The Dutch Foreign Ministry apologises after a report said it was infested by institutional racism, with people from ethnic backgrounds called 'monkeys' and other abusive terms
"A number of employees have said that people have been referred to as 'monkeys', 'bokitos', 'negroes' and 'Black Pete' because of their skin colour," the report said.The Dutch Foreign Ministry has apologised after a report said it was infested by institutional racism, with people from ethnic backgrounds called "monkeys" and other abusive terms.
It said that while employees were "not usually abused in person", they often experienced "verbal aggression" by hearing others disparage people on the grounds of skin colour, religion or origin. It found that many of those questioned believed they were "ignored and passed over", with locally hired embassy staff in particular feeling excluded.
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