Dutch Phrase of the Day ‘Dat was niet de Bedoeling’
Dat was niet de bedoeling An incredibly handy Dutch phrase to know is ‘dat was niet de...
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The Dutch Burka Ban Law
The Dutch Burka ban The Dutch Burka ban law makes wearing face-covering clothing in the...
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The Imaginary Black Friends Of Zwarte Piet Supporters
Rant of the day! The imaginary black friends of Zwarte Piet supporters Once upon a time, there was...
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Geert Wilders Call For A Ban of Zwarte Piet
Geert Wilders Admits That Zwarte Piet Is Racist In an interview that will shock many, Geert...
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The Use of Propaganda By The VVD In The Dutch Municipal Elections 2018
Propaganda by the VVD in the Dutch municipal elections 2018 Propaganda, a definition Dissemination...
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How To Fake Being A Pro Zwarte Piet Activist in Six Steps
How To Fake Being A Zwarte Piet Activist In Six Steps By now we all know that supporters of Zwarte...
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The Zwarte Piet Action Group Making the Dutch Look Like White Supremacists
The Zwarte Piet Action Group South Africa had Nelson Mandela and the ANC. The US had Malcolm X and...
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Keep Zwarte Piet Black New Law To Protect Dutch Culture
Keep Zwarte Piet Black! The PVV, the party of Geert Wilders, are proposing a new law to keep...
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Dutch Tolerance and the Uitzwaai Dag for Sylvana Simons
The Uitzwaai Dag for Sylvana Simons For my expat readers that are learning Dutch, here are some...
Read MoreThe Sinterklaas survival guide: Nieuwe Sinterklaas liedjes
We don’t need nieuwe Sinterklaas liedjes The Shallow Man has been feeling pretty depressed this year. The reason for this is that it hurts me to see so many Dutch people being dragged kicking and screaming into the twenty...
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How to survive your first Sinterklaas season in the Netherlands
Sinterklaas gedichten and how to survive the season Back in the days when songs actually had more...
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Dutch tolerance and Zwarte Piet a personal view
This is the first and last post that the Shallow Man will write about Zwarte Piet this year. Like...
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