Dark, Lovely, and South Asian

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I couldn't find any space online that celebrate positive images of dark-skinned South Asians so I created one. This is also a space to celebrate the South Asian diaspora and people of Indo-Caribbean descent who also face colorism. Audre Lorde said, "If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive." I refuse to be crunched into other people's dehumanizing fantasies about me. I refuse to be eaten alive. I am a dark-skinned South Asian who needs to see representations that reflect me. Here are images, voices and stories that document I am not alone.

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September 13, 2012

mishthi:

You honestly didn’t think I’d go through this Labor Day long weekend of singing “AAAAaaaaaayyyyyeeee, sexy lady,” all of the time and that I wouldn’t blog about this song, did you? This is the Tamil version to Gangnam Style, otherwise known as the K-pop replacement to the Call Me Maybe song stuck in your head.

BOOM. Now it’s stuck in yours.

Filed under dark-skinned south asian and lovely tamil gangnam style awesome video music

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