Understanding autochtoon privilege
By Guest Contributor Flavia Tamara Dzodan, cross-posted from Red Light Politics Here in The Netherlands, racial matters and subsequent discussions are framed very differently from those in North...
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By Guest Contributor Marly Pierre-Louis I’m an activist and, one way or another, wherever I am, I always find my way to movement work, or it finds me. So when my partner and I uprooted our lives in...
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By Guest Contributor Marly Pierre-Louis Photos courtesy of the author. I was warned before moving to Amsterdam that there’s a term Dutch people use for kids which translates to “monkey.” They use it...
View ArticleSelf-Healing From American Racism
By Guest Contributor Marly Pierre-Louis All images provided by the author. I love a good adventure. So when my partner asked, “How would you feel about moving to Amsterdam?” I was game. Between the...
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