Hats off to the ingenuous quick thinking crook
At Bourda Market once, early nineties, I tried on a pair of nice shoes. Turned out that merchant had them in green, in my size, 45. In black he had them in 46. I said “what am i supposed to do with a green shoe? And I
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I WONDER HOW IT IS POSSIBLE THAT TODAY, in 2018 black men here in Holland have to prove they are right, against a couple of backward racists who violated the law, blocked a highway, hindered people’s right to free speech, while endangering people’s lives. How the
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A few years back, as racism season was about to start, a highly educated dumb-ass FB friend asked me why I live here “in those people’s country”. I got enraged and kicked that stupid ass off my friends list, but not before explaining to deaf ears:
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Mijn studenten moesten gisteren voor een opdracht over diversiteit iemand van “een andere cultuur” interviewen. “Meester, ik kan niemand vinden!,” klaagt het Surinaamse meisje dat altijd teveel en te luid praat. Dus ik stap resoluut naar buiten en grijp de eerste- de-beste “Marokkaanse” jongen die ik
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Gisteren hield het Weekend College amsterdam ZO (waarvan ik Projectleider ben) bij het ROCvA in Zuidoost, de conferentie “kansen keren”, over onderwijsongelijkheid. Ik mocht voordat Aminata Cairo een wervelende keynote speech gaf, de spits afbijten met een korte intro over waarom we bij elkaar waren. Enkele maanden geleden,
Read MoreWhy would you call your people a tribe?
I left this rained-out BBQ in The Hague tonight munching on a badly done bratwurst, but not bothered with that at all because I was amazed that I had once again found myself in the company of some deep African thinkers eh. “Why would you call
Read MoreThis month marks the 500th anniversary of the transatlantic slave trade
By Marvin Hokstam AMSTERDAM — On August 28 it will be exactly 500 years ago that one of history’s most tragic and significant events started to unfold, new research has indicated. A tragic event that caused unimaginable suffering and even today leaves a legacy of poverty,
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