The quiet violence of “Coconut”: The battle over who gets to belong
The slur began as a joke, travelling through school corridors and living-room arguments before resurfacing on a protest placard. But the story of “coconut” stretches far deeper than one word or one incident: from grooming-gang victims labelled for acting “too white” to politicians mocked for supposed assimilation, it reveals the tensions tearing through diaspora communities.
