Ronn!Blankenship forwarded:

> ST. LOUIS Jan. 6 � Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton apologized for 
> joking that 
> Mahatma Gandhi used to run a gas station in St. Louis, saying 
> it was "a 
> lame attempt at humor."
>
> The director of a U.S. center devoted to Gandhi's teachings said the 
> remarks amounted to stereotyping and were insensitive.

There are just two ways for this to make sense:

A] Gujjus run a lot of gas stations in the US....? Is that true?

B] People think of Gandhi as a gujju first and an Indian second...? This
seems kind of unbelievable to me but then I am sitting many a continents
away.....

Ritu, who had to read the article through twice and then think for 2
minutes before guessing what might have caused offense....


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