Bugget Singh Thind came to the US in 1913. He had a devoted following at a spiritual guru. His sermons were more non-denominational and he gave lectures all over the country. David's mother used to take him to the lectures his father gave, crowds of thousands.
The story of Bhagat Singh Thind, and also of Takao Ozawa – Asian immigrants who, in the 1920s, sought to convince the U.S. Supreme Court that they were white in order to gain American citizenship. Thind’s “bargain with white supremacy,” and the deeply revealing results.