Piya Chattopadhyay reflects on the privilege of racial passing |
Piya Chattopadhyay reflects on the privilege of racial passing
CBC Radio
2019-09-20
Piya Chattopadhyay, Host
Out in the Open
 Piya Chattopadhyay’s daughter and twin sons (Submitted by Piya Chattopadhyay) |
‘I spend a lot of time looking at my children and wondering to myself what their skin tone means in 2019’
My daughter Jasmine has light brown hair and hazel eyes.
My son Niko’s hair is even lighter, but his eyes are dark brown.
Same goes for my other son Julian (which makes sense, since they’re identical twins).
They’re all tall and lean. And they’re all fair-skinned, the kind that no amount of sunscreen seems to stave off a sunburn.
By appearance, they take after their father and his lineage.
So I’m forgiving when people say, “They don’t look like you at all,” but a little less forgiving when people confuse me for their nanny…
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