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“One would expect Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, who is said to have studied history, to know better and act better, but he too rejects all advice and criticism and runs around obliviously in a coach plastered with pictures of his grandmother abusing her captives, including women and children. You might imagine the bigoted Donald Trump to be riding a coach like that in a mock presidential parade in his dreams, but certainly not a twenty first century Dutch royal. I wonder if he ever considered how their Calvinist pomposity affected the psyche of black and white children.”

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Book:Roses in the Rainbow

Source: Roses in the Rainbow

“Nobody would be riding a racist Wilhelmina golden coach today in The Hague if the Dutch hadn’t swept unpleasant aspects of their history under the rug.”

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Book:Roses in the Rainbow

Source: Roses in the Rainbow

“Bigotry is what you get when you substitute the illusion of holiness for fair-minded enquiry.”

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Book:Roses in the Rainbow

Source: Roses in the Rainbow

“Bigotry will always find a way where people are kept in a bubble of ignorance.”

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Author:Mawuena Addo

“There is hardly any other country that got as filthy rich through human trafficking and slave trade as the Netherlands.”

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Book:Roses in the Rainbow

Source: Roses in the Rainbow

“Did you know that even 50 years after all other countries had abolished slavery, the Netherlands refused to?”

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Book:Roses in the Rainbow

Source: Roses in the Rainbow

“Just as the Netherlands was the last country to abolish slavery, they are still the last one opulently celebrating racism; the English had to force the Dutch to abolish slavery in the late 19th century and now the US and the UN are forcing them to stop celebrating bigotry in the 21st century”

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Book:Roses in the Rainbow

Source: Roses in the Rainbow

“MUSEUMS OF INFAMY A dynasty that thrived on And blatantly celebrates Racism and anti-Semitism Belongs not to the 21st century But the throes of history In the museums of infamy Under the banner ‘House of Orange”

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Author:Mawuena Addo