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SUMMARY:Dyke March Book Club Nov 8
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DESCRIPTION:In November\, Dyke March Book Club will be reading “White Innoc
	ence” (also\navailable in Dutch\, “Witte onschuld”) by Gloria Wekker.\n\n\
	nThe meeting will take place on Sunday 8 November\, 16-18hr at NieuwLand (
	Pieter\nNieuwlandstraat 93\, Amsterdam). Sign up via this link\n[https://a
	pp.formbricks.com/s/zfmngcckssy7l7u8xom5y52t?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=soci
	al&utm_content=link_in_bio].\n\nIn White Innocence Gloria Wekker explores 
	a central paradox of Dutch culture:\nthe passionate denial of racial discr
	imination and colonial violence coexisting\nalongside aggressive racism an
	d xenophobia. Accessing a cultural archive built\nover 400 years of Dutch 
	colonial rule\, Wekker fundamentally challenges Dutch\nracial exceptionali
	sm by undermining the dominant narrative of the Netherlands\nas a “gentle”
	 and “ethical” nation. Wekker analyzes the Dutch media’s portrayal\nof bla
	ck women and men\, the failure to grasp race in the Dutch academy\,\nconte
	mporary conservative politics (including gay politicians espousing\nanti-i
	mmigrant rhetoric)\, and the controversy surrounding the folkloric\ncharac
	ter Black Pete\, showing how the denial of racism and the expression of\ni
	nnocence safeguards white privilege. Wekker uncovers the postcolonial lega
	cy of\nrace and its role in shaping the white Dutch self\, presenting the 
	contested\,\npersistent legacy of racism in the country.\n\nSee you there!
	 Please keep in mind that if you cancel your participation last\nminute\, 
	we cannot invite somebody else.
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/dyke-march-book-club-nov-8
GEO:52.3622421;4.9298553
LOCATION:NieuwLand - Pieter Nieuwlandstraat 93\, 1093 XN Amsterdam
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:amsterdam-oost,books,dapperbuurt
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>In November, Dyke March Book Club will be r
	eading “White Innocence” (also available in Dutch, “Witte onschuld”) by Gl
	oria Wekker.<br></p><p><br>The meeting will take place on Sunday 8 Novembe
	r, 16-18hr at NieuwLand (Pieter Nieuwlandstraat 93, Amsterdam). Sign up vi
	a <a href="https://app.formbricks.com/s/zfmngcckssy7l7u8xom5y52t?utm_sourc
	e=ig&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=link_in_bio">this link</a>.<br>
	<br>In White Innocence Gloria Wekker explores a central paradox of Dutch c
	ulture: the passionate denial of racial discrimination and colonial violen
	ce coexisting alongside aggressive racism and xenophobia. Accessing a cult
	ural archive built over 400 years of Dutch colonial rule, Wekker fundament
	ally challenges Dutch racial exceptionalism by undermining the dominant na
	rrative of the Netherlands as a “gentle” and “ethical” nation. Wekker anal
	yzes the Dutch media’s portrayal of black women and men, the failure to gr
	asp race in the Dutch academy, contemporary conservative politics (includi
	ng gay politicians espousing anti-immigrant rhetoric), and the controversy
	 surrounding the folkloric character Black Pete, showing how the denial of
	 racism and the expression of innocence safeguards white privilege. Wekker
	 uncovers the postcolonial legacy of race and its role in shaping the whit
	e Dutch self, presenting the contested, persistent legacy of racism in the
	 country.<br><br>See you there! Please keep in mind that if you cancel you
	r participation last minute, we cannot invite somebody else.</p>
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