Category: 27.2 Racism in the Netherlands

Afterword: A Second Wave of Dutch Resistance Against Racism Abstract text

Contesting Black Pete: A Conversation with Kristina G. Langarika, Author of Lola’s Sint abstract text

Demonstrating Dutch: Nationalism and Cultural Racism in the 2013 Anti-Putin and Pro-Black Pete Protests in the Netherlands This article examines two separate events of 2013: the pro-Black Pete demonstration in the Hague and the anti-Putin demonstration in Amsterdam. By analyzing the contexts and bodies of these debates, this paper looks at several ways in which… Continue reading 27.2 | Lieke Schrijvers

Racism in the Netherlands: A Social Scientific Analysis of the Dynamics of the Dutch Multicultural Backlash Why did the Netherlands reject multicultural policies in the mid-2000s? This article identifies a two-stage process: First, a discursive shift preceding policy change, enabled by a synergy between developments in media culture and “celebrity politicians,” who championed an anti-Islam… Continue reading 27.2 | David Herbert

Unequal Citizenship in the Netherlands: The Caribbean Dutch as Liminal Citizens This article discusses attempts to turn “Carribean Dutch” citizens into aliens by analyzing (the debates on) a bill initiated by Member of Parliament André Bosman in 2012. The bill in effect proposes the introduction of a distinction between first- and second-class citizens based on… Continue reading 27.2 | Guno Jones

“Racism is an American Problem”: Dutch Exceptionalism and the Politics of Denial Through various topical examples, this article expounds on how the cultural legacy of the Dutch Transatlantic Slave Trade is institutionalized and permeates through Dutch society, while it is simultaneously being negated through the politics of Dutch exceptionalism and the ubiquitous myth of the… Continue reading 27.2 | Zihni Özdil

“Transatlantic Cross-Pollination”: 30 Years of Dutch Feminist Theorizing on Race and Racism The article provides an overview of theorizing on race and racism within Dutch feminist scholarship since the 1980s. In analyzing the scholarship, close attention is paid to the role scholarship from the United States has played in the development of intersectional theorizing in… Continue reading 27.2 | Katrine Smiet

Critical Race Theory: Its Origins, History, and Importance to the Discourses and Rhetorics of Race Critical Race Theory (CRT) originated in US law schools, bringing together issues of power, race, and racism to address the liberal notion of color blindness, and argues that ignoring racial differences maintains and perpetuates the status quo with its deeply… Continue reading 27.2 | Aja Y. Martinez