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Opinion: How can Usha Vance stand by her husband as he fans bigotry?

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Donna Brazile : I can't get over how much I have in common with Usha Vance , wife of GOP VP candidate.

She grew up in Southern California with immigrant Indian parents who came to America in the 70s .

Brazile wonders why she would stand by her husband as he and his running mate propagate vile racism.

Dipti S. Barot : I have an early memory from childhood of being terrified of a racist gang in New Jersey .

She says it was during the same period Indian kids all over America would get taunted on the playground after the movie “ Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ” with the question: Do you eat monkey brains? Today , it is also JD Vance , not just Trump , who “makes people I care about afraid,” Barot says.