Chinese-Dutch community slams ‘racist’ line in Amsterdam 750 board game
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Mayor Halsema is going to talk to a group from the Chinese-Dutch community about what they consider to be a stereotypical text in a book for primary school children. The group had written her a letter about it. In recent days, there had been a stir about the passage in the 'activity booklet', which was specially made for the 750th anniversary of Amsterdam. The book contains the board game Pigeons and Goose (a variation on the Game of the Snakes)…
Chinese-Dutch community slams ‘racist’ line in Amsterdam 750 board game
A passage in a free children’s book distributed last week to Amsterdam elementary school students as part of the Amsterdam 750 celebrations has sparked outrage within the Chinese-Dutch community. The passage, found in the board game “Amsterdam Duivenbord,” is being criticized as discriminatory and reinforcing harmful stereotypes, Het Parool reports.
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