Ronn!Blankenship forwarded: > ST. LOUIS Jan. 6 � Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton apologized for > joking that > Mahatma Gandhi used to run a gas station in St. Louis, saying > it was "a > lame attempt at humor." > > The director of a U.S. center devoted to Gandhi's teachings said the > remarks amounted to stereotyping and were insensitive.
There are just two ways for this to make sense: A] Gujjus run a lot of gas stations in the US....? Is that true? B] People think of Gandhi as a gujju first and an Indian second...? This seems kind of unbelievable to me but then I am sitting many a continents away..... Ritu, who had to read the article through twice and then think for 2 minutes before guessing what might have caused offense.... _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
