Third Worlds, Coolie and Coolitude: Unravelling the long arm of history

Sugar dictated the fortunes of many countries in British Empire nineteenth century. With abolition slavery, thousands indentured labour or coolies from Indian subcontinent, filled gap. The word coolie was derogatory, referring to a marginalized underclass, whereas coolitude evokes and acknowledges agency. Our article revolves around question: How does historical lens evoke understandings ethnic minorities (EM) at work contemporary organisations? We illuminate (the eternal present linear progression, determinism structuralism, evoking past), provoke reflections on how on-going marginalisation work, may be tethered template. weave conceptual history, EM an interdisciplinary manner reflection by policy framers managers long arm history implicated unravelled. suggest that such insights are necessary highlight perceptions as alternative epistemology pertaining