“We as Indian Americans have been shut out of the halls of power, as other minority groups have, and now that we have someone who’s got a name that is deeply familiar, has got family in India — that person represents this aspiration that we have that we want to be part of the conversation,” said Ashish K. Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. “And I love that. I think that’s wonderful.”

Source: Washington Post May 25, 2021 09:22 UTC