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Having lived for a period of time in a fairly homogeneous community and with certain social privileges in India, Mrinali says being labeled with terms unfamiliar to her, like \u201cbrown\u201d and \u201cperson of color,\u201d upon moving back to the United States, was eye opening and greatly pushed her towards learning more about different aspects of what makes up her identity. In college, even when she was the only person of South Asian descent in the social-cause organizations she was a member of, there was a certain sense of solidarity and understanding between her and others labeled with the same terms that were formerly foreign to her. She says in India, colorism has influence on a woman\u2019s abilities and privileges, from finding suitors to opportunities available to her. Subtle comments like \u201cyou could be lighter\u201d from those around her, she says, made fairer skin a goal to be achieved when she was younger; additionally, beliefs regarding eating certain foods or everyday habits and their impacts on skin color offered incentives and deterrents from doing certain things. At the time, she perceived these comments from peers and family as a \u201crite of passage: something every Indian kid has to deal with.\u201d On the other hand, the media, too, affected the way she viewed skin color, as she believed one needed to have lighter skin to be an actor or celebrity. This belief was also influenced by Hollywood, which portrayed the United States as predominantly white to her, where fair skin exemplified purity and privilege. A proud caste-abolitionist, she cites an English teacher as having been \u201cthe push to bring out\u201d her interest in social justice that already existed. She and her teacher would discuss the backgrounds of authors and the contents of the books her teacher would assign. They would \u201cdig deep into the human emotion that you are supposed to be relating to, for which you don\u2019t have to see the face of who\u2019s writing.\u201d This connection to humaneness is crucial as Mrinali says, because \u201cWe are all the same people after all.\u201d<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"

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