huffington post
-
Ex-congressional candidate from Denver tweets she’s given up on white people
—
by
Last week, Saira Rao was running to represent Denver in Congress. This week, she says she’s given up on white people. The Democrat, the daughter of Indian immigrants, on Thursday retweeted a New York Times column by Emory University professor George Yancy titled “Should I Give Up on White People?” that posted in April. Rao…
-
DeGette primary challenger Saira Rao running for a ‘seat at the table’
—
by
Saira Rao says she decided to stop practicing law at a New York firm and start a publishing company devoted to children’s fiction featuring diverse characters when she was watching cartoons with her daughter Lila one day about six years ago. “I saw the utter lack of diversity, and that’s when I switched gears to…
