2 VIII 2024: White or Indian, J.D.?

Headline of an article by Sara Bobitz, “Vance Doubles Down On Defense Of Trump Amid ‘Turn Black’ Controversy” Vance is hastening to follow the lead of The Great Racist whose recent remarks about Kamala Harris’ race he finds “totally reasonable.” (What a kiss-ass!) Trump’s demagoguery is based on an either/or approach to race: you have to be either white OR black, black OR red, Semite OR Chinese, and anyone who is not one or the other is a mixed breed mongrel.

Now Mr. Vance is married to Usha Chililukiri who is the daughter of Indian parents of the Telugu people who are immigrants into the U.S. J.D. and Usha have three wonderful children. Now, if Vance finds Trump’s binary racism totally reasonable, he is eventually going to have to answer the question: “Are your children white or are they Indian?”