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22 Jul 2007 Sun 08:55 pm |
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Quoting Gizli Yuz:
I asked you your thoughts on the existence of racism among the dutch people. And then you made a comment on the dutch people saying "I don't understand the fear of my country men".
I helped you to make comment on the dutch people.
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I'll tell you what's wrong 
I wasnt asked in any kind of survey about racism, nor have I ever. Usually these polls are asked among people in problem areas, to state where the problem is.
When thinking of Holland in regard to its foreign inhabitants/racism, there is a clear division between the West of Holland, where many foreigners live, and the other parts of the country.
The area where I live, does have foreigners too, but not in such big amounts as a city like Rotterdam. To hear racism or anger against muslims in my region, is much smaller, than the sounds of unsatisfaction in the West of Holland.
I think in general Dutch people are pretty tolerant (or at least politically correct enough not to speak out loud), and I am the very LAST person to be a racist or judge anyone, but I can imagine you start complaining if your foreign neighbour doesnt even speak enough Dutch to greet you when picking up your post, when you hear that an Imam in your neighbourhood has wished for illnesses upon non-believers or when your neighbours just throw the left-overs of their pilav over their balcony (YES this happens.)
It is a delicate subject and everyone blames everyone. There is quite a lot of trouble about the integration of foreigners in our country. The division in the country is very obvious from the politics. People with strict thoughts on immigration and integration such as Pim Fortuyn and Rita Verdonk, were welcomed warmly under most people in the West. But people in the east parts, where mostly unpleased with Verdonks words.
I can't say that there are no racists in Holland, because there are in every place of the world. And my thought of Dutch people has always been that they are of the complaining kind and that the grass is not the greenest on their side.. But I can say that large communities of foreigners, did nothing to improve their image.
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