Bobby Jindal, the Governor of Louisiana
Louisiana Govenor Bobby Jindal has declared his candidacy for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. Raised Hindu but a convert to Catholicism as a teenager, Jindal has talked of his religious faith in small churches across Louisiana.
Jindal became the first person of Indian-American heritage to run for US president. But he chooses not to identify himself with his Indian roots. Probably because of this, the hashtag #BobbyJindalIsSoWhite is trending on Twitter.
Here are the tweets:
The Indian equivalent to “Uncle Tom” will now be “Uncle Bobby.” #bobbyjindalissowhite
— Hari Kondabolu (@harikondabolu) June 25, 2015
#BobbyJindalIsSoWhite he thinks india s a land of snake charmers where people go to work on elephants ( not a bad idea in the monsoons!)
— hemant morparia (@hemantmorparia) June 25, 2015
#BobbyJindalIsSoWhite that he’s approached to play Snow White in the Disney’s sequel of “Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs”
— Aladdin (@Alllahdin) June 25, 2015
#BobbyJindalIsSoWhite he thinks cricket is the name of the bugs whose chirping can be heard at his political rallies. #Jindian
— Dheeraj Chand (@dheerajchand) June 25, 2015
#BobbyJindalIsSoWhite that he says aah-sum instead of awesome
— Atul Khatri (@one_by_two) June 25, 2015
#bobbyjindalissowhite he thinks Holi is a spin off of the color run
— jaideep (@deepjayrao) June 25, 2015
#bobbyjindalissowhite he tells all his friends that he’s started cooking everything in this new “clarified butter” from whole foods.
— Nina Bhattacharya (@onlynina) June 25, 2015
Tanned? I think that’s your heritage struggling to get out, sir! #BobbyJindalIsSoWhite https://t.co/iJgykCWrvp
— Seema Goswami (@seemagoswami) June 25, 2015
#BobbyJindalIsSoWhite that he got mugged on a visit to Taj Mahal.
— Hashmita Sidhu (@HashSidhu) June 25, 2015
#BobbyJindalIsSoWhite he doesn’t ask for extra puri after having pani puri.
— Rutul (@BanterBaman) June 25, 2015