Скачать или смотреть The Chindian Diaries: Francissca Peter's Story

Francissca Peter, also affectionately known as Fran, is a Malaysian singer-songwriter. She has had over twenty Number 1 hits on the Malaysian music charts.

Fran is the second in a family of four children.

After secondary school, she took up work as a sales representative. It was the beginning of her journey as the bread winner of her family. For Fran, being a Chindian does have its challenges, where many incidents with regards to skin colour bias still happen till today.

For some in the Chinese community, she is not light skin enough to be Chinese and for some in the Indian community, she’s not dark skin enough to be Indian.

“You don’t look Indian, you don’t look Chinese, you also don’t look Malay - definitely not ‘Mat Salleh’, what are you?” were some of the common phrases she heard when she was growing up.

To read Fran's story: www.cowbird.com/thechindiandiaries