Maureen Chao's remarks: Racist or just poorly worded? - latimes.com:
"But according to media reports, she also humorously recalled what was supposed to be a 24-hour train trip from Delhi to the eastern Indian state of Orissa. 'But, after 72 hours, the train still did not reach the destination,' she said.
And here's the part she now probably wishes she had omitted: 'and my skin became dirty and dark like the Tamilians.' (Some accounts quote her as saying 'like a Tamilian.')"
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