Racism

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Mark Rutte
Politics
Dutch gov't won't apologize for slavery because it would cause polarization: PM Rutte
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Jesse Klaver
Politics
Green party calls for ban on all forms of ethnic profiling
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New Dutch police uniforms feature a broad yellow stripe
Crime
Rotterdam police investigating racism in cops' WhatsApp group: report
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Camera focused on a studio audience
Business
Hotline launched to report racism in media
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Tweede Kamer
CrimePolitics
MPs want harsher action against discrimination in proposed hate crime law
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Cars parked along an Amsterdam canal
Politics
Amsterdam urges residents to call out racism; Street names could change
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Johan Derksen and Hans Groenendijk
EntertainmentSports
Veronica Inside’s last episode of season scrapped over racism row
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Thousands in Amsterdam turn out in support of Black Lives Matter after the death of George Floyd in America. June 1, 2020
Politics
"We really need to stamp out racism": Rutte after discrimination talk
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Police surround the J.P. Coen statue in Hoorn
Politics
Hoorn to organize racism dialogue with residents after statue protests
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Protestors gather on the Malieveld in The Hague to denounce systemic racism and police violence against people of color. June 2, 2020
Politics
Dutch PM's meeting with BLM protesters a "PR stunt": anti-racism activists
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Oranjestad on Aruba
Politics
Aruba bans blackface Zwarte Piet
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Thousands in Amsterdam turn out in support of Black Lives Matter after the death of George Floyd in America. June 1, 2020
Politics
Dutch PM to meet Black Lives Matter leaders on Wednesday
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Johan Derksen interviewed in April 2012
CrimeEntertainment
No apology from Johan Derksen over racist joke about Zwarte Piet and musician Akwasi
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Police surround the J.P. Coen statue in Hoorn
Crime
"Anti-social" dissidents, not activists, tried rioting after colonialism protests: Mayor
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Jan Pieterszoon Coen statue by Ferdinand Leenhoff, erected in 1893 in Hoorn
CrimePolitics
12 arrests after protests against Dutch East Indies statue in Hoorn
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KNVB football
Sports
Top Dutch footballers boycot TV show over host's racist comments
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Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.
Politics
Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson wants Dutch PM to put an end to blackface Zwarte Piet
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Johan Derksen and Hans Groenendijk
BusinessEntertainment
Businesses pull sponsorship from Veronica Inside over host’s racist remarks
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Teacher in class
Business
Petition to teach racism issues in schools signed nearly 60,000 times
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Graffiti promoting Black Lives Matter on the Beurs van Berlage, where Tony's Chocolonely has a store
Politics
Tony’s Chocolonely director arrested over BLM graffiti
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Thousands in Amsterdam turn out in support of Black Lives Matter after the death of George Floyd in America. June 1, 2020
Health
One Amsterdam BLM protester tests positive for coronavirus
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Waiting for a job interview
Business
Quarter of ethnically-diverse Dutch experience labor market discrimination
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Thousands of people gather on and along the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam for a Black Lives Matter protest. June 3, 2020
Politics
White Dutch broadly receptive of BLM protests; Concerns over social distancing
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Henk van Essen
Politics
New Dutch police chief says he has no magic cure for discrimination