Skin Depth
There was a famous film based on a book, called Bhowani Junction which dealt with the racism of Anglo-Indians towards Indians. A racism based upon skin colour and inspired by the racism of white people...
View ArticleGive Me A Label
Did it begin with self-help books or any literature that talked about ‘knowing yourself’?’ Or does it stretch back to how people fall naturally into family groupings and then tribes and so now look for...
View ArticleDo We Need To Be Different
The rise again of the sectarian violence in India, just the same old story mirrored around the world, will produce the same responses in commentators that we have to be taught to hate, that tribalism...
View ArticleCountries Have Character
I was thinking of the ways we describe national characteristics and felt that we are inherently racist, but there may be elements of truth in what we say but does it actually mean anything? Every...
View ArticleColour Blind
When I was student a friend complained to me once that what she found really aggravating about racism, was that everyone was forced to think about it and even if you had not a drop in your mind it...
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