Dutch king and queen are confronted by angry protesters on visit to a slavery museum in South Africa
Dutch king and queen are confronted by angry protesters on visit to a slavery museum in South Africa
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Dutch king and queen are confronted by angry protesters on visit to a slavery museum in South Africa
They were literally there to pay a visit to a museum about the atrocities of previous Dutch inhabitants in the land. I don't know what harassing them was supposed to accomplish.
First, protest’s don’t necessarily need to accomplish anything, people are allowed to be angry.
Second, the black white wealth inequality in South Africa is still insane and the Dutch are partially responsible for that. Plus you can’t really buy groceries from awareness or excuses.
Third, as a Dutch guy I don’t really mind them being uncomfortable for a bit once in a while, keeps them grounded.
Obviously, people are allowed to be angry. The question is whether the anger is productive.
Sure, but shouldn't the protest have been, I don't know, elsewhere than the visit to the museum? It's a very "No good deed goes unpunished" - it's a small act, sure, but surely making the museum visit the locus for the discomfort is just discouraging high-profile figures from acknowledging these sins?
How are they responsible for that?
Didn't they go over poor and they just happend to build wealth when black people didn't? Why do they have to share with another group of people, no one else does. Even the groups in Africa don't so it's not like a European idea.
Remind them where their wealth came from, that real people remain affected by it... More (all) rich people should be confronted this way, if not with violence
When a monarch actually cares about systemic injustice or the origin of their wealth, they just abolish the monarchy.
Make them leave and never come back, that's what most victims want from their abusers.
Maybe putting a spotlight on where the Dutch Slave Trade began?
Isn't that the whole point of the visit? The museum is about the slavery imposed by Dutch colonists on South Africa at the time.
Actually it began in Western Africa
Yeah, and where the slavery still still goes on ( *points at people selling their own for commodities )
You don't understand people protesting a tone-deaf experience?
Are you being purposely obtuse or are you legitimately not understanding?
You don't understand why South African people would want to protest the Dutch king and queen?
Sure, the brutal legacy of their genocide looms over the country to this day, but they went to a museum so we good now.
No, I don't particularly understand why the current Dutch king and queen are being considered responsible for the actions of the Dutch 200 years ago.
"of their genocide"
In what way were they, the current Dutch king and queen, involved? If you have some historical tidbit I'm missing, by all means, inform me of the sins of Willem-Alexander.
Going to a museum to pay one's respects, and accompanied by a representative of the people who suffered so, is a positive step, one that should be at least regarded neutrally, not attacked.
Nothing at all but turn more people off wanting to help south Africa. They already want to kill all white people and the country is collapsing again . So it's not a big deal
The last time Europe "helped" Africans, it didn't work out so well for us. Instead of helping us, they could just pay the nation back what they took + reparations. South Africa isn't a classroom for beneficiaries of colonialism, it's an active crime scene caused by them.
And as a white South African, I can assure you we aren't in any danger. And collapsing again? When was the first time?
On the other hand, you're right: it's not a big deal. I give this take a 1/5.
How many meals did people like you "wanting to help south Africa" buy?
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