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The Dutch Government’s Benefits Scandal Is Rooted in Stigma Against Welfare Recipients

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Last Friday, the Dutch government had to resign in scandal, after thousands of parents were wrongly accused of making fraudulent childcare benefit claims. The affair was driven by racist demonization of welfare recipients deeply rooted in the country’s politics. Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte at a news conference on July 9, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.

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The Dutch Government’s Benefits Scandal Is Rooted in Stigma Against Welfare Recipients

Last Friday, the Dutch government had to resign in scandal, after thousands of parents were wrongly accused of making fraudulent childcare benefit claims. The affair was driven by racist demonization of welfare recipients deeply rooted in the country’s politics. Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte at a news conference on July 9, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. (Adam Berry / Getty Images) At least 26,000 families on the verge of bankruptcy, in more debt tha…

3 years ago·New York, United States

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