The King’s Speech, and a shared struggle for rights, acknowledgement, and reparation
Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologized for the Dutch role in the trade in enslaved people last year December. His expression of regret, while generally welcomed, was also widely criticized, in part for being held on a seemingly random day. The King’s speech, in contrast, was given on the 150th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the Dutch territories. Keti Koti, the first of July, is deeply meaningful to the descendants of enslaved people, and … [Lees verder]