1.0link139182<![CDATA[Did GOP Ad Darken Skin-Color Of Indian-American Dem Candidate?]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/did-gop-ad-darken-skin-co_n_139182.htmlThe National Republican Congressional Committee is running an ad in Minnesota that local officials suggest distorts the skin color of the Democratic candidate for the seat, Ashwin Madia. Basic visual evidence seems to back them up.
Madia, a son of East Indian immigrants and a marine veteran, is pictured in the spot with a darker face and long shadows cast upon it. The ad accuses him of wanted to raise taxes, but the superficial aspects are the ones that have...