I don’t know my ethnicity. I don’t know my father and my mother was adopted. I’ve never had a group of people I was able to identify with. Where I live, if you aren’t caucasian then you’re considered dark skinned and ‘exotic’. People constantly ask me what my ethnicity is and get frustrated when I say I don’t know. I’ve never had a group of people I could identify with before.. Until I found this blog. I just.. wanted to thank you. It’s nice knowing I’m not alone.

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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 17, 2012

Anonymous asked: I don't know my ethnicity. I don't know my father and my mother was adopted. I've never had a group of people I was able to identify with. Where I live, if you aren't caucasian then you're considered dark skinned and 'exotic'. People constantly ask me what my ethnicity is and get frustrated when I say I don't know. I've never had a group of people I could identify with before.. Until I found this blog. I just.. wanted to thank you. It's nice knowing I'm not alone.

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I am filled with love and gratitude for you. There’s more I’d share privately. I am so grateful you’re reminded that you are definitely not alone <3 <3 <3

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