Actress Neena Gupta’s designer daughter, Masaba Gupta, took to Instagram to talk about her own ‘mixed’ racial upbringing. She mentioned how she began to think about her ethnicity. Masaba is the daughter of Neena and West Indian cricket legend Vivian Richards.
She talked about when she was a child and thought about her ethnicity, felt that there was no one else like her. She wrote: “You know when I was little and I started to understand more about my ethnicity… the fact that I was a mixed girl… half Caribbean and half Indian, I thought I was the only one of my kind. think wow, masaba there can’t possibly be more like you out there. “
His perception changed when he began traveling to Antigua, where his father lives. “And then my world opened up, I traveled and on a trip to Antigua I discovered many more of my kind. It was like looking in a mirror that I could never find. And I felt a little less alone in my constant struggle to understand racism, it was such an important word. “
She mentioned how she struggled to understand why it was so difficult for her to fit in. She wrote: “In my struggle to understand why I was different. I mean, it’s so much easier to be like everyone else, so you blend in with the crowd in Mumbai, right?
Expressing hope after seeing the rise of Kamala, she continued: “But today I see @kamalaharris and I know that different is so good. It’s so good that if you keep your chin up and work hard enough to break up the color, the skin, the racing box they put you in … you could make history. Madam Vice President, the first black woman / first person of South Asian descent, and more importantly the first woman to be Vice President-elect, I salute you and plan to return to my drawing board tonight and sketch bigger dreams. and bright for me. and the women who will come after me … mixed girls, like us. #kamalaharris #america # choice2020 – Image credit: @jonelleyoga ”. Masaba posted two photos to accompany his post.
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Among those who came out in support of her was her good friend and actor Sonam Kapoor. She wrote in the comment section, “My masu … onwards and upwards … everything will be fine.” Priyanka Chopra, who lives in the US with her husband, American singer Nick Jonas, dropped a series of thankful emojis. VJ Shibani Dandekar also dropped heart emojis, while actor Gul Panag wrote, “You’re cool.” Guilty actor Akansha Ranjan Kapoor wrote: “Yasssss Kween”.
In the 2020 US elections, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are president-elect and vice-president-elect respectively.
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