Tinny Widjaja Interview
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2021-02-06
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Institute for Diversity & Civic Life
Department of Religious Studies
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This interview is with Tinny Widjaja, a Chinese-Indonesian immigrant and political and interfaith activist living in Austin, TX. Tinny talks about growing up Chinese in Indonesia, and the discrimination she and her family faced there, as well as her decision to leave the country. She describes working abroad, meeting her African-American husband in Singapore, and moving to the US after having a son. Tinny shares how she went from politically ambivalent to politically active in the wake of the George Floyd protests, in hopes of making a safer world for her son.
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Religions Texas , Activism , Australia , Black Lives Matter , Buddhism , Buddhists , California , Catholicism , Chinese-Americans , Community , Diversity and inclusivity , Family dynamics , Generation X , Global politics , Immigrants , Immigration , Indonesia , Indonesian-Americans , Interfaith , Lake Travis Progressives , Murdoch University , Prejudice , Race , Racism , Singapore , Texas , TX - Austin , US politics