I never understood this.
In the Obama/ McCain race people pointed out that some people on the right were highlighting Obama's middle name to hurt him. Well I guess that is true. However this occurs on all sides. What is not pointed out that the Democrats in Louisiana (as well as other Democrats nationwide) constantly did this to Governor Bobby Jindal. Was there an element of racism in this by some? Sure!! Are they trying to portray Bobby Jindal as some fake that is ashamed of his heritage. No doubt.
However Bobby is not ashamed of his heritage and there is nothing to indicate he is some fake. Like countless American including in my family tree names were changed or Americanized. I never got a sense that some of my early German Ancesotors were ashamed of trying to hide their German heritage in Mississippi. They changed it because no one could pronounce it right.
In the end I get the impression that the folks on the right that did this to Obama and their counterparts on the left that did this to Jindal just have this backfire on them.
A point of Clarification to the link above. Obama was introduced on the dais as Barack H Obama . It was the Chief Justice that used Obama's full name and Obama repeated it
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Why are People Obsessed Over Jindal's "Real" Name
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Obama however had made it clear that he wanted to take the oath using his full name as other presidents had in the past because he was unashamed of it. Nor should he be.
Nor should any public official at any level.
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