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Al-Solaylee, Kamal.
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Human skin color -- Social aspects.
Race discrimination.
Race awareness.
Muslims.
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Al-Solaylee, Kamal.
Human skin color -- Social aspects.
Race discrimination.
Race awareness.
Muslims.
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Brown
:
what
being
brown
means
in the
world
today
(to
everyone
) / Kamal Al-Solaylee.
by
Al-Solaylee, Kamal.
HarperCollins, c2016.
Call #:
305.8914 A316b
Subjects
Human skin color -- Social aspects.
Race discrimination.
Race awareness.
Muslims.
ISBN:
9781443441438 (hc.)
Description:
326 pages ; 24 cm
Summary:
Brown
is not white.
Brown
is not black.
Brown
is an experience, a state of mind. Historically speaking, issues of race and skin colour have been interpreted along black and white lines, leaving out millions of people whose stories of migration and racial experiences have shaped our modern
world
. In this new book by Kamal Al-Solaylee, whose bestselling Intolerable was a finalist for Canada Reads and for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Nonfiction Prize and won the Toronto Book Award, fills in the narrative gap by taking a global look at the many social, political, economic and personal implications of
being
a brown-skinned person in the
world
now.
Brown
people have emerged as the source of global cheap labour (Hispanics or South Asians) while also coming under scrutiny and suspicion for their culture and faith (Arabs and Muslims). To be
brown
is to be on the cusp of whiteness and on the edge of blackness.
Brown
is packed with storytelling and on-the-street reporting conducted over two years in 10 countries from four continents that reveals a multitude of lives and stories from destinations as far apart as the United Arab Emirates, Philippines, Britain, Trinidad, France, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Qatar, the United States, and Canada. It contains striking research about immigration, workers' lives and conditions, and the pursuit of a lighter shade of
brown
as a global status symbol. It is also a personal book, as the author studies the significance of
brown
skin for those whose countries of origin include North Africa and the Middle East, Mexico and Central America, and South and East Asia, he also reflects on his own identity and experiences as a brown-skinned person (in his case from Yemen) who has grown up with images of whiteness as the only indicators of beauty and desire.
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