--- Vivian D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Instead of being proud of the achievements of one of > our fellow Goans (or Indian), in typical crab > mentality we want to tear him down, calling him > something he is not etc. > We may not agree with his political leanings, but > given him credit where it is due. Despite the odds, > coming to this country as an immigrant, by sheer > dint of his intelligence and scholarship, he has > reached a position of renown and high honor. We > need to be proud of him and emulate his > achievements. > Mario adds: Bravo, Vivian. Thanks for speaking up. Regardless of whether one agrees with Dinesh's political views, which are open for debate, as an American citizen you know better than most what it means to be admitted to Dartmouth, become editor of the Dartmouth Review, earn a Phi Beta Kappa, be hired as a policy analyst in the Reagan White House, be hired by think tanks like the American Enterprise Institute and the Hoover Institute at Stanford, etc. etc, etc. Then the sly use of the term "East Indian" in the American context to insinuate that he in not a Goan. I found these insinuations quite remarkable, including the patently false claim that his superlative achievements, especially for an immigrant, are "unmeritorious".
In the meantime, not ONE reference to any of his ideas, to spur civil debate on the issues.
