I am the proud daughter of Indian immigrants. They came to America and settled in a small southern town. My father wore a turban. My mother wore a sari. I was a brown girl in a Black and white world. We faced discrimination and hardship, but my parents never gave into grievance and hate. My mom built a successful business. My dad taught 30 years at a historically Black college. And the people of South Carolina chose me as their first minority and first female governor.

How does this help race relations in the US? Makes everyone she and her parents lived around sound angry and hateful. Her parents apparently didn't try to assimilate to the American culture: why were they surprised when they were treated differently? For that matter, if someone can't even be bothered to adopt the clothing style of their new culture, is it even a bad thing if the natives treat them differently to encourage assimilation?

If I moved to a small town in rural India, you can be damned sure I'd stop eating beef and expect to be run out of town on a rail if I complained about not being able to find a good steak.