identity
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On the hyphenated American…
Born in Bangladesh and raised in the United States, the author is often taken for Indian and says he is relaxed about it, explaining why this puzzles South Asians whose…
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Why brown Americans find ethnic and national factionalism amusing sometimes
Razib Khan argues that to Americans most South Asians are just ‘the brown guy’, so differences of region, shade and religion look marginal, while saying people need not accept others’…
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Why I stand with Ivanka Trump and Kim Kardashian
The author explains why he admires Ivanka Trump and Kim Kardashian as smart, successful women with global reach, argues women have long advanced through looks and family connection, and takes…
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Why I hate the term Brown
After watching Daughters of Destiny, the author argues ‘Brown’ is an offensive catch-all because it hides differences of shade and caste privilege, urging Dalit South Asians to claim ‘black’ so…
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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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It’s not always Racism
A list of ten reflections arguing that racism is too quickly blamed for everything, that elites may select on class and ability, and that ‘model’ minorities in the West are…
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I am human, and I think nothing human is alien to me.
Responding to a comment that the blog pertains to South Asians, the author asks what that means for each reader, weighs Naipaul’s view of Muslim-background people shorn of Indian roots,…
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Brown is all, all is brown
Razib Khan argues for a liberal, broad view of who counts as ‘brown’ or desi, using adoptees raised as English-speaking American Christians and converts to South Asian religions as test…
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Is Blackish, Brownish?
X.T.M reflects on the sitcom Blackish and the many mixed-race members of its cast, arguing that the one-drop rule lets ‘exotic’ bi-racial people claim belonging in the Black community, and…
