In the beginning [of my career] I definitely felt a responsibility because I was representing a bunch of people [Sri lankans] who never got represented before. I felt this responsibility to correct that situation, to be like, "Look, you can't discriminate against refugees and Muslim people and blah, blah, blah . . ."
M.I.A.If you narrow the playing field, the next generation has less to put out, to eat and regenerate from.
M.I.A.I feel so terrible for the kids now. In London, even people in their forties can't afford to buy a house or have kids.
M.I.A.My experience has to be funnelled through a black experience or a white experience, or it doesn't exist, because that's how we're going to deal with the world.
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