Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has no problem bringing up how he is the son of Indian immigrants during stump speeches, commentaries he writes and during speeches on the campaign trail.
Yet as the nation reflects on the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I Had a Dream Speech” and the march on Washington, any progress this nation hasn’t made on race is the victim’s fault.
That’s at least according to a blog Jindal wrote for Politico.
“There is no more shallow, hollow, or soulless way to think about human beings than in terms of their skin color. It is completely inane…
“We still place far too much emphasis on our “separateness,” our heritage, ethnic background, skin color, etc. We live in the age of hyphenated Americans: Asian-Americans, Italian-Americans, African-Americans, Mexican-Americans, Cuban-Americans, Indian-Americans, and Native Americans, to name just a few.
“Here’s an idea: How about just “Americans?” That has a nice ring to it, if you ask me. Placing undue emphasis on our “separateness” is a step backward. Bring back the melting pot.
“There is nothing wrong with people being proud of their different heritages. We have a long tradition of folks from all different backgrounds incorporating their traditions into the American experience, but we must resist the politically correct trend of changing the melting pot into a salad bowl. E pluribus Unum.”