And finally, here is the letter of support that fellow graduate students in Anthropology at the University of Colorado Boulder, wrote on our behalf, decrying the behaviour Adi and I have been facing:

Throughout, I have been careful to blot/ blur out all names because I do not want a twitter witch hunt, but instead, accountability and a public correction of their wrongs. The department's harmful microaggressions have perpetuated systemic racism against us & diminished us.

We'd like to see this system change, so it can result in a better, fairer, more equitable world for us all. Right now, we remain gaslit, suppressed, and anguished. Anthro @ UColorado American Anthropological Association Society for Cultural Anthropology Anthropology News

This is so disgusting. Just another example of literate bigots!

Instead of taking action against a racist staff member who prevented an Indian student from reheating their “pungent and smelly” food, the chair at CU Boulder 🦬 assigns a separate kitchen because the Indian food “smell lingers”. How is it not racist and exclusionary!

Where diversity, inclusion and equity are so well spoken and celebrated, such horrendous events are difficult to apprehend by readers, leave alone the recipients. #DEI matters in action not just words.

Demon 79, from Black Mirror S6 set in 70s Eng has a scene where an Asian woman is told not to have pungent food (biryani) at work by an employer &asked to bring a ham sandwich. She is also made to eat in the basement. This scenario played out in 2023. For real. Racism alert!

i worked in the Office of Student Conduct my first few years at CU and to see it be used in this way against students of colour adds a whole new lens to my experience as a student employee there. this is insane (and so sorry this happened to y'all)

Urmi Adi Prakash CU Boulder 🦬 rolandsmartin untilfreedom

Urmi Adi Prakash I'm so sorry you had to experience this Urmi. As a graduate of CU's ANTH undergraduate program, I am deeply disgusted by their behavior and I echo your sentiments of racism in the department, particularly with how many microaggressions I received daily. I pray this resolves soon.

All too familiar

Indeed Seoltangi moved to 🦋l🐈 💙💛 🟣😷 Urmi Adi Prakash CU Boulder 🦬 Funny, that's the part about this that I find the least surprising. I started off as an Anthro major and was quickly so disgusted with the dept that I switched majors after two years. Then again, my current field is just as bad, if not worse. I'm also at CU so can attest to this

Indeed Seoltangi moved to 🦋l🐈 💙💛 🟣😷 Urmi Adi Prakash CU Boulder 🦬 Lol I'm not white but one of the few Black faculty and have to teach in the anthro building because of building renovations, so have seen them firsthand 🤷🏾‍♀️

Lol. It's almost funny at this point that the very thing we've been crying ourselves hoarse about (that what happened with us WAS racism)...has been proven by TROLLS. CU Boulder 🦬/ white powers - if you needed more proof (coz obvs two South Asians telling you doesn't hold), here: pic.x.com/S2FG9PJYM1

Two #CUBoulder doctoral students, Adi Prakash and Urmi, allege they faced racial discrimination within the university's anthropology department. Read what they and CU Boulder have to say here: dailycamera.com/2023/10/22/cu-…

Disgraceful & absolutely unacceptable ! I demand the U.S. Ambassador to India to take up the matter with US Government authorities and deliver justice to the family of young Jaahnavi Kandula I request EA Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar Ji to take up the matter with his counterpart & demand a

Disgusting response. Kevin Dave needs to be treated as the criminal he is.

Denying entry to academics with roots in India is designed to cause personal anguish and to prevent them from meeting family and friends back home.

"Defaming whole country?" I literally wrote, "I love India. It is and always will be one of my favorite places in the world" and she accuses me of defaming India for addressing the plight of women in the country. I also wrote, after someone who read my post made nasty remarks