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The Tebbit test is racist
The author argues that the Tebbit test of whom British Asians support at cricket is coded racism, since a Welshman cheering Wales raises no eyebrows, and says Asians were never…
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Daughters of Destiny
Recommends the four-part Netflix series Daughters of Destiny, about a school founded by an Indian-American millionaire for Dalit girls in India.
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Generations don’t exist, and neither do “immigrants”
Prompted by an online dispute over ‘second-generation immigrants’, the author argues that generations are a convenient binning of continuous variation, that immigrant should apply only to those born abroad, and…
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Open Thread – Brown Pundits
An open thread for discussion of any topic, with other posts kept on topic.
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No honor among brownz
Quotes a report on Subway franchisees alleging that supervisors manipulated inspections, with the poster’s comment that beneath it lies a story of South Asian petty corruption and that business reporters…
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The Dalai Lama is right-
Defending the Dalai Lama’s remark that his successor should be attractive, the author argues that treating ugliness as virtue, and being white as the best thing in the world, is…
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Brown Pundits Browncast episode 51: Scratching the surface on Sri Lanka
A BrownCast episode in which the host talks to ‘Nan’, a Sri Lankan Tamil American raised in the American South, about his background and why Sri Lankans see themselves as…
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Good luck Pakistan-
Shares a tweet linking Disney’s Aladdin remake to Pakistan’s World Cup match against New Zealand, and jokes that Pakistan plays cricket like the author plays pool.
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A darker shade of brown
The author examines attitudes to skin colour among South Asians, noting how Bollywood aesthetics define ‘Indian’ even for Western casting, that Indian-American culture pays less attention to shade, and predicting…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
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