Belonging To...
Belonging To
In the wake of the war in Ukraine, the media have changed their tone when reporting on refugees, the aid they need, and the compassion they deserve. The response from the western world has been starkly different in comparison to the previous vilification of refugees of colour. Gobiga Ramachandran shares her thoughts on her identity as a Swiss-Tamil woman, and how this obvious hierarchising of human value based on skin tone has affected her sense of belonging.