摘要
In this paper,I examine how the British Empire in the Arab Gulf created colonial classifications between Gulf Arabs and South Asians.The British racialised the Gulf Arabs in a way which presented them as an eternal,homogeneous,and‘pure’group.This racialisation contributed to the exclusion of others within the Gulf,most notably South Asian migrants.Firstly,I discuss some of the gaps within the literature which include the erasure of race and colonialism.Then,I identify how these gaps can be remedied using a Decolonial framework.Based on these theoretical foundations,I interrogate the racialisations of Gulf Arabs and how these racialisations influenced the migration regime in the Gulf.Lastly,I examine how South Asians were racialised in the Gulf.I conclude that the exclusionary migration regime in the Arab Gulf is built on the foundations of the racialised colonial classifications of the British Empire.
