About a third of the country's hotels are owned by members of the Asian American Hotel Owners Association, according to a Time story out this week. As the story points out, "American" is code for "not owned by immigrants."

South Asians have found an economic niche in the hotel industry, and as is often the case with immigrant groups, making it in an area that others had abandoned.

Really, when you think about it, what's more of an American ideal: running a successful business or stooping to marketing that is xenophobic, offensive and racist? I hope it's not the latter.