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I wish the article had pointed out the Hindu American Foundation's long history of support for Hindu-supremacist nationalist causes, in addition to its denial of the impact of caste discrimination.

It is good to see Seattle stand up for what is right here.

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Hindu American Foundation works against Hinduphobia in USA. You are falling in the same trap of working for Hindu causes = modi supporter which borders on racist attitude. Raising voices for Hindu representation doesn't mean that person is batting for Indian govt in US. This is actually racist thinking. Japanese faced the same thing during WW2, russians and chinese during the red scare and now Hindus in America.

It actively supports a narrow, reactionary view of Hinduism, including (unsuccessfully) suing Hindu activists who actually are fighting against Hinduphobia. Hindu nationalism is a massive problem, just like Christian nationalism is a massive problem here in America.

Supporting Hindu nationalism is not required to support Hinduism any more than supporting Zionism is required to support Judaism.

Hindu nationalism in US doesn't make sense. HAF works in USA. Your argument is flawed. Why should I care about India and connect it to HAF ? That is as i pointed out, flawed and racist thinking.

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