Debating Race in Contemporary India [electronic resource] /
McDuie-Ra, Duncan.author.
Race debates have become more frequent at the national level, and the response to racism in the media and by politicians has shifted from denial to acknowledgment to action. Focusing on the experiences of communities from India's Northeast borderland, the author explores the dynamics of race debates in contemporary India.
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Cover ; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: 'Let's Stop Pretending There's No Racism in India'                                                                         ; Northeast communities as racial subjects                                               ; Frontiers and fringes                            ; Era of encounter                       ; Approaching race debates                               ; Structure of the book
2 'Bangalore: An Inconvenient Truth': Hate Crime and the Exodus                                                                      Loitam Richard                     ; Racism and 'hate crime'                              ; The exodus                 ; Racism and rumor                       ; 'Please come back'                         ; 3 'Enough Racism, Enough': Vocal Politics, Gendered Silences                                                                   ; Reingamphi Awungshi                          ; Delhi: rotten city
Morality and victimhood                              Nido Tania                 ; Protest and solidarity                             ; Debating Nido's murder                             ; The Nido effect                      ; 4 'Calling NE People Chinki Will Land You in Jail': Fixing Racism                                                                        ; The Bezbaruah Committee                              ; Law          ; Law enforcement                      ; Institutional reform                           ; Promoting the Northeast
Displaced agency?                        5 'Mahatma Gandhi's Statue Beheaded in Ukhrul': Beyond the Good Indian Citizen in Race Debates                                                                                                     ; De-politicizing the borderland                                     ; Bibliography                   ; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Race debates have become more frequent at the national level, and the response to racism in the media and by politicians has shifted from denial to acknowledgment to action. Focusing on the experiences of communities from India's Northeast borderland, the author explores the dynamics of race debates in contemporary India.
Economic development.
Ethnology-Asia.
Ethnicity.
Asia-Politics and government.
Social justice.
Development Studies.
Asian Culture.
Ethnicity Studies.
Asian Politics.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.