The King said racism in Dutch society remains a problem and not everyone would support his apology. Read more at straitstimes.com.
AMSTERDAM - Dutch King Willem-Alexander on Saturday apologised for the Netherlands’ historic involvement in slavery and the effects that it still has today.
“On this day that we remember the Dutch history of slavery, I ask forgiveness for this crime against humanity,” he said.However “the times have changed and Keti Koti... the chains have truly been broken,” he said to cheers and applause of thousands of onlookers at the national slavery monument in Amsterdam’s Oosterpark.
The apology comes amid a wider reconsideration of the Netherlands’ colonial past, including involvement in both the Atlantic slave trade and slavery in its former Asian colonies.
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