Dutch Tolerance

How to get a job in the Netherlands if you have a non-Dutch name This might sound like a stupid question. I mean, after all, the Netherlands is THE MOST TOLERANT COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. So why would having a foreign name make any difference to your chances in the …

KPN responds to a racist tweet in a typically Dutch direct manner   What’s wrong with the photo above? It’s similar to the one used by KPN in a recent advert. Do you see what’s wrong with it? No? Well, let me explain. 1. They’re smiling The first problem is …

Xenophobia and ‘No Internationals’ In Apartment Ads xenophobia /zɛnəˈfəʊbɪə/ Dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries. “the resurgence of racism and xenophobia” synonyms: racism, racialism, racial hatred, ethnocentrism, ethnocentricity; nationalism, jingoism, isolationism; prejudice, intolerance, bigotry, bias; historicalapartheid; rarexenophoby “there must be no room for xenophobia in today’s Europe”   Casual Dutch Xenophobia ‘No Internationals!’ A number of …

Number One For Hate Speech On Facebook We all know the things that the Dutch are famous for including some of the following: Tolerance Most bikes per capita in Europe Happiest children in the world So the news that the Dutch are the number one when it comes to hate …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …