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Saturday, 14 December 2013 - 17:11
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Cabaretier who insulted Black talkshow host apologizes

After a politicianHe became the second prominent Dutchman who apologized for racially insensitive behavior this week. John de Laet, an Amsterdam-West board member of the party who in a tweet on Thursday december 5th linked Nelson Mandela’s passing with the blackface zwarte piet tradition in the Netherlands, last Thursday stepped down as board member of GroenLnks Amsterdam West. The party said in a statement that the tweet was inappropriate. These developments follow several weeks of heated debates about what is racially insensitive and what's not.

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