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Swatch pulls ‘slanted eye’ ad after backlash in China
Calls for boycott after Swiss watchmaker becomes latest western brand accused of racist imageryThe Swiss watch…
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Thursday briefing: How the colonial legacy has created a toxic beauty industry
In today’s newsletter: Doctors are sounding the alarm over a surge in cancers and irreversible skin damage lin…
- Bangladesh, Global development, Human rights, India, Islam, Migration, Race, Religion, South and Central Asia, World news
India illegally deporting Muslim citizens at gunpoint to Bangladesh, say rights groups
There are fears the crackdown against ‘outsiders’ is driving widespread persecution as expelled Indians are re…
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Suman Fernando obituary
My friend and colleague Suman Fernando, who has died aged 92, had an international reputation in the field of …
- British empire, Colonialism, Immigration and asylum, India, Migration, Politics, Race, UK news, World news
I agree that Britain is a work in progress. But let’s be wary of distorting the past | Letter
Shyamol Banerji responds to an article by Mihir Bose on the country coming to terms with its colonial pastMihi…
- Bollywood, Business, Culture, Film, Global development, India, Race, South and Central Asia, Unilever, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Unfair & Lovely: the Bollywood film shining a light on dark-skin discrimination
As an Indian judge says change must start at home, a new movie uses humour to examine family prejudice against…
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Italian town in turmoil after far-right mayor bans Muslim prayers
Bangladeshi residents and others in Monfalcone say decisions to prohibit worship at cultural centres and banni…
- Colonialism, Diabetes, Food science, Health, India, Indian food and drink, Inequality, Medicine, Race, South and Central Asia, World news
How British colonialism increased diabetes in south Asians
South Asians today are between four and six times more likely to get type 2 diabetes than white people. While …
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‘Once we win California, the nation is next’: what a caste discrimination ban means for Americans
State bill would address trauma by amending housing, labor and education codes to explicitly prohibit discrimi…
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Disney’s Little Mermaid flops in China amid racist backlash over casting
Poor box office performance reflects broader challenge for Hollywood as it vies with domestic productionsThe p…
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‘Caste is anti-Asian hate’: the activists fighting ‘less visible’ discrimination in the US
Thenmozhi Soundararajan has spent her life battling for equity. Now California could pass a landmark law prote…
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Unravelling the threads that link us to the slave-owning past | Letters
Readers respond to David Olusoga’s article on how slavery shaped the Guardian, Britain and the worldMy career …
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Priyanka Chopra Jonas: Bollywood’s fair skin fixation helped drive me away
Actor and former Miss World announced move to US at pinnacle of her fame in India eight years agoThe Indian ac…
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‘A disease’: Caste discrimination in Australia is on the rise – but some are fighting back
As migration from south Asia booms, Australia’s human rights commission is looking at stronger measures agains…
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‘Cultural appropriation’: discussion builds over western yoga industry
Practitioners fear Indian culture has been ‘suppressed by colonisation’ while some question accessibilityYoga …