Summary
JD Vance defended Marko Elez, a 25-year-old Musk aide after racist posts surfaced, including āNormalize Indian hate.ā
Elez resigned but was reinstated following Vanceās support, despite Vanceās wife being of Indian descent. Vance dismissed criticism, arguing past social media posts shouldnāt ruin careers.
Musk backed Elez after a public poll. Rep. Ro Khanna challenged Vance, who responded dismissively, sparking backlash.
The incident has intensified scrutiny of Muskās hiring practices and Vanceās stance on racism.
Usha Vance comes from one of the richest most powerful castes in India, Kamma, so she was raised on an idea that she has some innate genetic superiority that makes her feel right at home with white supremacists.
I donāt know the cast system in india, but Iāve seen this sort of behavior a lot from immigrants. Specifically those that ācame legallyā, and hate other immigrants and think themselves superior to other immigrants and blk/ltno people here. They think they are same as wt people because they are āeliteā from their area of origin. And many times they justify this racist behavior from current gov by comparing similar racist stereotypes they have from their place of origin. They just moved country, they were racist, now there are people who are racist to them, but they still look down at others instead of standing united.
Sorry for bad abbreviation, kinda donāt wanna leave words for it to be flagged somewhere by someone in future and tracked back.
I have known multiple rich South Asian people who insist that they are white and get very confused and upset if they encounter bigotry based on people thinking they arenāt white. Itās very odd.
I mean whatever, you want to declare yourself white, go for it. Just donāt be surprised when racists tell you that you arenāt.