THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP & CONNECTION
03/07/2020
“Many Cultures One Country One People” – Saint Maarten Born on Curaçao, but growing up on Sint Maarten (and later the Netherlands), being around many cultures and nationalities, was how I was brought up. My first friend in life was Georgette and I can still remember the warmth of our friendship. It was never about the color of our skin.
LIVING IN A MISINFORMATION SOCIETY
06/06/2020
Why are people scared of the riots and looting? The flu kills way more people every year.
RACIST TRADITIONS
03/06/2020
“Imagine being born on colonialized island territory with a heavy slavery past. Then growing up in the very same country that colonialized (read: hijacked) your land, your history, your ancestral lineage, your voice, and your identity. And therefore, also your future.”
LEARN THE LESSON
01/06/2020
GENERAL PRICE LIST Pricing for personal questions about origin, identity and belonging, and the occasional racist or discriminatory assumptions underneath them. Featured in Danish newspaper Politiken in 2019. Still relevant today.
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
29/05/2020
“Where am I from?” I am from the thousand lakes in Finland. From the sultry air in Lisbon.