It is 10:00 a.m. on August 17, 1945, in Jakarta. An excited child runs through the bustling crowd, climbs a pole, and begins cheering loudly. Meanwhile, Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta step forward, unfold a proclamation, and declare that Indonesia will no longer bow to foreign rule.
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Alfred Pek and Melissa Green are the director and producer of the upcoming documentary The Emerald’s Touch. The movie follows Indonesia’s first and rising trans politician and queer activist Hendrika Kelan as she navigates Indonesia’s turbulent and eroding democracy and LGBTQ+ rights. In Hendrika's journey of
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Racism and discrimination against East and Southeast Asians are often not taken seriously, and this has to do for a variety of reasons. As a result, these experiences frequently go unrecognised as racist or discriminatory, even though they clearly are. In the Dutch context, there is
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The Chinese Conflict, also known as "Trinta di Mei" (Thirty Days of May), was a tragic labour dispute during World War II in Curaçao. On 20 April 1942, fifteen Chinese seamen on strike were shot dead at Kamp Suffisant. What lies behind this relatively unknown event
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Tam (34) lives in Rotterdam and grew up in Leiden. He works as an engineer at a consultancy firm and is active as a producer and rapper at Stackademics. Together with his father, he worked on the book Verdreven naar de zee (Driven to the Sea),
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Lately, Asian Raisins has received multiple reports of racist incidents on trains, the perpetrators being either fellow passengers, or in some cases, NS conductors themselves. We have found that many reports of racism on trains are not adequately addressed by NS, leaving victims feeling unheard and
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In recent years, anti-racist activists have drawn attention to the term ‘Asian fever’ to denounce the sexual fetishisation of Asians. While this type of sexualised racism can manifest in various ways, it is often expressed in the exclusive pursuit of Asian women as a form of
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Sophie (34) is a software developer with a Japanese, Chinese, Indonesian, and Dutch background. Her mother is Japanese, and her father was Chinese-Indonesian and Dutch. She grew up in Amsterdam’s Bijlmer neighbourhood with her brother, who is two years younger, and her sister, who is one
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Sun Li is a versatile writer, known for works such as De Zoetzure Smaak van Dromen and Happy in Holland, in which she explores themes like cultural identity and migration in a poignant and relatable way.
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Born to Hong Kongese parents who moved to Belgium from the United Kingdom, Yan Tung (29) is the youngest of three siblings with two older brothers who are 10 and 13 years older than her. At 18, Yan Tung faced the loss of her eldest brother,
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