Has always bothered me.
As a brown person, it's really disheartening to see how many brown people just don't give a fuck about black issues. I see Latinos criticizing black lives matter all the time on social media. Indian people just don't give a fuck period.
It's crazy cause all of this stems from British colonization, where brown people were made to feel slightly superior to blacks simply because they were indentured servants rather than slaves.
I recently read Americanah, and there was a quote that stood out to me: "If you're white you're right, if you're brown stick around, and if you're black get back."
That mentality still exists today. I can't speak for other communities, but the South Asian (Indian) community is completely aloof. I know it's because we are relatively new, but it amazes me how racist they can be. They think that just because whites have accepted them (they love our yoga and chai and bindis and bollywood), just because they have relative affluence in this country, that it gives them some kind of power.
But minorities don't have power. Money doesn't buy power. It buys access to other people's power. Temporarily.
Sorry. Just a rant.
