News: Black Dutch presenter/politician faces racism from the Dutch

funnychick

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Dutch race hate row engulfs presenter Sylvana Simons

The images of a black Dutch TV presenter's face super-imposed on the hanged bodies of victims of a lynching are too nauseating to look at. And yet a video featuring the mocked-up pictures has been widely circulated online here.

Sylvana Simons has for years been a familiar presence on Dutch TV and radio, and the attack on her has highlighted a debate bubbling inside the Netherlands far removed from its reputation as a liberal tolerant nation.

A former presenter on talent show Dancing with the Stars, she recently joined the political party "Denk" (Think) and is running in the next election. Ms Simons has been outspoken on racism, and has raised hackles by calling for the "decolonisation" of education and language use in the Netherlands.

But it was her criticism of the traditional festive character known as Black Pete that unleashed a backlash of death-threats and misogynistic, racist abuse, which quickly escalated from unpleasant to outright shocking.

The video that circulated online also featured a song entitled "Oh Sylvana" including the lines "why don't you pack your bags... why don't you go and emigrate". But the song-writers insist it was a party anthem about a Russian woman and nothing to do with Sylvana Simons. The self-proclaimed creator of the video has now handed himself in to police, but the sentiment among a small but significant section of society appears to be - if you question our traditions then you are fair game.

When a football show host suggested that Sylvana was "running around proud as a monkey", a colleague suggested he had meant to use the phrase "proud as a peacock". But he was adamant: "No, she doesn't look like a peacock." Then a famous radio presenter played gorilla grunts on air and said "be quiet, Sylvana".

For many Dutch people Black Pete is an innocent children's character, a sidekick to St Nicholas, steeped in nostalgia and annual festivities that culminate on 5 December. For others he is an offensive caricature that perpetuates racist stereotypes that hark back to slavery.

Humberto Tan, an eminent Dutch-Surinamese presenter of one of this country's most popular late-night talk shows, disagrees. "It's created a chasm and I despise chasms." Humberto Tan says he has been subjected to racist comments and even death threats.

Geert Wilders has become one of the Netherlands' most popular politicians, and he has positioned himself as protector of Dutch culture. An anti-immigration, anti-Islam populist, he is currently on trial accused of hate speech. "The best thing for Ms Simons", he tweeted, "would be protection from herself and for her political party to be disbanded."

Read more at: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38089469

This video includes some of the vile stuff that she has to deal with:

They also send her bananas and created a 'wave goodbye to Sylvana Simons' Facebook group. There's no racism in Europe they said. Racism is dead they said.

She needs to get in formation and light up the Bey-Signal.

Can a Black Pete supporter explain this character once and for all though? I've asked before, but I never get a clear answer. What exactly is the origin of the black face, combined with the afro/curly wig and the red lips?

Marvin

Wow, such an accepting country.

NE.

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Originally posted by funnychick

There's no racism in Europe they said.

Who said this?

Bey Admired

Who the hell had the idiocy to suggest there was no racism in Europe? I want to see the quotes.

Sunshine.

Wonder what the no rice, no spice girls, no chocolate girls have to say about this

Corsola

Nobody said there's no racism in Europe. Many do argue, however, that Black Pete is not racist. The fact that the supporters of it would treat her like this because she criticized the tradition is very telling.

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freebitch26

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Originally posted by Marvin

Wow, such an accepting country.

first country to ever legalize same sex marriage

Overdose

It does not in any way excuse the racist stuff she gets but she's a mess .. always being uneducated on tv.
She said she saw trump say that he would pretend to be republican if he ever ran for president on a talk show. The presenters kept correcting her that it was a fake image but she kept insisting she had seen 'moving footage' of it

Jet

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Originally posted by NE.

Who said this?

Lots of white European atrlers

Mekitor

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Originally posted by Cookie

Lots of white European atrlers

Nah maybe 1 or 2 long time ago probably.

Unless you have lots of receipts.

Uknowitbeb

Europe has always been the pits.

Tropez

Honestly not really surprised this is coming from that country.

Hi_im_new

Im confused. The dutch members on here always claimed racism doesn't exist in their country when trying to defend that black pete ********.

Bicassie

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Im confused. The dutch members on here always claimed racism doesn't exist in their country when trying to defend that black pete ********.

Black pete is literally the only big racial flaw about our country and most people who support it...don't mean to hurt anybody......

Racists are everywhere........but our country is honestly one of the better ones in the world....our country is also really PC about things

And they are finally working on changing black pete.....

Sylvana is QUEEN and stands up for all the minorities.......some racists dont like it.......

Thats why all of this is happening........the racists see her as a danger to society and are angry

Our country still SLAYS,tho

Navyofbadgals

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Originally posted by Bicassie

Black pete is literally the only big racial flaw about our country and most people who support it...don't mean to hurt anybody......

Racists are everywhere........but our country is honestly one of the better ones in the world....our country is also really PC about things

And they are finally working on changing black pete.....

Sylvana is QUEEN and stands up for all the minorities.......some racists dont like it.......

Thats why all of this is happening........the racists see her as a danger to society and are angry

Our country still SLAYS,tho

this

tho we do have some xenophobia too

Bicassie

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Originally posted by Navyofbadgals

this

tho we do have some xenophobia too

I know.....but im talking race here bew

Embustera

This country is a mess right now, a lot of Dutch people show their true colours.

Bicassie

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This country is a mess right now, a lot of Dutch people show their true colours.

true

And its not even march of 2017

Elections will be the MESS of the Decade

im perchedT for the MESS,tho

^_^

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Originally posted by Mekitor

Nah maybe 1 or 2 long time ago probably.

Unless you have lots of receipts.

There was a discussion about this the other day.

http://atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1090117