Natascha is Austrian-Congolese. She is currently studying economics in Vienna. But, she does not see herself working in this field in the future. Her choice of subject was more to please her parents. Indeed, for her parents and many other African parents, there are three paths to have success in life: law, medicine, or economics.…
Continue reading ➞ Natascha‘s portrait: art, spirituality, and racial bullying
Art is a means of expression through different sorts of art pieces. The art piece can be an object, a sculpture, a painting, a drawing, an illustration, or some other medium. The artists express their truth through art. Art exists in many forms and has three main possible roles: as an object of consumption, an…
Continue reading ➞ Can artists and their art pieces still make us think?
What do you think of when you hear about Taiwan and Taiwanese culture? Maybe you aren’t familiar with it or you confuse it with another country. The first thing YuChing wanted to emphasize is that she comes from Taiwan and not Thailand. People can sometimes mix up the two countries, but she thinks they do…
Continue reading ➞ A brief insight of Taiwanese culture and history culture with YuChing
Mental health is still not taken seriously as physical health and is even dismissed in some cases. Demystifying and normalizing mental health is necessary, as it has to be done for physical health. What does mental health mean? According to MentalHealth.gov, “Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think,…
Continue reading ➞ Mental health matters for POC
Margot is a queer student and feminist activist who tells us more about her experiences relating to her commitment to intersectional feminism, biphobia in the LGBTQ+ community and society, as well as her coming out. Opening up to feminism through literature:Margot's challenge Margot comes from Grenoble, a city in southeastern France known for its landscapes…
Continue reading ➞ Intersectional feminism, sexual identity, and biphobia
From Guadalajara to Vienna Carolina comes from Mexico, from Guadalajara, the second largest city located in western Mexico. After having worked as an au pair in Mexico and the United States, she decided to repeat the experience in Austria. Falling under the spell of the Viennese capital, she decided to stay there for her career…
Continue reading ➞ Music, a way to help others for Carolina.
Yee tells us more about how the way she perceived her cultural identity has evolved and her pregnancy loss. Coming to Germany for love She is a 32-year old social work student and English teacher in Berlin, comes from Melbourne, a city located in the South of Australia. She left Australia five years ago to…
Continue reading ➞ Cultural identity & pregnancy : Yee’s life-changing moment
The issue of refugees integration and migrant crisis is a recurring theme in German political debates. I find this subject very interesting and I wanted to ask for the opinion of someone in direct contact with them instead. Khadijah will talk about her life, her journey and give her opinion on the migrant crisis. Living…
Continue reading ➞ Migration crisis and refugees integration in Germany as seen by Khadijah
Alexia Model and Singer, Alexia has been living in Berlin for four years and a half. Her grandparents raised her in Detmold, a northwestern town located in the state of North-Rhine Westphalia. Growing up In Detmold has been not always easy. During her childhood, she was not particularly paying attention to her skin color. However,…
Continue reading ➞ Alexia tells us more about being a person of colour in the artistic world
Whitney, from Amsterdam to Berlin She is a 25-year old woman, she comes from Amsterdam, where she lived all her life. After her studies in international trade, she settled in Berlin in November 2015 for professional reasons. She currently works in finance at BASF. It was also an opportunity for her to live abroad, to…
Continue reading ➞ Whitney, a young Ghanaian mom in Berlin
Martha and her family in former GDR Martha, a 32-year-old woman, was born at Weimar, a small town of 65, 000 inhabitants in eastern Germany. She was only 4 years old when the reunification took place. Since the fall of the wall, the lives of her relatives have literally changed. For the first time, her…
Continue reading ➞ Being mixed-race in Eastern Germany
Anne-Sophie and her new life in Berlin Anne Sophie has lived in Berlin for 1 year and a half. She is currently working in a startup. They pitch in with the application programmers by aiding them to monetize applications, through advertising, without users having to pay. Anne Sophie is in charge of the advertising campaigns…
Mary and her life in Berlin Mary, a 21-year-old woman from Berlin, works as a recruitment consultant in IT. She lived most of her life in East Berlin, in the Marzahn district, renowned for its racism. Her father is Ghanaian and her mother is German. Having grown up with her mother, the German culture is…
Continue reading ➞ Mary, her philosophy and her point of view on Germany
Axelle's experience Axelle is a 27-year-old Caribbean woman. She was born in Guadeloupe, moved to Martinique and at the age of 19, went to study at a business school in Reims and specialized in Communication and Marketing. She discovered Germany through an internship in Düsseldorf as part of her studies where she stayed three years,…
Continue reading ➞ Axelle and her involvement in the change of Martinique
Ulyshala’s story Ulyshala is an African-American woman from Memphis, Tennessee. She is currently in Berlin and works as a freelancer videographer. Going to Berlin was spontaneous and unexpected. Indeed the opportunity presented itself to her and seized it. However she had some apprehensions before coming, to find herself in a place where the majority of…
Continue reading ➞ Racism, the black community & colorism : the experiences of Ulyshala
