That Obama ate dog as a boy in Indonesia explains his special affinity and understanding of all Asians? That’s a stretch.
President Obama, born in Hawaii, raised in Indonesia and dubbed by some “the first Asian American president,” looks to be embracing that label with an exclusive, $40,000-a-head Bay Area business roundtable for Asian American and Pacific Islander supporters Thursday.
The diverse swath, also known as Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, includes large communities of Chinese, Korean,
Japanese and Vietnamese; as well as South Asians such as Indians and Pakistanis; and Pacific Islanders such as Polynesians, Samoans and Tongans.
Pan said Obama feels comfortable with outreach to those groups because the president has lived in Asia and the Pacific Islands. “He has a natural relationship with those communities. He understands the model: that we have a lot of strengths and we have a lot of needs, too.”
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What we know for sure is that you cannot lump all of Asia together and claim to know it especially when your knowledge comes from a few years as a small dog eating boy in one country.
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