Category: Interview (en)

Jamie Schaduw advocates for Moluccan languages and culture

Jamie Schaduw (36) is the son of a Moluccan father and a Dutch mother. He is committed to preserving languages and cultures that are prone to disappear in the future. Although the Moluccan-Malay language is important to the Moluccan community, there are few from the younger

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Asians Speaking Up: The Story of Stefan

Growing up between different cultures and experiencing discrimination and racism have an impact on our mental health. Asian Raisins believes that this deserves more attention. For the Storytelling project 'Asians Speaking Up: Mental Health,' we asked people from East and Southeast Asian communities about their experiences

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Asians Speaking Up: The story of Mei Woen

Growing up between different cultures and experiencing discrimination and racism have an impact on our mental health. Asian Raisins believes that this deserves more attention. For the Storytelling project 'Asians Speaking Up: Mental Health,' we asked people from East and Southeast Asian communities about their experiences

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5 burning questions for Maud about activism, anti-Asian racism and her nomination for a Young Impact Award

“Racism against East and Southeast Asian people has been normalized in Dutch society under the guise of ‘funny’ or ‘pleasant’,” says Maud, Action program manager at Asian Raisins. During the corona pandemic, she came across Asian Raisins and immediately became a member. Since then, she has

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Asians Speaking Up: Michelle’s Story

Growing up among different cultures and experiencing discrimination and racism has an impact on our mental health. Asian Raisins believes that more attention should be paid to this issue. For the Storytelling project 'Asians Speaking Up: Mental Health,' we asked people from East and South-East Asian

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Volunteers in the spotlight: Ilgin Emek

Every few weeks we like to put one of our amazing volunteers in the spotlight. By doing this we all get to know each other a bit better. Because you might have been wondering who all the people are that are working on the stories and

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Picture of Priscilla Kim Latoeperissa

Interview with Priscilla Kim Latoeperissa

Children are especially heavily influenced by misleading media-images, especially when it comes to misinterpreted stereotypes and ideologies. If children get the message that their background doesn’t matter, this will create a more negative self-image.

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Portretfoto van Hui Hui Pan

Interview with Hui-Hui Pan about Network PAC

Hui-Hui Pan is a cultural organiser and founder of network PAC. Find out in this interview how PAC is changing the Dutch media world.

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Three pictures of models, project Xiu Yun Yu

Interview with make-up artist and hair stylist Xiu Yun Yu

Xiu Yun Yu is a well-known make-up artist and hairstylist. She started a project to emphasise the uniqueness and beauty of monolids. Read more...

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Kippitan interview

Interview with illustrator Hale also known as Kippitan

In Asian Praisings we interview people of Asian descent. Today it's illustrator Hale's (19) turn, who is also known as Kippitan". Read more..

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