#half desi

[dilwaledyke-moved]

Ok fellow mixed folks, I’m curious. SO If you have het parents, one white parent and one POC parent, rb and tell me which one is mom and which is dad? For science

[exuberance-of-youth]

My Opinion On“Hymn for the Weekend” Music Video

Thank you for looking out for us and defending our culture when you thought it was being appropriated, but please calm down, because in this case it’s not necessary. Most of you who are getting offended are not at all Indian or Southern Asian. Bey is not Indian—we know that and so does she—but she would not willingly wear Indian-inspired clothing if she believed she was appropriating it, because she knows how that feels. Although, I can see why people would still be offended by her wearing Indian inspired clothing at all, because it wasn't necessary for her to do so. However, “Hymn for the Weekend” was directed by someone who is Indian, the Indian-inspired clothes Beyonce was wearing were also made by an Indian designer, and the video was actually filmed in India. If any of the people who were Indian were uncomfortable with having Bey wear the clothes that she did in the video, they wouldn’t have let her wear them, and she wouldn’t have asked if she could either, she was given permission.

Honestly, I loved the music video, because it mainly focused on how beautiful and vibrant and colorful our culture is. And if you actually read the comments on Youtube, you’ll see a ton of comments from non-Indian people that complement our culture, as well as tons of positive feedback coming from Indian people. It showed Indian children running around and dancing in the streets of Mumbai, smiling as they celebrate Holi (festival of colors). There was no whitewashing or harsh Indian stereotypes involved. The singers showed nothing but respect and appreciation for my culture. Unlike Iggy Azalea’s music video “Million Dollar Dream” in which she was the primary focus, probably 20% of the four and a half minute music video showed Coldplay and Bey (Sonam Kapoor makes a cameo as well), the rest of the video was about India and her people!

[neelarangeela]

Here. The amount of sheer pain that starts with tremors in my body, my hair standing on end as I listen to the screams of a child. Here, as I am fighting for my place and recognition of research, when I call my mother every morning and her words to me are “don’t be like what they expect us to be” her warning tones when I ask her if it’s a good idea to hang out with other members of my program “they’re white, you can’t do the same things; they’ll get a warning, you’ll get sent home”. Fourteen, a few years ago I was that age. This is a pain I can’t explain to you and I can’t justify the words of my mother to you. My skin, my history, my heritages binds me. Here, I can’t stretch me arms wide enough to console my people, so beaten and broken, I can’t erase the years taken from us, all of us.