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“仇恨太多了”:右翼种族主义激起德州南亚裔动员‘There’s a lot of hate’: rightwing racism stirs south Asian mobilization in Texas

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6月,得克萨斯州众议院第47选区民主党候选人普贾·塞西在奥斯汀的州议会大厦。摄影:休斯敦纪事报/赫斯特报业/盖蒂图片社Pooja Sethi, Democratic candidate for Texas house district 47, at the capitol in Austin in June. Photograph: Houston Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers/Getty Images

在一个成为针对南亚裔歧视“重灾区”的州,专家表示他们看到选民受到激励准备反击。

In state that become ‘ground zero’ for discrimination against south Asians, experts say they are seeing voters motivated to fight back Last winter, while Pooja Sethi was canvassing to become the Democratic candidate for the Texas house of representatives, she received a text from a staff member alerting her to a post on X. The Turning Point USA influencer Savanah Hernandez – a Trump supporter known for creating videos that target immigrants – had posted a photo of Sethi’s campaign banner with the caption: “Welcome to politics in Texas.”

2023年,SAAVETX教育基金创始人昌达·帕尔布在达拉斯的一场社区活动上。摄影:杰米·斯滕格尔/美联社Chanda Parbhoo, the founder of SAAVETX Education Fund, at a community event in Dallas in 2023. Photograph: Jamie Stengle/AP
6月,萨尔曼·博贾尼在奥斯汀的一次会议上。摄影:奥斯汀美国政治家报/赫斯特报业/盖蒂图片社Salman Bhojani at a meeting in Austin in June. Photograph: Austin American-Statesman/Hearst Newspapers/Getty Images

去年冬天,普贾·塞西在拉票争取成为德州众议院民主党候选人时,收到一名工作人员发来的短信,提醒她关注 X 平台上的一条帖子。美国“转折点”组织的网红萨万娜·埃尔南德斯——一名以制作针对移民视频闻名的特朗普支持者——发布了一张塞西竞选横幅的照片,配文:“欢迎来到德州政治。”该帖子迅速走红。

The post went viral.

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