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S3 E10: Growing up Indo-Caribbean

August 09, 2021 • Shabnum Gulati • Season 3 • Episode 10

In this episode Shabnum is joined by Juanita Dudhnath of Brown Girl Magazine as both of them talk through the dark history of indentured servitude that led to Indian migration to the Caribbean, and how four to five generations onward the culture of Indo-Caribbean people has evolved. Juanita explains the term "Coolie," and how it can have both familiar and negative connotations, and she explains the hyphenated identity that Indo-Caribbeans have uniquely lived with for generations when the world is just now starting to normalize a hyphenated identity. We also talked a bit about the perception problem of other South Asian Americans not seeing Indo-Caribbeans as our own, and how the world is changing to enable more of these conversations to be had in order to drive changes in thinking.

Host: Shabnum Gulati
Guest: Juanita Dudhnath
Art: Chelsi Bhagan (@island.childd) on Instagram
Music: AnAkkiN on SoundCloud