by Meera Nandlal | Nov 23, 2021 | Discrimination, Skin Colour Bias
Challenging the Bollywood Image of the Indian Woman My dad was right at everything, including picking the new Ms. Universe, Ms. USA, and Ms. Texas. He had a natural eye for beauty. I remember watching the Ms. Universe pageant as a little girl and remember my dad...
by Meera Nandlal | Aug 30, 2021 | Colourism Stories, Discrimination, Prejudice, Skin Colour Bias
Surviving Colourism and Racism in Today’s World My first encounter with racism was in elementary school here in Texas when a girl named Ann Marie, who happened to be partially deaf said, “Ewww” as she backed into a corner and said, “You are black.” I told her I was...
