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A viral moment involving Vivek Ramaswamy fumbling a child on stage spiraled into a broader online backlash steeped in anti-Indian racism, revealing a growing undercurrent of xenophobia and status anxiety within segments of the American right. What began as a minor political gaffe exposed
A viral moment involving Vivek Ramaswamy fumbling a child on stage spiraled into a broader online backlash steeped in anti-Indian racism, revealing a growing undercurrent of xenophobia and status anxiety within segments of the American right. What began as a minor political gaffe exposed
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Zed Jelani
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