Saira Rao received death threats after re-tweeting |
A former congressional candidate in Colorado has claimed she received death threats after she retweeted a provocative New York Times opinion piece titled, “Should I Give Up on White People?” written by Emory University philosophy Prof. George Yancy.Indian American Democrat Saira Rao, who lost her bid for Colorado`s Congressional District 1 House seat on June 26, told local media July 10 she and her family were leaving Denver because she feared for their safety. Rao and her husband Shiv live in Denver with their two children, Lila and Dar, and their dog, Hector. It feels really, really hateful right now. Everyone knows what my kids look like. I just can`t take that risk, Rao told the Denverite newspaper. Rao retweeted Yancy`s op-ed on July 5, answering the author`s headline question with the response: “Short and long answer: YES.And that`s when a flurry of activity began. Rao received 364 responses to her tweet, some which accused her of being a racist herself. If you categorize people by the color of their skin or their nationality or any way at all, you are the racist. There is only one race. The human race, responded Larry Helm.
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