Dutch King’s “Apology” for Colonial Slavery Is an Erasure of History

The king’s ancestors did more than “not take action” against slavery. They laid the foundation of slavery in the U.S.

On July 1, Emancipation Day, Dutch King Willem-Alexander apologized for the nation’s history of colonial slavery in both the East and the West. The apology is monumental, especially for descendants of the enslaved living in the Netherlands, who have fought hard for this recognition and who continue to face serious systemic racism across Dutch institutions, from education, to housing...

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