Dr Zuleyka Zevallos

A typical example of everyday racism, illustrating how & why White people who think they're Very Progressive are actually replicating White supremacy. This weekend was the Sydney Writers Festival. I went to a session led by an Aboriginal woman w/ Black #women guests. Thread.pic.twitter.com/XG2JWSUlrL

I'm sitting up the front on a table with a friend. A White woman sits beside me, ignores her male partner for the rest of the night. She has an oddity to acquire: me. I'm polite. I say hello. Her first question: "Are you Aboriginal?" No. I'm Peruvian. "Oh! Potatos!"pic.twitter.com/zxSzMEdUmJ

"How many varieties of potatoes do your people grow?" Peru is famous for agriculture. But why do you think a White woman reduces this to "potatoes" , even though she says she's travelled through Peru? Why is it I've only had White people ask if I'm a "peasant"? pic.twitter.com/MOeP2pmvvh