Dazed Magazineさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Dazed MagazineInstagram)「The soon-to-be-released @coconut.zine from Dazed Club member @anuhya.ds shines a light on what it’s like to be a young person with South Asian heritage in the UK 🥥 Despite 9.3 per cent of the UK population identifying as British Asian, they’re the most underrepresented ethnic group on UK television, and even these portrayals often fall flat and lean heavily on stereotypes and clichés. It’s frustrating, but makes it all the more heartening to see projects like Coconut which are created by British South Asians, for British South Asians. "Initially, I got called a ‘coconut’ by my South Asian family as a joke,” Coconut’s 20-year-old creator @anuhya.ds tells Dazed. “Even throughout secondary school, my South Asian friends and I would call each other ‘coconut’ – like if someone couldn’t handle a bit of spice or like if someone didn’t know a specific Bollywood song, that sort of stuff." “When you look back, in most cases the joke probably hid a feeling of discomfort and disconnection. As I got older and I visited India more often and visited my family and learnt more about my culture, I realised how disconnected I was, especially because I can’t speak Hindi. But I know that’s a struggle that a lot of people can relate to.” Anuhya adds that the process of creating Coconut Zine was enlightening on a personal level, and she hopes to share her newfound understanding of British South Asian history with readers. “I also wanted to learn more about British South Asian history, because I always knew that places like Brick Lane and Southall had a history of protest, but I didn’t really know the details of it,” she explains. “This project really gave me an opportunity to properly delve into the history. It was so interesting, and a part of history that you don’t normally hear about.” Read more through the link in our bio 🔗 📸 @anuhya.ds」8月9日 21時11分