June 18, 2026

Rachel M. Croucher

Deep in thought during a seminar on the White Australia Policy for a master’s-level subject on Genocidal Thought in 2011, I interrupted the professor: “Wait, how did Nan’s dad get in then?” The close-knit class traded brief, confused looks. I mumbled, “I’m, well… my Nan was Indian, and, uh, it didn’t occur to me until now that my family would have been caught up in all this.”