Racism

In the early 1900s, a young Parsi man named George Edalji was accused of a series of animal killings in a village in England. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes books, stepped in to help.

Princess Victoria Gowramma was the daughter of Chikavira Rajendra, the last King of the Kodagu (Coorg) kingdom, and was adopted as a godchild by Queen Victoria and converted to Christianity. But her diasporic story is not quite a fairytale one would hope.

When Kala Bagai, and her husband Vaishno Das Bagai, arrived at Berkeley in 1915, there were only close to 2,000 Indians living in the US.

“While studying in Chennai, I was initially scared and embarrassed to cook my home food that had a distinct smell. It’s because of the stereotype associated with our cuisine, as if it’s something dirty or unappealing. I finally decided to break away from that feeling.”

“I always overhear aunties at weddings saying, she’s lucky that he married her despite her complexion.”

Colourism is the ‘Cousin of Racism.’ Calling out racist conduct doesn’t have a statute of limitations either. Your intent doesn’t matter when you call someone ‘kalu.’

From something as simple as refusing a fairness cream ad to pulling out of an event sponsored by a brand that promotes ‘whitening’, these ten celebrities condemned colour-based discrimination with their actions.

While viruses do not discriminate between hosts depending on race, nationality or ethnicity, it’s evident that misinformation and stigma do. Since like COVID-19 coronavirus does not discriminate neither should we.

Ian Grillot risked his life in an attempt to thwart a hate-crime.

After reading a powerful open letter written by a woman from the Northeast slamming racism in India, here is my solution.