Vijay Prashad is director and associate professor of international studies at Trinity College and the author of The Karma of Brown Folk. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.
In this brilliant exploration of the often surprising historical
solidarities linking black and South Asian experiences, Prashad
demolishes the conservative conceits of ethnic essentialism and
so-called multiculturalism. In the usual dead zone of debate about
identity politics, this little book is a refreshing oasis of
original insight and unexpected affinity. -Mike Davis, author of
City of Quartz and Magical Urbanism
"Finally! A book that just might bring an end to all the silly talk
of 'identity politics.' Vijay Prashad's powerful, original essays
reveal that neither brown skins nor cultural commonalities explain
the long and dynamic history of Afro-Asian solidarity. Rather, the
answer lay in dreams of emancipation, dreams borne of Empire but
nourished in the imaginations of so-called colored people who had
to learn to trust each other in the trenches. This is one
complicated and uncompleted journey we all need to know about."
-Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical
Imagination
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