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Dutch Cognitive Dissonance: Why Zwarte Piet Both Is And Isn’t Racist
DISCLAIMER: The author of this article really, really, for-realsies didn’t want to write another piece about this overlong debate, but the powers that be just wouldn’t allow for it. So here it is. For...
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Daily Dutch News 31/10/2013 Playboy & Why the Red Sox will never win the Series
Welcome to you Daily Dose of Dutch! Today’s news is brought to you by Anna Lambregts. First off: Happy Halloween! A tradition that never used to be celebrated in the Netherlands but has gained a lot of...
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Dutch Daily News 08/11/2013: Russia, **** Yeah!!!
Greetings, fellow Dutchophiles. It is I, Frank, with you daily dose of Dutch news. Yet another episode in the ongoing political tensions between The Netherlands and Mother Russia: video footage has...
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Dutch Daily News 11/11/2013: Winter Is Upon Us, As Is Sinterklaas
Greetings, lovers of Dutchness. Frank here with your daily dose of Dutch news. Not a cold day, but rather a cold night in Hell: despite the rather lukewarm weather we had lately (for the time of year,...
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Daily Dutch News 15/11/2013: Sinterklaas: He’s Coming!
Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to the Daily Dutch News of Friday the 15th 2013. My name is Abuzer (sorry can’t help that, yes it is my real name, no I’m not related in any way to Abu Nazir) and I’m here...
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Sinterklaas Arrives in The Netherlands!
12:15 This is the Dutch Review Home Service Here is a special bulletin written by Anna Lambregts. Z-day has come. Early this morning the Goedheiligman and his band of black-faced brothers began their...
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Dutch Denial of Discrimination: 3 Examples
And so Holland yet again becomes the laughing stock of the international news. This time the honor goes to Gordon for making clearly racist comments at an Asian Opera singer. What number will you sing...
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The Gordon lessons and Dutch Discrimination – So you Think we Exist?
“Which number are you singing? Number 39 with rice?” Gordon said, and I was paralysed with shame. Or maybe that sentence should read this way. “Which number are you singing? Number 39 with rice?”...
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Daily Dutch News 5/12/2013: Gusts on Pakjesavond
Welcome to your dose of Daily Dutch News, brought to you by Abuzer van Leeuwen (shameless selfpromotion: @AbuzervL), the news practically writes itself today since this 5th of December (aka...
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Zwarte Piet 2014 edition: to be or not to be, that is the question
Due to great popularity and big demand, the Zwarte Piet 2014 special edition discussion is here! And in August of course, the news cucumber season, so bring on black Pete to spice and stir things up –...
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‘Colonial Hangover’, or Culture Clash?
Zwarte Piet. Zwarte Piet. ZWARTE MOTHER****ING PIET, EVERYONE! Yes, it’s that time of the year again, and again, and again… The war around Zwarte Piet is far from over, and with the upcoming Intocht...
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Three Stupid Things about the Dutch Zwarte Piet Riots
Damnit Dutchies! We were doing so ‘good’, for a full two days this nation’s headlines were occupied by good old ethnically divided political infighting, clearly showing that our political leadership...
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Free Speech and “Fuck de Koning!”
Here’s a good way to measure how free a society is: when and how is it appropriate to yell things like “Fuck de koning!”? (“Fuck the King!”). The Dutch are currently in the process of getting a decent...
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Reviewing Roger Williams’‘Blackface’
Dutch culture is making international head-lines again, and since it isn’t about soccer, ice-skating, or Dutch Game of Thrones actors, you can already tell it’s about that guy they call ‘Black Pete’....
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A Chocolate Letter from Santa – The Sinterklaas Way
Children around the world write letters to Santa, and they dream of having the big man write them a reply. Dutch children, on the other hand, tend to demand something much more delicious. They won’t...
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Dutch national icon Typhoon pulled over for being black
Something that happens every hour is causing quite some uproar in the Netherlands at the moment. Yesterday the favorite rapper of the Netherlands, Typhoon, was pulled over by the police while driving a...
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Sinterklaas for Expats – All the Dutch you need for Pakjesavond
The unofficial (but totally worth it) DutchReview guide on Sinterklaas for Expats: While the rest of the world knows December for the celebration of Christmas, we have are own way of fooling our kids...
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Black Pete might turn Blue tonight
This years ‘pakjesavond’ might just be the night that Sinterklaas’ sidekick will turn blue instead of black. The statesnews station NOS predicts the coldest Sinterklaas-evening in 20 years! Luckily the...
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National Historic Platform for Slavery: New “Black” Piet Just As Bad.
Just a few days ago Amsterdam dropped a bomb on the rest of the country, not an actual thankfully, but culturally it certainly was. In line with its progressive culture the capital city crossed out...
View ArticleZwarte Piet & Frisian Traffic Jam – Are We Taking This Too Far?
Sure, here at DutchReview we also love Sinterklaas – especially if it’s inclusive for everyone (as it should be), but maybe people are taking things just a little too far when they deliberately block...
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