Hate case

Racist statements in a TV programme in the Netherlands

04.11.2024  |  Netherlands  |  Submitted by: Stichting Tumba ( Discrimination & diversion organisation of Fryslân)

 

Place, Country:                        Fryslân, the Netherlands              

Year:                                           2024

Affected group/minority:      People of colour and migrants to the Netherlands              

Perpetrator:                             Johan Derksen

Type of case:                            Hate speech

Kind of hate speech:             Verbal

Media:                                       Traditional media (printed, radio, TV)

Reactions:                                Both the public and the public authorities in the Netherlands reacted.

 

Brief description:                            

On 9 April 2024, in his TV talk show Today Inside, the Dutch journalist Johan Derksen verbally attacked the Member of Parliament Habtamu de Hoop and his right to identity and language – Frysian – as the politician, who was raised in a Frysian family, Ethiopian origin. During the TV show, Derksen commented that De Hoop is not a Frisian, as Dreksen himself is not a Surinamese, implying that skin colour determines belonging to a community.

The audience reacted negatively to Dreksen's words, and more than 1,000 complaints have been received at the discrimination hotline Discriminatie.nl. The Government, other MPs, and politicians declared their support for de Hoop and denounced the racist statement.

 

More information on the case can be obtained through the following links:

https://www.hartvannederland.nl/nieuws/politiek/aangifte-tegen-johan-derksen-om-uitspraak-over-kamerlid-de-hoop      

https://nos.nl/artikel/2516235-kamerlid-de-hoop-krijgt-veel-bijval-na-racistische-opmerking-johan-derksen

https://www.ad.nl/show/discriminatie-nl-gaat-aangifte-doen-tegen-johan-derksen-na-uitspraken-over-habtamu-de-hoop~a7ac8ae8/

https://nltimes.nl/2024/04/10/football-pundit-johan-derksen-causes-outrage-racist-remarks

https://www.nu.nl/politiek/6308549/veel-steun-voor-gl-pvdaer-de-hoop-na-racistische-opmerking-johan-derksen.html

https://www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/dit-is-de-dag/9bc66508-f66e-4f8e-af73-6020ea5e3ccf/2024-04-10-zijn-de-uitspraken-van-johan-derksen-over-habtamu-de-hoop-racistisch

 

Photo: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=H9R8ctqO6QU

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