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100			_aMcDuie-Ra, Duncan
245			_aDebating race in contemporary India _cby Duncan McDuie-Ra
260			_aHampshire : _bPalgrave Macmillan, _c©2015
300			_aviii, 136 p. ; _c21 cm.
490			_aPalgrave pivot
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_t1.Introduction: Let's Stop Pretending
505			_t2. Bangalore: An Inconvenient Truth: Hate Crime and the Exodus
505			_t3. Enough Racism, Enough: Vocal Politics, Gendered Silences
505			_t4. Calling NE People Chinki Will Land You in Jail: Fixing Racism
505			_t5. Mahatma Gandhi's Statue Beheaded in Ukhrul: Beyond the Good Indian Citizen in Race Debates
520			_aA great deal of energy goes into strenuously denying that racism exists in India, or upon recognizing that it may exist, stressing that it is not as bad as in other countries. Yet in recent years there has been a shift towards recognizing and attempting to 'fix' racism as part of larger agenda of integration of India's rebellious frontier populations into the national fold. The experiences of indigenous and tribal communities from Northeast India have brought race debates to national attention. Three murders and a mass 'exodus' of Northeast migrants back to the borderland from Indian cities are analyzed to track the shifts in race debates from denial to acknowledgement to high level government action. Duncan McDuie-Ra argues that, despite these shifts, racism experienced by Northeast communities is framed as a problem of metropolitan India not of everyday life in the borderland itself, subsuming the contentious politics of state-making and rebellion.
650			_aEconomic development
650			_aEthnic relations
650			_aSocial issues & processes
650			_aIndia -- Race relations
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