A colour, a vanished race, a metaphor -- Colourism : fair is fair? -- Trinidad : guarding the colour line -- The Philippines : at the world's service -- Hong Kong : workers, women, mothers -- Sri Lanka : in the shadow of the Philippines -- Qatar : between men -- The United Kingdom : British values -- France : another Paris -- The United States : undocumented -- Canada : the wedge issue.
Summary
A look at the social, political, economic and personal implications of being a brown-skinned person today, whether from North Africa, the Middle East, Mexico, the Caribbean, or South and Southeast Asia.
