Contested Boundaries of Whiteness

British rule in India might be viewed as an illuminating example of non-settler colonialism, where the proclaimed imperial mission to ‘civilize’ and ‘modernize’ was carried out by utilizing the very people who were being colonized. This chapter explores how boundaries of White privilege were defined, challenged, and guarded from a hitherto-neglected perspective. It also explores the question of public-service recruitment in British India from 1876 to 1901. One important channel through which domiciled Europeans and Eurasians struggled to make their communal grievances heard was the Eurasian and Anglo-Indian Association (EAIA). It was far more likely that the non-domiciled British community wanted the EAIA to act as collaborative agents of their own welfare and philanthropic endeavours. By the time the EAIA was established, the increasing pauperism of domiciled Europeans and Eurasians had long emerged as a perceived threat to imperial racial prestige because it was feared to erode the native respect for the White community as a whole.

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