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Baldewsingh (right), with princess Laurentien (center)

The Hague Deputy Mayor: immigrants are not ‘the white man’s burden’

By Marvin Hokstam AMSTERDAM — Outspoken The Hague Deputy Mayor Rabin Baldewsingh holds no punches when expressing is views on immigration, diversity and inclusion. Speaking at a conference in The Hague last Wednesday he launched unbridled criticism of Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Rotterdam mayor Aboutaleb who are both on record as telling youngsters of…

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Statia man featured in exhibition of Africans in 18th century Netherlands

Cocquamar Crenequie who was christened Willem Frederik Phillippe is painted with the mother of his master count Bertrand Philip Sigismund Albrecht van Gronsveld. By Marvin Hokstam AMSTERDAM– Weesp, a town in North Holland is currently paying homage to a peculiar part of its history, through an exhibition that narrates the stories of Africans who worked…

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