Halloween

Jay procrastinates and bullshits when he has to shower. It’s what children his age do. Last night he decided that he needed to take a piss just when I said go shower. He took his piss and walked to the center of the bathroom with his pants still drooped over his ankles and his vest hanging…

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Biga

IK HEB in mijn carierre als journalist tientallen bladen uitgegeven; met dat bijltje hakken is voor mij wat Michael Jordan doet met basketbal. Maar toch zijn er iedere keer weer van die onverwachtse kleine elementjes die het einde van het traject tot een nagelbijter maken. Ik heb afgelopen vrijdag het magazine voor Black Achievement Month…

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Jorien Wuite is Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten | We are open for doing business.”

The building the Cabinet of the Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten is befitting the stature of the Caribbean island it represents in The Hague. Stately, with large windows looking out over the prominent busy Prinsessengracht in the political center of The Hague, this monumental building is where Jorien Wuite intends to represent Sint Maarten well and…

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E. Tendayi Achiume, the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, during her press conference Monday

UN Rapporteur: no doubt that zwarte Piet is racist

THE HAGUE — “There can be no doubt that the figure of Black Piet embodies degrading and dehumanizing racial stereotypes about black people, reflecting both unconfronted colonial legacies and the persisting subordinate status, especially of Dutch people of African descent,” E. Tendayi Achiume, the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia…

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