South Asians and American Politics
Part of the focus of Sepia Mutiny was to bring attention to the expanding involvement of South Asian Americans as a political body in the United States, perhaps most notably in the 2004 and 2006 congressional and presidential elections. A lot of attention was given to the controversy surrounding MacacaGate, a scandal that erupted due to comments by former Republican Senator for Virginia, George Allen, in which he used the ethnic slur macaca to refer to S.R. Sidarth, an Indian American aide working for his opponent's Senatorial campaign. Sepia Mutiny also drew attention to other public figures in America who have used racial slurs against Indians in the past such as Vice-President Joe Biden and major radio personalities in Philadelphia and New York.
The bloggers at Sepia Mutiny often focused on the emergence of Indian-Americans in the Western political structure. The site served as fertile ground for discussion regarding the actions of these politicians in the Western world, ranging from Bobby Jindal to Nikki Haley to Shahid Malik.
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