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The Chai Factor by Farah Heron
4.0
This romance had extra depth to it as it had so much to say about:
-islamophobia (as I write this, I struggle to understand how a white man in London, Ontario could deliberately drive his vehicle into a Muslim family walking in the evening, of whom he killed four members).
-how liberal-minded people think they’re automatically more progressive and better people because they don’t obviously actively mistreat the marginalized. Main character Amira Khan has legitimate anger and serious concerns about Canadian society, but more particularly how insensitive Duncan was exposing her and his black team member, then later her and her eleven-year old sister, to the hatred of his racist, misogynistic and Islamophobic friend and family.
-how South Asian families and communities don’t often support their members who are women, or darker-skinned, or queer, or suffering from a mental illness In fact, there’s often tremendous shame and pressure to not be these things, or hide them, and I liked how Farrah Heron shows characters grappling with this type of conflict while still trying to be part of their family and community.
-the sometimes misogynistic and/or homophobic behaviour within STEM professions of male colleagues to their female and others colleagues.
I liked this book a lot, and plan to read this author’s next book.
-islamophobia (as I write this, I struggle to understand how a white man in London, Ontario could deliberately drive his vehicle into a Muslim family walking in the evening, of whom he killed four members).
-how liberal-minded people think they’re automatically more progressive and better people because they don’t obviously actively mistreat the marginalized. Main character Amira Khan has legitimate anger and serious concerns about Canadian society, but more particularly how insensitive Duncan was exposing her and his black team member, then later her and her eleven-year old sister, to the hatred of his racist, misogynistic and Islamophobic friend and family.
-how South Asian families and communities don’t often support their members who are women, or darker-skinned, or queer, or suffering from a mental illness In fact, there’s often tremendous shame and pressure to not be these things, or hide them, and I liked how Farrah Heron shows characters grappling with this type of conflict while still trying to be part of their family and community.
-the sometimes misogynistic and/or homophobic behaviour within STEM professions of male colleagues to their female and others colleagues.
I liked this book a lot, and plan to read this author’s next book.