‘Neocolonial belch’: what can Britain learn from backlash to Dutch slavery apology?
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In the Netherlands many felt the move, while welcome, was mishandled and say it opened up a new phase of reckoning
A section of Rotterdam’s Slavery Monument. In December 2022 Mark Rutte made a landmark apology for the Netherlands’ role in slave trade. Photograph: Peter Dejong/APA section of Rotterdam’s Slavery Monument. In December 2022 Mark Rutte made a landmark apology for the Netherlands’ role in slave trade. Photograph: Peter Dejong/APAnalysis‘Neocolonial belch’: what can Britain learn from backlash to Dutch slavery apology? Jon Henley and Senay Boztas in Amsterdam
In the Netherlands many felt the move, while welcome, was mishandled and say it opened up a new phase of reckoning
