The Unwanted represents my feeling of racism towards East Asians in the Netherlands with a link to my Muslim sisters who’ve been the new target for media framing around the Covid-19 news. Unheard of, unintentional, unwelcome. In history, our country was built on Chinese bodies where they worked day and night for free as slaves.
This culture of silence has brought us to where we are today. Where a mother gives birth to her first child and protects them in her arms in a world where inequality still reigns.
The Chinese have been in the Netherlands for more than over a 100 years and are discriminated against, verbally abused and maltreated to this day. There is a saying that when you are neutral in unfair situations, you agree with the oppressor. I have decided to stop being silent. Cause if I have had only known who would’ve fought next to me before, I would never have known fear.
Campaign by @asian.raisins @pacasiancollective
The Unwanted 2020
