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The curious case of Nikki Haley: What the Republican governor can tell us about American racial identity
Haley finally spoke out against the Confederate flag yesterday — after years of compromise with a racist system
... In this moment, Nikki Haley’s ethnicity and heritage are back in the news, and a 2011 story that discovered that Haley identified herself as “white” on her voter registration card in 2001 is circulating again. But Nikki Haley is not white. Born Nimrata Randhawa and called “Nikki,” meaning “small one,” by her family, she was elected South Carolina’s first female governor in November by the largest margin of victory for a South Carolina gubernatorial candidate in 24 years ...
http://www.salon.com/2015/06/23/the...r_can_tell_us_about_american_racial_identity/
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The curious case of Nikki Haley: What the Republican governor can tell us about American racial identity
Haley finally spoke out against the Confederate flag yesterday — after years of compromise with a racist system
... In this moment, Nikki Haley’s ethnicity and heritage are back in the news, and a 2011 story that discovered that Haley identified herself as “white” on her voter registration card in 2001 is circulating again. But Nikki Haley is not white. Born Nimrata Randhawa and called “Nikki,” meaning “small one,” by her family, she was elected South Carolina’s first female governor in November by the largest margin of victory for a South Carolina gubernatorial candidate in 24 years ...
http://www.salon.com/2015/06/23/the...r_can_tell_us_about_american_racial_identity/
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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley Calls for Removal of Confederate Flag
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