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That changed in the last decade, among other things the population is dissatisfied with immigration. I cannot tell you if that is justified, but I can say from
by niemandhier 2y ago
That changed in the last decade, among other things the population is dissatisfied with immigration.
I cannot tell you if that is justified, but I can say from personal experience that in some cases the praised Dutch directness turned to racism.
Things like, people not believing that you have a phd, or refusing to take your credit card because the color of skin does not match the ethnicity of the name.
- jjmarr 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwarte_Piet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwarte_Piet
- account42 2y ago> The Netherlands seems like the most sensible country on earth. > population is dissatisfied with immigration. I don't see the contradiction.
- brnt 2y ago> but I can say from personal experience that in some cases the praised Dutch directness turned to racism It always was a thin line. What has changed is that victims are now speaking up, and a silent majority realizing that brutish-directness always was a subgenre that somehow kept being taken as representative of directness. One can be direct and courteous (and not racist), but the Netherlands (as in Holland) isn't the best place to find that.