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Ha, I’ve heard a few Dutch say that American style racism didnt really apply to them, but then later they say that some person isn’t Dutch because they aren’t white. All in the workplace.

I think it’s just not as top of mind in other places, but its there.

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I think it is a little of both. I’m not American, but as a bystander it seems quite obvious that race is important in the US because of how important slavery has been in your culture (founding fathers, civil war, the history of your political parties, income distribution today, etc).

But I also have the impression that you have more knowledge of racism than some other countries. I mean the Dutch obviously have a horrific racist history.

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