Martin Bosma wrote that people who claimed to strive for dialogue and connection about slavery, meanwhile had a Hamas flag and a sticker calling PVV members fascists brought to the table by Jeffrey Affreye. He asked what the Prime Minister was doing about that. https://t.co/1hF1ppnjGC #slavernij #dialoog #verbinding (translated)
Theo Hiddema described the plan as simple and wrote that Dutch people who felt guilty about the slavery past could achieve spiritual redemption by making an unlimited, tax-free contribution to a support fund. He referred to the target group of the fund with a derogatory term. #slavernij #Nederland #steunfonds (translated)
Meri stated that Stephan van Baarle had not given a substantive answer to a question from JA21 member Ranjith Clemminck about the financing of reparations to descendants of enslaved people. According to her, the intended recipients had never been slaves themselves and did not know anyone who had. She wrote that slavery in the Dutch colonies had been abolished 163 years earlier. Meri found Van Baarle's tone contemptuous and said he had called Clemminck a "greenhorn." She asserted that an elected representative in the Netherlands had the right to ask critical questions and accused Van Baarle of behaving as if he were in Turkey. She also called him a stain on the parliament and used an insulting description for him. https://t.co/51imqS9OlJ #politiek #slavernij #Nederland (translated)
Bas Paternotte wrote that Minister of the Interior Pieter Heerma (CDA) said in sharp words and with a reference to Van Baarle's skin color that Van Baarle should not expect any reparations. According to Paternotte, the motion by Eerdmans (JA21) against reparations for the slavery past remained in full force. #Nederland #Slavernijgeschiedenis #Herstelbetalingen (translated)
JA21 wrote that Van Baarle was in favor of reparations for the legacy of slavery. According to the party, Ranjith Clemminck had asked about the costs, the recipients, and the manner in which the payments would be executed. According to JA21, Van Baarle had referred to him as a "greenhorn" and directed him to a committee for further elaboration. The party described his response as derogatory and stated that it was against reparations. Those who made such a proposal, according to JA21, must provide concrete answers and substantiate the proposal. #herstelbetalingen #slavernijverleden #JA21 (translated)
Martin Bosma asked whether people should continue to pay for slavery. He also asked whether children should be taught to make their purchases from black-owned businesses. https://t.co/D9BQgzEpni #slavernij #gelijkheid #racisme (translated)
The author stated that the housing crisis, issues in healthcare, the influx of asylum seekers, and crime in large cities were increasing, while taxpayers were, according to him or her, paying more and more for a system that was under pressure. He or she criticized a meeting about the further elaboration of apologies for the slavery past and a delta plan with the Black Manifest. According to the author, most Dutch people, regardless of their background, had little interest in what he or she described as a continuous expression of guilt, while their future was under pressure due to, among other things, a housing shortage, insecurity, high energy costs, and migration. The author called the attention to abuses from the 17th and 18th centuries a distraction and political theater for a select group, and concluded with a belittling insult towards the addressed party. #wooncrisis #politiek #zorg (translated)
Leon Kiefte responded to the Prime Minister's question about how further elaboration could be given to the apologies for the slavery past. He wrote that, in his opinion, no further elaboration should be given to that. #slavernijverleden #excuses #geschiedenis (translated)
King Willem-Alexander has served the Netherlands by offering apologies for the role of the royal family in the history of slavery, which is not only morally necessary but also proves to be strategically important in the changing geopolitical landscape. #slavernijverleden #excuses #koningshuis (translated)
King Charles of Britain referred to slavery as "the darkest days of our past." #kolonialisme #OranjeNassau #geschiedenis (translated)
Piet wrote to Vandaag Inside that anyone who wanted to make a point should hand in their passport. He stated that this person apparently did not want to live in a country that, according to him, was responsible for the slavery of their ancestors, and asked if money then weighed more heavily. #slavernij #geschiedenis #maatschappij (translated)
King Willem-Alexander receives the independent research on the role of the House of Orange-Nassau in the Netherlands' colonial history and is praised for his sober approach to this complex discussion. #KoningWillemAlexander #Kolonialisme #Slavernij (translated)
"Words about reconciliation and connection are, in my opinion, not enough as long as this fundamental economic and racial inequality continues to exist." There is outright disapproval from antiracism activist Mitchell Esajas, known for Kick Out Zwarte Piet and the Black Lives Matter protests. #koloniaalverleden #slavernij #verzoening (translated)
Social organizations generally respond positively to the report on the role of the Oranges in colonial oppression, but there is also criticism regarding the limited recognition of indigenous victims. #koloniaalverleden #slavernij #verzoening (translated)
"But that signaling is something different from excusing them. They were aware of resistance, other ideas were circulating. They could have acted differently. 'They too were children of their time, albeit very privileged,' says chief researcher Gert Oostindie." #Oranjes #kolonialisme #slavernij (translated)
A new study reveals that the Oranges 'actively and ruthlessly' supported slavery and colonial exploitation, while they themselves barely profited financially from the transatlantic slave trade. #Oranjes #kolonialisme #slavernij (translated)
Historian Gert Oostindie explains in an interview how the research into the colonial past of the Oranjes shows that King William I actively supported slavery and that no policy documents have been found advocating for its abolition, despite the abolition of slavery in the United Kingdom. #kolonialegeschiedenis #OranjeNassau #slavernij (translated)
"But that signaling is something else than excusing them. They knew of resistance; other views were circulating. They could have positioned themselves differently. 'They too were children of their time, albeit very privileged,' says lead researcher Gert Oostindie." #OranjeKolonie #Slavernijverleden #HistorischOnderzoek (translated)
The research shows that the Oranges hardly benefited financially from the transatlantic slave trade, but actively and unscrupulously supported colonial exploitation and slavery. #OranjeKolonie #Slavernijverleden #HistorischOnderzoek (translated)
"But it wouldn't be very meaningful to tick all of that off one by one." Research leader Gert Oostindie praises King Willem-Alexander for having offered excuses as head of state for 'the Atlantic slavery and the extreme violence in the Indonesian War of Independence'. #kolonialisme #Oranjes #geschiedenis (translated)
