Go to any festival in this country, and you’ll be confronted by hoards of white, middle-class youth rocking bindis and faux-Kente-printed shirts.
The vast majority have probably never been near Ghana or India. I doubt they’re clocked on to black history or Pan-Africanism or are well versed in Hinduism.
It's time to stop projecting your racial insecurities on to people of colour
But does that matter? Well, increasing numbers (online at least) would probably say yes.
Take the most recent debate involving Gigi Hadid, who this month has appeared on the… Read the full story