shivana did not grow up around black people.ded indian family live on the same street, and her black boyfriend has not welcomed by everyone. my mum, she didn't like it at all, and she proceeded to make life difficult for me via texts. what were the kind of messages that she sent? the kinds of things she said was, like, that i was sullying myself by being with a person of this race. it's not what she envisioned for me, just things around those lines, and it was purely because of his race. durban's chatsworth market is a former indian township, but today asian origin and black storekeepers work side—by—side. have you ever dated a black boy? not really. you think this community would accept it? not really. have you ever dated an indian girl? no, why not? i like malaysian. you like? malaysian. we don't integrate, we don't form meaningful relationships, so there is this chasm between us. we don't fraternise, so therefore we get along because neither of us are bothering each other. that's not getting along. we are doing a film about i