Race

Over 100 Gather in Taipei for Solidarity March Against Anti-Asian Racism and Misogyny

Yo-Ling Chen
As demonstrations against Asian hate are staged across the United States, about eighty people gathered this morning at 8:30 AM in front of Taipei City Hall for a march against anti-Asian racism and misogyny in light of the rise in hate incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islands in the United States and the March 16th Atlanta spa shootings, which claimed the lives of eight people, six of which were Asian women...
EnglishMarch 2021RaceSocial Movements7 min read

Black Lives Matter Should Prompt Conversation About Racism in Taiwan, Idealization of America

Brian Hioe
With the protests that have taken place in America after the murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis, many among the Taiwanese diaspora have been forced to reckon with the apparent racism of some of their elders and peers. Namely, some Taiwanese have actually seen the protests as an attempt by the Chinese government to undermine the US...
EnglishJune 2020RaceSocial Movements7 min read

Minneapolis Ignites in the Wake of George Floyd’s Murder

Peter Freestone
On the 25th of May, Memorial Day, the national holiday to honor and mourn American military martyrs, a devastatingly routine act of police brutality was captured on camera. Yet another cop murdered a Black man. George Floyd was pinned to the ground by Minneapolis police and suffocated under the weight of the knee pressed against his neck. Some of George Floyd’s last words echoed Eric Garner’s dying plea for mercy, “I can’t breathe"....
EnglishJune 2020RaceSocial Movements9 min read

Eswatini Students Forced to Work in Factory is the Latest in Series of Similar Incidents

Brian Hioe
Reports that 40 exchange students from Eswatini studying in Taiwan were forced to work in a refrigerated factory skinning chickens should be highly concerning. Namely, there have been a number of similar incidents in past years involving students from non-western countries forced to work in factories for low wages by their universities under the auspices of work-study programs or internships...
EnglishJune 2020LaborRaceSocial Movements5 min read