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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Doe Maar Normaal or Rot Op Naar Je Eigen Land If you don’t like it here, rot op naar je eigen land. (Go back to your own country). Yes dear reader, the statement above is not from some nationalistic grandma in a sleepy Dutch village, angry about ungrateful immigrants protesting against Zwarte Piet. …
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Ik ben geen racist maar…. Dutch tolerance is dead! It died a lonely, painful, and some would say shameful death. As the coffin was taken to the cemetery, people lined the streets and could be heard saying to each other, “ik ben geen racist maar….Sylvana Simons”. Which brings me to the …
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Dutch tolerance, just when I thought it was as dead as disco, out of blue it makes a grand return! Which brings me to the subject of today’s post, the uitzwaaidag Islam, Dutch tolerance strikes back! Another day another uitzwaaidag event If social media had existed during the time of the NSDAP …
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The Uitzwaai Dag for Sylvana Simons For my expat readers that are learning Dutch, here are some phrases from the Dutch language that you won’t normally learn in Dutch courses. jankneger, aandachtshoer, Zeurpiet, Klaagpiet, Kutpiet, landverrader, kutwijf, sloerie, vieze teringhoer, zwarte doos, negermongool en aap.” All of these phrases, and …
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The Jobs Market and Dutch Tolerance Mark Rutte, the Dutch Prime Minister, knows how to fight and overcome the odds to be successful. Here is a man who despite a complete and utter lack of charisma, and a speaking style that is as exciting as a notary reading out the terms of a …
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This is the first and last post that the Shallow Man will write about Zwarte Piet this year. Like many of you I’m sick of the whole thing. Today the Raad van State will make a decision with regards to the appearance of Zwarte Piet and the recent court ruling …
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Amsterdam Confessions of a Shallow Man Life in the Netherlands through the eyes of a sarcastic expat