I am 16, getting my hair braided by my friend’s older sister from high school. On my way to class, I pass the social hotspots in our high school. It is not until a decade after high school that I started to examine why my friends and I felt it was OK to adopt aspects of Black culture as social currency. Rewrite the narrative South Asians have long taken a hall pass for critical examination of anti-Blackness within ourselves, our families and our communities. South Asians have an opportunity to demonstrate true allyship with our Black neighbours.

Source: Huffington Post November 18, 2019 20:46 UTC