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Outrage Grows Over College Dems Racial Slur Against Indian Candidate
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| News Date | Friday, October 10, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Denouncement of a racial slur against Indian-American Republican Bobby Jindal began to mount on Thursday after an exclusive Talon News report of an offensive memo sent by College Democrats president Ashley Bell. In a message distributed to his organization's membership he called Louisiana's gubernatorial candidate "Bush's 'Do Boy'." He also accused the Republican party of "tokenism".
Additionally, Bell inaccurately referred to Jindal as "Arab American", when in fact, the Republican is the American-born son of Indian immigrants. In a subsequent message, he corrected his misidentification of Jindal's ethnic background, but did not retract his offensive epithets.
Bell did not respond to Talon News requests for comment, but a representative of the College Democrats contacted Talon News Thursday to discover the source of the memo. That official also offered no comment about the memo's content.
Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD), the group's honorary chairman, did not respond to Talon News request for comment about the offensive remarks.
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