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12 Nov, 4 tweets, 1 min read
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Oh yeah we absolutely had and still have covid related racism in the Netherlands just like a lot of countries. Punching down, for humour or not, is a favourite pastime. That song was met with a lot of controversy but also a lot of people liking it. And politicians
do a lot of Covid related racism too. From small microagressions to bigger ones. Like not wanting to acknowledge successes in covid management in Asian countries and failures in those of western and claiming it's population density or they don't know why those countries manage
covid better. Or a politician asking what we are going to do when another pandemic comes when someone Chinese decides to fry up another bat.

I know I have been talking a lot about the Netherlands, I promise I will talk about other stuff as well but when you are in isolation for
8 months continuously having to deal with the mess that is NL, it's on your mind A LOT.

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12 Nov
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Tw racism

When I told you, the Netherlands was racist, oh I meant blatantly and openly so while calling racism that EVERYBODY KNOWS is racism as not racist.

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And Black Pete is played by white people in blackface.

And yes this is a national holiday.
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