Indigenous

Controversy About Indigenous and Gender Representation After NPP Party Congress

Brian Hioe
Controversy has broken out after the NPP’s first general meeting for members was held last Saturday in Xindian. Namely, criticisms of the party have arisen from indigenous members of the party and others after a proposal that the central committee of the NPP should have at least one indigenous member and that no gender should have less than one-third representation on the central committee was voted down... Read More
EnglishIndigenousJanuary 2019RaceSocial Movements0 Comments 06 min read

Anger After Netizens Mock Newly Appointed Executive Yuan Spokesperson Kolas Yotaka’s Name

Brian Hioe
Anger has broken out from Taiwanese activists in response to mockery of newly Executive Yuan spokesperson Kolas Yotaka’s name by netizens. In particular, Kolas was mocked by netizens because like many other Taiwanese indigenous, she prefers to use Latin script to render her indigenous name rather than Chinese characters... Read More
EnglishIndigenousJuly 2018RaceSocial Movements0 Comments 06 min read