Yesterday I found myself thinking about the moment I realized I was brown. The moment that established a disjoint between the person who didn’t know the meaning of color, and the person who could no longer see anything outside of it. I always knew of course, that my ethnic roots sprouted from a region whereContinue reading “Brown Intimacy Pt. 1: The Self”
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Brown and White: A Tale of Exclusion
Racial politics are woven into the fabric of every social structure. The main distinction between varying racial interactions is the chain of historical events that build particular racial dynamics. In more homogenous societies like Karachi for example, racial politics are a constant undertone rather than an overt conversation – an undertone established by years ofContinue reading “Brown and White: A Tale of Exclusion”