By D. Sohi, Blog Correspondent
The Windrush Generation in the UK has recently come to light, not through the retrospective lens of a historian, but an active resurgence of othering. Those who had boarded the SS Empire Windrush from the West Indies to Britain in 1948, were attracted to the offer of full citizenship suggested by the British Nationality Act of 1948. It seemed like a mutually beneficial partnership: post-war Britain’s infrastructure (National Health Service and London Transport) needed repairing and strengthening, and commonwealth “subjects” desired new opportunities.
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Louisiana Catch by Sweta Vikram scared the daylights out of me, in the literal sense. No, it doesn’t talk about ghosts, vampires or of paranormal stuff you cannot see. It talks about the nightmares you see daily, the sexual offenders! Sweta Vikram is a best-selling author of 11 books who believes in the power of stories. Based in New York, she writes about women and multiculturalism. Louisiana Catch is the story of Ahana who is a grieving daughter and abuse survivor who must summon the courage to run a feminist conference, trust a man she meets over the internet and escape a cat fishing stalker to find her power. by Namrata
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The recent van attack in Münster, Germany on 7th of April, 2018 witnessed the usual social media and press flurry: Who was the perpetrator? Which organisation did they belong to? They must be Muslim. Cue the influx of “solutions” from social media users on how to deal with this problem--unsettling solutions intimidating for any person of colour to read, particularly as those users are sympathetic to, or are aligned with, right and far-right organisations. by Namrata
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I was not fully aware of what it means to be Khmer until I spent a year studying in Los Angeles. Granted, I am always aware of the intersections of my identities: biracial. Chinese-Cambodian on my mother’s side, Scottish-Swedish on my father’s. Second-generation Canadian. Daughter of a refugee. Female. I’m also fiercely proud of my heritage, arguing with anyone who tells me I cannot identify as half-Asian “because I look too White” and brushing off “where are you really from?” questions with literal answers (born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia). |