“I felt strange in my own family, because I had a very liberal mind, and I would ask myself, "Why is there this discrimination between men and women?" In our culture, the man should be outside and the woman should be at home. I wanted to study, or meet my friends, and I couldn't. And I felt very different.” MenShouldMindDifferentHomeWantedCultureAsksFeltMy OwnStudyStrangeHe ManMen And WomenMy FriendsDiscrimination Author:Malina Suliman
“Of course it is extremely difficult to like oneself in a culture which thinks you are a disease.” ThinkingCultureCoursesDifficultDiseaseOneselfDiscrimination Author:Chrystos
“If the majority culture know so little about us, it must be our problem, they seem to be telling us; the burden of teaching is on us.” IfsKnowsLittlesProblemSeemsCultureTeachingMajorityBurdenDiscrimination Author:Mitsuye Yamada
“Once Indians become more visible in pop culture and thus more humanized, then it actually chips away at discrimination. Especially after 9/11, it became important for those stories and that human element, for the Muslim, the Hindu, the Sheikh communities to be heard. That's what I hope I get at with the music.” HumansImportantStoriesCultureCommunityHeardElementsPopsDiscriminationVisibleChipsPop Culture Author:Himanshu Suri