U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal became the nation's youngest governor and the first nonwhite to hold post in Louisiana since Reconstruction when he carried more than half the vote to defeat 11 opponents
2007-10-21 04:21:47 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
kinda sounds racist....
2007-10-21 04:22:04 · update #1
how about "non european american"
2007-10-21 04:27:19 · update #2
or the media could have just said that he was the "first governer of Indian descent"
2007-10-21 04:29:09 · update #3
To avoid racial conflicts, it seems. People can't stand to be called black. Whites are called whites, and blacks are called something that won't "offend" them and let them sue. Weird world.
Edit: He's Indian? Oh. Looks like they're now is the racism circle too. What, will people from Norway start being called some other creative name? Any special names for Asians perhaps?
2007-10-21 04:25:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you look that close, 'non European American' and 'governor of Indian descent' are no less racist.
Why should 'non white' or 'non European American' or 'governor of Indian descent' make a difference at all?
2007-10-21 11:40:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nonwhite? did he lose his pigment somewhere? I've never heard that term before. Why is there a label anyway??? I don't get it. That is very politcally incorrect! Let us continue to keep racism alive and well instead of seeing a "person" and not a "color."
2007-10-21 11:29:19 · answer #3 · answered by Enchantress38 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Prolly cause in that area, rascism once was(maybe still is) a big deal, and many dont want to say the wrong thing....even tho saying that someone is black is not rascist, more of a fact or desctription, like saying im white. Maybe he just didnt want to upset anyone.
2007-10-21 11:29:59 · answer #4 · answered by WWJD? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, sounds like someone didn' t like Bobby Jindal
2007-10-21 11:25:44 · answer #5 · answered by Yahoo 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nonwhite, no such animal( that statement doesn't have to be directed to black. Nonwhite could be any race other than white. Asian/African American/Spanish/ ignorance's is no reason to try to sugar coat any race.)
2007-10-21 11:39:08 · answer #6 · answered by misty m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They should of just stated his nationality. Like the "first Afro-American" We still live in a racist society but it's more sugar coated. I can't stand it.
2007-10-21 11:26:47 · answer #7 · answered by Passion 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
About using the person's OWN race?
I don't mind being called black,it sure is easier than Egyptian-American.
2007-10-21 11:28:02 · answer #8 · answered by Dora 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nonwhite? I can honestly say I've never heard *that* one before.
2007-10-21 11:25:20 · answer #9 · answered by Bree 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't see why they said that, a lot of black people I know are fine being being called black as long as people aren't being racist about it.
2007-10-21 11:30:07 · answer #10 · answered by Tigris 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋