Ladies and gentlemen: The Daily Show’s Aasif Mandvi.
The only thing #Indian about #BobbyJindal is the 4.0 he got in H.S. @harikondabolu @ShaifaliP #bobbyjindalissowhite
— aasif mandvi (@aasif) June 24, 2015
.#BobbyJindal is so white he has trouble pronouncing #Jindal #bobbyjindalissowhite
— aasif mandvi (@aasif) June 24, 2015
you might be a #Jindian if u lightened your skin in an official Portrait. #bobbyjindalissowhite
— aasif mandvi (@aasif) June 24, 2015
U might be a #Jindian if u r the son of immigrants who is anti-immigrant. #bobbyjindalissowhite @harikondabolu @ShaifaliP
— aasif mandvi (@aasif) June 24, 2015
You might be a #Jindian if u think #Ganesh should change his name to #George. #bobbyjindalissowhite @harikondabolu
— aasif mandvi (@aasif) June 25, 2015
U might be a #Jindian if all the #youmightbearedneck jokes apply to YOU. #bobbyjindalissowhite @harikondabolu @ShaifaliP
— aasif mandvi (@aasif) June 25, 2015
You might be a #Jindian when you say; "if we hide who we are we will lose" unless of course it's your name & ur religion. @harikondabolu
— aasif mandvi (@aasif) June 25, 2015
u might be a #Jindian if u think #slumdogmillionaire was too hard on #millionaires. #BobbyJindal @harikondabolu @ShaifaliP
— aasif mandvi (@aasif) June 25, 2015
you might be a #Jindian if u you watched #Harold&Kumar and identified with the #whitecastle #bobbyjindalissowhite #BobbyJindal
— aasif mandvi (@aasif) June 25, 2015
Some of those are kind of funny, even the ones that aren’t true. But there’s a palpable sense of betrayed rage behind them. Bobby Jindal isn’t really Indian. If he was, he would flaunt the appropriate signifiers. How dare he fail to flaunt the appropriate signifiers? Doesn’t he know he’s just a box to check off? Who does he think he is, an American?
There’s only one right way to be Indian. Or black, or gay, or a woman, or whatever you are. There’s only one right way. If you don’t comply, you’re not authentic. You’re not really Indian, or black, or gay, or a woman, or whatever you are. You must be who and what you’re expected to be, or you will be hated for your impertinence.
Well, that is, if you belong to the wrong political party.
And if you don’t like it: Shut up, racist.
u might be a #Jindian if the only time you've ever cared about #racism is over the hashtag #Jindian #BobbyJindalissoWhite
— aasif mandvi (@aasif) June 25, 2015
Conform, Bobby Jindal. Join the Democratic Party. Embrace identity politics. Wash away your sins.
Repent.