Talking about colourism without a caste analysis is more harmful than helpful. People from oppressor castes don't experience the same violence of colourism as those from oppressed caste backgrounds. 

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Readings

• Why I don't support the 'Dark is Beautiful' campaign

• A dissent note on the 'Dark is Beautiful' campaign

• How genetics is settling the Aryan migration debate

• Two new genetic studies upheld Indo-Aryan migration. So why did Indian media report the opposite?

• How Brown Girl Solidarity Harms Us

• Brown isn’t always brown: emojis, colourism and self-representation

Readings

• Arundhati Roy's introduction to AoC is a tactical, brahminical trick

• Joopaka Shubadra: Arundhati Roy does not know what caste pain is about

• India, The Idea Of Nation And The Subaltern Indian Woman

• Jathi, Varna, and Caste and Gender Discrimination