The Chapel Hill Shooting & The Importance Of Labels
Three Americans were executed near UNC Chapel Hill. And the country’s reaction is, to say the least, muted. Why? Because these three Americans happened to … Read more
The Problem With ‘Us vs. Them’: Muslims, Sikhs, Fear & Stereotypes
The shooting of three young, Muslim students near UNC Chapel Hill has sparked a necessary moment of reflection for Muslims and non-Muslims alike. It also … Read more
Caste Privilege 101: A Primer for the Privileged
Introduction: Calling Out and Challenging Caste Look. It’s time that we South Asians of the diaspora call out caste. Every issue that we might want … Read more
Is There Now A Responsibility To Offend?
The caricatures of Mohammed, and of the “random Muslim dudes” often portrayed in the French magazine Charlie Hebdo that was the recent site of a terrible … Read more
The Inventor Gets Interesting: Review of Ms. Marvel #10
Note: This post contains spoilers for those who haven’t read the tenth issue of Ms. Marvel. Issue #10 is available for purchase on Amazon and … Read more
Our Name is Rebel: #Asians4BlackLives Protest Police Violence
On December 15, I chained my friends to the front door of the Oakland Police Department. Our group, called #Asians4BlackLives (http://a4bl.tumblr.com/), along with White and Latino … Read more
The Revolution Starts with My Thathi: Strategies for South Asians to Bring #BlackLivesMatter Home
It’s getting to that holiday time again, and many of us will be spending time with our families, given and chosen. If your family is … Read more
Did Serial’s Racialized Archetypes Work Against It?
In Aditya Desai’s recent piece in The Aerogram (Did Serial Fail South Asian Americans?), he argues that the main problem with the reporting in Serial is … Read more
Women’s Victim Role & The Bangladeshi Liberation War
If you were to believe most narratives in historical documentation of the Bangladeshi Liberation War, you’d buy into a very simple story about the role of … Read more
Did Serial Fail South Asian Americans?
For the past two months, I’ve been quietly tolerating the podcast Serial, Sarah Koenig’s investigation into the 1999 murder of high school senior Hae Min … Read more
