The Meaning of WhiteRace, Class, and the 'Domiciled Community' in British India 1858-1930 (original) (raw)

Some years ago, in the midst of a conversation about tourism and travelling, a friend from one of Britain's former colonies remarked how shocked she had been to see 'white people begging' during her first trip abroad to Australia. The comment puzzled me, but my friend explained that she had grown up surrounded by a widespread belief that poverty was a predominantly 'non-white' condition and it was only after leaving her country to travel abroad that she came to realize how inaccurate this idea was.