AMSTERDAM — Let’s get one thing out of the way first: everything has already been said and written about Zwarte Piet. It should require no explanation anymore that there are people who say that they are pained and insulted at the sight of this black-faced character that accompanies Sinterklaas. And that in any normal society,…
Een paar weken geleden rinkelde het vriendje van mijn vijfjarige zoon aan de bel. Ik deed open en hij wilde enthousiast naar binnen stormen om met zijn mati te komen spelen. “Waar is Jay!?” Ik zei “goedemiddag?!”. “Waar is hij?” reageerde hij. Ik zei “goeiemiddag?” Hij wilde weer “waar is hij?” zeggen” maar zag aan…
By Marvin Hokstam AMSTERDAM — It was only on Sunday afternoon when Mitchell Esajas finally had some spare time since winning an anti-racism verdict on November 9 against the 35 “blockade Frisians”. Not one to dive into lavish victory celebrations, he spent that spare time in the gym, with the cling-clang of the barbells and…
