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Bridgerton season two: Diversity or tokenism?

By Aymen Sherwani, April 24 2022—

The question of whether the South Asian representation in season two of Netflix’s Bridgerton veers closer to diversity or tokenism is a complex one. On the one hand, Twitter is in an absolute uproar … Read the rest

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Spill the Chai: On South Asian diaspora in film

By Aymen Sherwani, January 20 2020—

Growing up, I don’t think I could point out a single Hollywood movie where a brown face wasn’t a frugal convenience store owner who parroted a “Thank you, come again,” or a nameless al-Qaeda … Read the rest