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Sisterly bonds through Macro and Micro-aggressions spanning 40 years Introduction This blog is written by me and my half-sister who share the same Indian father. My sister Karina has Indian heritage from both of her parents whilst my mother is white British. We grew up in different generations (me in the 1970s and 80s and Karina in the 1990s) and in different parts of the UK and had no idea each other existed at the time. Since meeting we have talked a lot about our experiences growing up and racism against us is something we have both experienced all our lives. We write this blog to share these experiences which now span nearly four decades in the hope of bringing awareness to the long fight ahead that we all have as anti-racists.   Heather and Karina Heather Recent events in the US following the murder of George Floyd have prompted me to write about my own experiences. There are three reasons for me doing this. One is for my own therapy as I have been fin...