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There is no more apartheid in South Africa than in the United States.
― Malcolm X
Malcolm X
United States
Apartheid
South Africa
If I hadn't left South Africa, I felt I was at risk of being pigeonholed. I looked around and saw actors who, 10 to 15 years into their careers, were still playing stereotypical Afrikaans characters, stereotyped Indian characters. That was not something that I wanted for myself.
― Adhir Kalyan
Adhir Kalyan
If I Hadn't
South Africa
Risk
Pigeonholed
Looked
Around
Careers
Still
Playing
Stereotypical
Afrikaans
Characters
Stereotyped
Indian
Something
Wanted
Myself
I was raised in a spirit of the importance of service to your fellow man. My mom is a senator back home in South Africa. My father is a very caring and generous individual.
― Adhir Kalyan
Adhir Kalyan
Mom
Father
Home
Caring
Men
Spirit
Individual
My Mom
Importance
South Africa
Generous
Fellow Man
Raised
Fellows
Senators
South
Back Home
Growing up in this post-apartheid era, the first generation of teens in South Africa living in this new democracy, I often found myself feeling different. I was often the only person of color in an otherwise all-white school. And within the Indian community, because of my training with an English acting teacher, my accent was very different.
― Adhir Kalyan
Adhir Kalyan
Growing
Post-apartheid
Generation
Teens
South Africa
Democracy
Found
Different
Person
Otherwise
All-white
School
Community
Training
English
Acting
Teacher
Accent