MAGA Has Turned Against East Indians In Their Party, Other Groups Don't Listen Nov17 <


What we are witnessing is not new. It is as old as America itself. It is the inevitable result of building political movements on the foundation of racial resentment and white grievance. The heart of MAGA has always been racism, tribalism packaged in red hats and populistday one. We recognize the patterns because we have been navigating this terrain for 400 years. We tried to sound the alarm. We pointed out the dangerous rhetoric, the dog whistles, the barely concealed bigotry. And what did we get in return? We were told we talked about race too much. We were accused of playing the race card, of being divisive, of making everything about identity politics. Other minority groups, particularly some segments of the Indian-American, Asian-American, and Latino communities, looked at MAGA and saw opportunity. They saw a chance to align themselves with power to be considered part of the in-roup to distance themselves from blackness and proximity to black struggle. They convinced themselves that if they worked considered part of the in-group to 2:01 hard enough, assimilated thoroughly enough, and pledged loyalty loudly enough, they would be accepted as equals. They believed the lie that Maga's anger was only about illegal immigration, only about economic anxiety, only about cultural preservation. They did not understand or chose not to understand that movements built on racial hierarchy eventually turn on everyone who does not fit theequals. They believed the lie that 2:08 Maga's anger was only about illegal 2:10 immigration, only about economic 2:12 anxiety, only about cultural 2:14 preservation. They did not understand or 2:16 chose not to understand that movements 2:19 built on racial hierarchy eventually 2:20 turn on everyone who does not fit the 2:22 narrowest definition of belonging. Now, 2:24 let us talk about what is happening 2:26 specifically. Vivc Ramaswami, the tech 2:29 entrepreneur who ran for president, 2:31 spouting MAGA talking points with the 2:32 fervor of a convert, is facing backlash 2:35 from the very base he courted. Despiteequals. They believed the lie that 2:08 Maga's anger was only about illegal 2:10 immigration, only about economic 2:12 anxiety, only about cultural 2:14 preservation. They did not understand or 2:16 chose not to understand that movements 2:19 built on racial hierarchy eventually 2:20 turn on everyone who does not fit the 2:22 narrowest definition of belonging. Now, 2:24 let us talk about what is happening 2:26 specifically. Vivc Ramaswami, the tech 2:29 entrepreneur who ran for president, 2:31 spouting MAGA talking points with the 2:32 fervor of a convert, is facing backlash 2:35 from the very base he courted. Despite