‘Black on Wed, desi on Thurs’: Why attack on Harris feels so personal for Blindians
- Ketaki Desai
- TNNUpdated: Aug 19, 2024, 11:01 IST IST
When Ramesh Annamraju was around Black people, they would assume he’s east African, while Indians would raise eyebrows when he told them his name. The son of a father from Andhra Pradesh and an African American mother, he didn’t know who he was for the longest time.
“Was I Black on Wednesday and Indian on Thursday? In Black groups, I was the Indian kid, and in Indian groups, I was the Black kid. It took me 18 years to understand how to be both at the same time,” says the 32-year-old rapper from Atlanta, Georgia, who goes by the stage name Rama Kazi.
“Was I Black on Wednesday and Indian on Thursday? In Black groups, I was the Indian kid, and in Indian groups, I was the Black kid. It took me 18 years to understand how to be both at the same time,” says the 32-year-old rapper from Atlanta, Georgia, who goes by the stage name Rama Kazi.
