That's the thing, racism is at least a topic you can talk about. Even conservatives claim to be anti-racist (even though it's obvious bs)

If you even bring up racism in the Netherlands and other eu countries ppl look at u like you're crazy bringing up something from the past lol

Something from the past Germans act like they erased racism from system32 after WW2

Idk it seems like white people be trying to push them back on us with all those Italian memes

Just off the fact I remember a few of my friends studied abroad for a whole semester and were in the Netherlands I can probably tell Ari is being dead serious. My homies came back and said they was faced with some of the worst racism they ever experienced in their lives (one of my friends was real dark skinned too, dealt with the worst of it)

I know it's a huge market over in Europe, so it's probably unrealistic to do this but man if black artists just did a boycott of Europe venues for like half a year to address this type of s***, who knows what could happen.

whats wrong with italians wtf

why do they hate us lol.

I don't hate anyone, but fam I got Italian friends that would tell you Italians be racist af

Damn she got arrested at Schiphol? That’s wild

u right

but a lot of us are just minding our business

ethnicities dont want us we're not that bad tho

plus we dont do whatevers going on below me

its more just italians dont really like non-italians of all colours

This is Sinterklaas, the most celebrated national holiday in the Netherlands

Only recently have white people here started to warm up to the idea that this might be racist

That's unironically what they believe lmfao

“M-m-maar onze traditie!!!!!!🤬😢😢😢”

I will free Ari

a lot of em still mad as s*** over the fact that they're white now

but you're still disregarding a very real issue by just "lot of us are just minding our busines."

Like you're being mad disingenuous if you say Italians don't have a spotty track record especially when it comes to black people.

I wasn't even born or grew up in NYC and living here for the last....maybe 4 years (including working at an Italian restaurant for a good portion of it), I've seen it first hand bruh lol.

Bruh Staten Island is looked at as one of the most racist parts of NYC...guess what huge community lives over there

My italian friends really mince no words about how racist their people are

"I'm not racist I hate everybody equally" - the most racist fella you'll met in your life

I work with an Italian dude. He tries to act black and I heard him slip in nigga one time.

I'm like dude why are you trying to act black? Y'all got the Sopranos

I just googled this s*** and it honestly doesn’t seem to be rooted in racism Unlike in America

Sinterklaas

Aren't they all dressed up as Sinterklaas "moorish helper" or some s***? Seems racist to me but maybe im missing something

We need to have a more nuanced conversation about the intentions around blackface but not on here.