This is a review of Rani Pramesti’s ‘Chinese Whispers’. This work was centred on the question ‘How does racial violence happen?’ and explored the memories of the May 1998 anti-Chinese riots in Indonesia. She used oral histories of Chinese Indonesian women in Melbourne in an immersive installation and performance piece at Bluestone Church Art Space, Footscray, Melbourne Fringe Festival 23-28 September 2014.