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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Indian American Politicians

    South Carolina governor Nimrata Randhawa - better known as Nikki Haley - called for the Confederate flag to come down in Charleston yesterday. And Louisiana governor Piyush - or Bobby - Jindal is expected to announce his run for the Republican Presidential nomination tomorrow . Both are rising Indian-American stars of the Republican Party.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jun 23, 2015 • 1 min read

    South Carolina governor Nimrata Randhawa - better known as Nikki Haley - called for the Confederate flag to come down in Charleston yesterday. And Louisiana governor Piyush - or Bobby - Jindal is expected to announce his run for the Republican Presidential nomination tomorrow. Both are rising Indian-American stars of the Republican Party. And there’s been a renewed focus on Nikki Haley and her racial identity in the aftermath of the killings of nine black worshippers in a historic Charleston church last week. We take a look at the politics of Indian Americans in the GOP.

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    Indian-American Politicians, Latino Voters and Summer Reading
    1. 0:00Indian American PoliticiansYou’re reading this
    2. 12:05Courting Latino Voters
    3. 27:26Essential Summer Reading
    4. 42:16The History of Dole Whip
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Mitra Kalita

      Managing Editor at the L.A. Times

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      J. David Woodard

      Clemson University

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    Indian-American Politicians, Latino Voters and Summer Reading
    1. 0:00Indian American PoliticiansYou’re reading this
    2. 12:05Courting Latino Voters
    3. 27:26Essential Summer Reading
    4. 42:16The History of Dole Whip
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