In White Innocence Gloria Wekker explores a central paradox of Dutch life--the passionate denial of racial discrimination and colonial violence coexisting alongside aggressive racism and xenophobia--to show how the narrative of Dutch racial exceptionalism elides the Netherland's colonial past and safeguards white privilege.
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In White Innocence Gloria Wekker explores a central paradox of Dutch life--the passionate denial of racial discrimination and colonial violence coexisting alongside aggressive racism and xenophobia--to show how the narrative of Dutch racial exceptionalism elides the Netherland's colonial past and safeguards white privilege.
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