Everyday Racism
Racial discrimination exists in Hong Kong more than we might realize in our everyday lives. While we are an international city, we still lack equal opportunities for everyone.
What if Hong Kong was truly inclusive, with all identity groups equally represented and valued? Let’s embrace everyone as HongKongers and stop racial discrimination! What’s stopping us?
Trailer
Imagine feeling excluded or treated differently day after day? Racial discrimination exists in Hong Kong more than we realize…
Not Welcome
Darius and his Chinese Hong Kong wife were denied over and over again any housing by landlords because he was “African”. Is Hong Kong truly the Asia’s World City?
Bun Mui
“Bun Mui” is a derogatory term for Filipino Domestic Worker in Cantonese. In this chapter, Lamia, who is born and raised in Hong Kong, shares her stories about segregation and racism inside the educational system.
Like Every Racist
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Shabab never expected to see his family humiliated this way just while trying to hail a taxi. He thought about the incident for days. What qualifies to be a Hong Konger?
I’ll tell them the truth
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Payal was told by her employer not to wear Indian traditional clothing and to dress more “Spanish-like”. Why should her identity be something to hide?
My hands are not dirty
Living in Hong Kong since she was 11, Prativa’s beautiful henna on her hands was treated as dirty trash. Does our unconscious bias or lack of familiarity with other cultures limit us seeing the beauty of diversity?
Background
Everyday Racism is a participatory audiovisual storytelling project drawn from the lived experiences of racial minority communities in Hong Kong. The campaign includes seven short videos – each featuring the story of members from the ethnic minorities having experienced everyday racism in Hong Kong and a panel discussion as a wrap up.
The overall goal is for affected communities to raise awareness in the local majority population about racial discrimination experienced by racial minorities. It took place in the context of the HKSAR Government appearing before the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UN CERD) in August 2018. It is the result of the final project of the inaugural cohort of Resolve’s 2018 Fellowship, Fellows were given technical and creative support by Rights Exposure, which was also producer of the videos.
The Impact
“The overall goal of the project is for affected communities to raise awareness in the local majority population about racial discrimination experienced by racial minorities.”
Awareness
LAUNCH EVENT
Resolve organized a public event to screen selected videos and host a panel discussion to conclude the online launch of the campaign. The event was a chance to talk about solutions on how to combat racism and negative stereotyping from community, education, legal and media perspectives. It was an opportunity to take stock of the online conversation and draw conclusions and suggestions for how to move forward towards a more inclusive city. The event had around 120 attendees.
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