The Times...they are a'changin'

America has its first, Indian-American governor, Bobby Jindal from Louisiana of all places.

Although I disagree with his politics, I do have a strange sense of pride in his victory. Its not the first time a brown person has been elected to public office, but its surely the most powerful office (thus far) a brown person has been elected to. Its nice to see a face, a color, you can identify with sitting in a position like the one he holds now. If anything, its an encouraging testament to minorities who think that though America is a part of us, we are not a part of it.

I've always thought about what it would be like to run for public office, probably since I was twelve. Of course, running isn't an impossibility anymore, its winning that remains a fantasy. Even though I've abandoned my interest in entering politics for alternate reasons, I think his winning in what one could consider the "deep south" is an amazing signal to people everywhere to not use your background or ethnicity as a crutch in pursuing your goals. If LA can be swayed, there's hope for America. There's hope for us, too.