Our history classes are one the one hand teaching us that slavery was somewhat bad (because we can’t be too negative off course) and on the other hand telling us we should feel some pride for the East- and West-Indian Company. Oh and the Indonesian Independence War was a ‘police action’.
It’s a scam.
And most bizarre of all, half the country enjoys masquerading around in Blackface every Sinterklaas, as if exploiting and colonizing Afro-Caribbeans wasn’t bad enough, they also need to parade around a racist caricature for the rest of time apparently.
I still can’t wrap my head around the chocolate hand treats…
That’s Belgium, and it all fairness its got nothing to do with what happened in the Congo, its related to a story from the local folklore about a hero who cuts off the hand from a giant.
Yeesh. Still problematic, just in a different way. Stories of Giants is actually some really ancient racism. And of course they are always the villain.
Give me a Japanese penis popsicle any day.
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CIA is the reason.
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The recent book “The Jakarta Method” digs in to the very successful anti-communism efforts of the US in Indonesia and Brazil.
I recently heard Indonesia hates West Papuans as well
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That rhetoric is mainly pushed by australian neocons that want to make it their neocolony as papua is rich in resources.
How do things goes for communists in Indonesia? The only thing I know about communist movement here is brutal terror against it conducted in 60s.
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Did you not go to school lmao, atleast in jakarta we still have to watch that g30s brainwashing movie every couple of years
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The Dutch in reality
It always amazed me how such a small nation can become such proper dickheads
Netherlands trying to not get scammed by other colonial powers and losing their own colonies for 0,0000001 seconds challenge.
