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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]I saw the photo it is a Nazi flag. The guy is also Indian. Saw a photo of him [/quote]

I highly doubt your ability to determine nationality through a photo. What you saw was someone who you believe has the physical characteristics of an Indian. That person may or may not be an Indian. At 19 years of old from Missouri, there is a strong possibility that he is American. [/quote]
The name strongly suggests he is Indian American, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t been influenced by hateful extremist ideologies.[/quote]

You can't tell.  I have a very distinctive Chinese name.  But my parents came to the us over 70 years ago and I was born in the US nearly 60 years ago.  I know many people of Hindu Indian descent who are native born Americans and whose parents emigrated to the US many many years ago.  Also, I was raised in an era where there was a lot of anti-Asian sentiment so we were encouraged to be as American as we could and to minimize our own cultural past to avoid the stigma of being an alien American.  And especially in an area that is conservative like Missouri, his family could have easily tried to suppress their heritage of origin.

This guy is only 19 and could easily be American and culturally completely non-Indian.  There is no way to tell from a photo.[/quote]

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