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A closer look at brown people on screen

Hasan Minhaj is the diaspora’s “Cool Brown Friend”

After the end of Hasan Minhaj's "Patriot Act," his significance to the South Asian-American diaspora cannot be overstated....

Let’s stop debating whether Kamala Harris is Indian or Black enough

The vice-presidential nomination of biracial senator Kamala Harris highlights mixed-race identity and how little we understand it as a nation still....

The most revolutionary thing about “Never Have I Ever” is Devi in therapy

Mindy Kaling's "Never Have I Ever" radically depicts South Asian-American teen Devi in therapy, supporting much-needed discussions of mental health in communities of color....

“Indian Matchmaking” but where are all the Muslims?

India is home to the second-largest population of Muslims in the world. But you wouldn't know it by watching any popular media about India and its diaspora....

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I’m Fareeha Molvi, a Pakistani-American Muslim writer. Brown in Media is where I take a closer look at how brown people are shaping film, TV, politics and culture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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