The Sexism of Rapper Boef and the hypocrisy of Dutch social media users In a song called ‘Welcome to the terror drome’ the great hip-hop group Public Enemy once said, “Crucifixion ain’t no fiction”. How right they were. It happened in the past and in 2018 Dutch rapper Boef is being …
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Albert Heijn training manual, black females are budget clients Albert Heijn with over 900 stores is the Netherlands largest supermarket chain. It’s parent company Ahold, also owns many other high street names such as Etos and Gall and Gall. One thing that has always impressed me about them is the …
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Only people of Dutch origin allowed to rent an apartment As we all know, the Netherlands is THE MOST TOLERANT COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. In spite of this, it does appear that in some situations that if you’re not of Dutch origin, that this could be a disadvantage in some …
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How To Fake Being A Zwarte Piet Activist In Six Steps By now we all know that supporters of Zwarte Piet can never, ever, be racist. In fact, it’s fair to say that people who criticise Zwarte Piet probably have a problem with black people. After all, who is more …
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The Zwarte Piet Action Group South Africa had Nelson Mandela and the ANC. The US had Malcolm X and Dr Martin Luther King and now the Netherlands has the Zwarte Piet Action Group, who also fight for black rights. Or better said, the right for white people to use blackface. …
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The Escobar TU Delft Coffee Bar I’ve recently received a number of messages from Colombian students of the TU Delft. They are not amused that an institution which has a considerable number of international students is insensitive enough to allow the opening of a cafe named after the mass murderer …
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Jenny Douwes Friesland Freedom fighter In the distant future, when Dutch historians look back on the year 2017, they’ll record it as the year when Jenny Douwes became the most successful Dutch civil rights leader in history! Article 9 of the Dutch constitution Under article 9 of the Dutch constitution, …
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Indian Expats In Amstelveen all aboard the Bombay Express Amstelveen is a wonderful place! Echt leuk! In fact, it’s so nice that if the Shallow Man meets an early death, probably due to being hit by a cyclist sexting instead of watching the road, they can scatter my ashes in …
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Sifan Hassan Wins Bronze Medal For Holland Upsets Bigots Sifan Hassan recently won the 5,000 meters bronze medal for the Netherlands at the world championships in London. Now usually the victory of a Dutch athlete is cause for celebration back in the Netherlands. In fact, whenever any Dutch sportsperson does well, …
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Dutch Tolerance and people with Arab Sounding Names After many years in the Netherlands, I’ve learned that according to the self-image here that the Dutch can never, ever be racist. It’s just not possible. For example, when the Dutch celeb Gordon made ‘jokes’ to a Chinese person about Chinese takeaways …
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Amsterdam Confessions of a Shallow Man Life in the Netherlands through the eyes of a sarcastic expat