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> What exactly do you mean by that? She literally listed herself as "white" on her voter registration form[0][1]. [0] http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2011/07
by chimeracoder 10y ago
> What exactly do you mean by that?
She literally listed herself as "white" on her voter registration form[0][1].
[0] http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2011/07/indian-nikki-haley-says-she-is-white%20 http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2011/07/indian-nikki-haley-s...
[1] http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politics/2011-07-28-south-carolina-governor-racial-ID_n.htm http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politics/2011-07-28-sout...
- sumedh 10y agoTo be fair the usadtoday link says it was not clear on the form whether Indian means native American or from the Indian sub continent.
- chimeracoder 10y ago> To be fair the usadtoday link says it was not clear on the form whether Indian means native American or from the Indian sub continent. Sure, but under that classification people from India are generally treated as "Asian". (Which is itself a problem, but a separate one). For a person who's of Punjabi descent to self-identify as "white" is - well, let's just say it's highly unusual and leave it at that.