“What’s for dinner?”, father Bart asks his wife Ilse as she walks into the kitchen. She sets down a big blue shopping bag on the table, “Asian”. As if by magic, the blinds come down and a flaming wok, neon lights and a golden maneki-neko appear
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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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“Asian Temptation”, “Sambal Bij”: these are the kind of terms used by retail chain Normal to advertise East Asian products, among other things. Unlike the franchise’s other aisle names, these terms reinforce sexist and racist stereotypes about East and Southeast Asian people.
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It has been known for a while that job applicants with non-Dutch names are less likely to be invited for a job interview (source: National Programme against Discrimination and Racism 2022 and Action plan labour market discrimination 2022-2025). A group of researchers from the Netherlands, Germany,
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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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If you cross the bustling street of Amsterdam's Albert Cuypmarkt, you’ll immediately find yourself on the quiet Hemonylaan. The street is brightened by many colourful stencil art murals; with the use of templates, existing images have been painted on the buildings. One of the walls features
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Asian Raisins needs your help! East and Southeast Asian Dutch people experience anti-Asian racism on a daily basis. The so-called birthday song "Hanky Panky Shanghai" is the epitome of how normal anti-Asian racism is in the Netherlands. Today it is often said by people that; Hanky
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