Things brown/south asian tumblr will probably never address:
Antiblackness that actually involves the input of black south asians & black people in general
Ignoring the fact that South Asia is comprised of 8 countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Maldives, and Sri Lanka.
Lack or complete ignorance of north east indian culture and peoples.
Cultural hegemony India tends to have over representing South Asia
Discussion of caste which doesnāt reduce it down to an old practice that doesnāt actively shape an individualās life in a variety of ways that are not exclusive to socioeconomic struggles.
How the discussion of the South Asian diaspora focuses mainly on those living in the West.
Hindutva
Steve McCurry making a name for himself off of the exploitation and exotification of South Asian faces and bodies (see: Sharbat Gula: known globally merely as āThe Afghan Girlā
Ignorance of the issues Adivasi peoples face across South Asia.
Exploitation of the bodies of South Asian women for surrogacy by Westerners.
Savarna appropriation of Avarna arts redeeming it anew with culture now that itās been mutilated by forward castes. (ie: Appropriation of Sadir into modern day Bharatnatyam)
The creation of good and bad brown/south asian dichotomy in the West Post 9/11 (ie: Indian peoples are characterized/seen as intelligent spiritual peaceful people while Pakistani and Afghani peoples are characterized/seen as violent terrorists or oppressed women who are labeled under islamophobic terms such as āradical muslimā
The lack of discussion about the South Asian diaspora in the Caribbean and South America.
Discrimination against Black African students living in South Asia.
Portrayal of Hinduism & Buddhism as peaceful religions while Islam is portrayed as violent and backwards.
Complete ignorance or writing off of Southern & Northeast Indian cultures by North Indians and Northern South Asians alike as not being authentically Indian or only discussing it when talking about the different regions of India.
Shadeism
How Bollywood has stolen, appropriated, and made racist caricatures of Indians and Non-Indians who are not Savarna North Indians. (See: Chennai Express, blackface meant to represent native Hawaiian peoples seen in the Hawa Hawai song in Mr. India, Shekhar Kapurās Bandit Queen, etc)
Misogyny and sexual violence against Dalit women.
Erasure of brown skin in South Asian media, replacing brown skinned South Asian women with extremely light skinned South Asian or white women calling them the ideal faces of South Asian womanhood and beauty.
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