing! pic.twitter.com/D4PdaXEhZm
— The Nats Won The World Series (@EsotericCD) November 18, 2015
@EsotericCD To many on the Left, any minority instantly becomes a straight, White, Christian man when he or she becomes a conservative.
— Alex Kowaleski (@A_Kowaleski) November 18, 2015
Best to stick with the incredibly diverse field of liberal candidates this time around.
Editor’s note: Mr. Kondabolu’s name was misspelled in the headline and body of this post. We have corrected the misspelling and apologize for the error.
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