Meet Tesh Jennings, an Indian-American rancher who says ‘not all Indians code’
An Indian-American cowboy has gone viral after he posted his ranch life video from New Mexico, smashing the stereotypes about Indians. Tesh Jennings said not all Indians code but some of them, like him, wear boots, work cattle and grow food. The video offered a glimpse of his ranch life, his cattle, but the comment section was flooded with hate posts as many users said they don’t care, and an Indian should just go back.Some users were confused whether Jennings meant native Indian when he said he was an Indian-American or whether he meant an Indian from India. On realizing that he meant an Indian from India, the racist comments targeting specific Indians poured in though positive comments outweighed those. Many users appreciated him for his assimilation and said this is the immigration they want. Some called him honorary Mexican, more American than Americans etc.“Folks have thrown a lot of hate my way for being an Indian American cowboy and rancher. Truth is, I never set out to fit anyone’s idea of what a cowboy should look like — I just went to work, raised cattle, and chased a dream. Hate won’t build fences, feed cows, or stop me from putting in the miles. If anything, it’s made me work harder,” Jennings replied after his video went viral.”My dream has always been bigger than the hate. I want to buy this piece of land, expand my ranch, raise more cattle, and keep building something that stands for hard work, grit, and determination. That’s what ranching has always meant to me,” he wrote, asking for raising fund for his dream.His public profile lists him as an engineer and a rancher from Eastern New Mexico. His Instagram profile is full of his ranch videos where he calls himself a ‘desi cowboy.’ In many of his previous videos, he addressed questions about his accent which many people called fake and clarified that he is from India and hence has a different accent.
