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Re:Ajit Pai confirmed as new head of the FCC by swang on Monday January 23, 2017 @06:56PM (#13467493)
Anyone else besides Haley, who considers herself white?
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Re:Ajit Pai confirmed as new head of the FCC by sumedh on Monday January 23, 2017 @08:20PM (#13468017)
What exactly do you mean by that?
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Re:Ajit Pai confirmed as new head of the FCC by foggyeyes69 on Monday January 23, 2017 @08:52PM (#13468172)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki_Haley#2010_gubernatorial...

To quote the relevant part: "Nikki Haley identified herself as 'white' on her voter registration card in 2001"

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Re:Ajit Pai confirmed as new head of the FCC by chimeracoder on Monday January 23, 2017 @08:50PM (#13468160)
> What exactly do you mean by that?

She literally listed herself as "white" on her voter registration form[0][1].

[0] http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2011/07/indian-nikki-haley-s...

[1] http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politics/2011-07-28-sout...

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Re:Ajit Pai confirmed as new head of the FCC by sumedh on Monday January 23, 2017 @09:01PM (#13468227)
To be fair the usadtoday link says it was not clear on the form whether Indian means native American or from the Indian sub continent.
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Re:Ajit Pai confirmed as new head of the FCC by chimeracoder on Monday January 23, 2017 @09:04PM (#13468248)
> To be fair the usadtoday link says it was not clear on the form whether Indian means native American or from the Indian sub continent.

Sure, but under that classification people from India are generally treated as "Asian". (Which is itself a problem, but a separate one). For a person who's of Punjabi descent to self-identify as "white" is - well, let's just say it's highly unusual and leave it at that.

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