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India, Unfair

India, Unfair

Maybe, our colonial past has us feeling deeply inferior about our brown skin. Or it’s our caste system and the widely prevalent belief that fair people belong to higher castes. Interestingly, the Sanskrit word for caste, ‘Varna’, literally translates to colour.

March 25, 2010 | Posted in Ethnicity & Identity | Read More »

Half-Caste, Bi-racial, Mixed-Race or Black?

Half-Caste, Bi-racial, Mixed-Race or Black?

Mixed race people in the UK are in a strange position. On one hand, we are often the victims of hatred and ignorance from both black and white communities alike. At the same time, we habitually find ourselves sanctified, idealised and, inevitably perhaps, commodifed by those who would see us as foot soldiers for some utopian, coffee-coloured future.

March 11, 2010 | Posted in Ethnicity & Identity | Read More »
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