WHAT?
Four Thousand Miles is creating a 100 - hot list of all the amazing British Asian women in the creative industry who are going against the grain of cultural norms and killing it in their creative areas. There is still an expectation channelled by unlearnt archaic attitudes to be the house maid / baby maker and If you're not a doctor or a lawyer, you're looked at as the one who's not that 'academic', politely meaning, 'don't worry, you're just a bit stupid!ā
There are some BAD ASS Asian females out there who are creatively doing some amazing things for the world and it's about time we made a (Bhangra) song and dance about it!
With only 11% of the BAME group working in the creative sectors, Iām discovering the missing 89%