SNELLVILLE, Ga.
When I told my high school religion teacher I wanted to be president, he encouraged me to pick a more realistic profession for a Black woman.
then
in the fourth year of his presidency, but my teacher, who is white, thought that a Black politician had made it to the White House only because of the severe economic downturn and a slowly changing electorate. Most white Americans did not vote for Obama in either the 2008 or 2012 election, and the backlash against him began immediately after he took office.
Perhaps I could beat the odds, my teacher said. But history suggested that my imagined campaign was dead on arrival.
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Indian American Rep. Ro Khanna, D-California, has been named Democratic Vice Chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans.
The news was first reported by PTI. A spokesman for Rep. Brad Sherman, D-California, who serves as co-chair of the Caucus, confirmed the appointment to
India-West and said it would be formally announced in January as the Caucus re-configures during the next Congressional session.
Sherman told
India-West in an e-mail: âI am looking forward to working with my good friend Ro Khanna, who will serve as Democratic Vice Chair of the Caucus next year. The India Caucus will continue its important work to deepen the U.S.-India relationship, and I know Ro will make important contributions to this effort.â Â
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