Hyper-sexualisation, objectification and dehumanisation of East and Southeast Asian women is an under-reported topic in the Netherlands. When someone once told me, “You are my first Asian” and “You are so beautiful because you are Asian”, I did not know whether to laugh or to cry.
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An evening of karaoke sounds innocent enough. But what about when the whole experience is built on the exoticisation of a culture, without giving anything back to that very same community? The popular karaoke bar Duke of Tokyo, with branches in Amsterdam, Utrecht and Rotterdam, is
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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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Happy Mother's day! But for those who have lost their child or mother to transnational adoption, this holiday might not be so joyful. Today, in collaboration with the ARAN Foundation and the MiGreat Foundation, we are kicking off the first part of a series about transnational
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For our monthly column “Asian Praisings,” we put an initiative or a person with East and/or Southeast Asian roots in the spotlight. This time, that will be Sandra Pham, winner of the Young Impact Awards Diversity 2023 and artist.
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Asian Raisins (AR) receives numerous reports of racism- and discrimination-related incidents throughout the year. Besides documenting these incidents, we also take action against them. This article is about a recent incident in which a film script ended up causing a conflict between two neighbours. It also
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Imagine being such a native tree species; your roots sit in a tropical climate where you feel safe in the heat of the sun. And then, one day you’re being dug out and replanted in Europe with its much cooler climate. The chilly breeze makes your
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Dennis Huang offers his perspective about the tumult in regards to conversations about racism as the only person of color within a white group of friends. Dive deeper into his thought process right here!
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FOTO MET DANK AAN KELLY EN TESSELY. Oftentimes we imagine the Netherlands as a tolerant and welcoming place. Even if we have our own issues with racism and discrimination, violence is out of the question. Nonetheless, the reality of racial discrimination can be disheartening and deeply
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Written by Tamara Gan Kristensen, writer at Asian Raisins and an international student in Amsterdam. Having grown up in Asia as Eurasian, Tamara combines her past experiences and her current experiences in the Netherlands to confront racism through her writing. In this article, she writes about
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