Several members of the Dutch-Chinese community have reported against DJ Gaarthuis and Radio 10, reports NOS. Call in a joint statement 57 Sino-Dutch organizations the carnival song “Prevention is better than the Chinese” discriminatory and hate speech. Lex Gaarthuis of Radio 10 played the song on Friday for his listeners in his show Laat met Lex. It is said to be intended as satire.
The national reporting point for discrimination has now received 3000 reports about the song. . “That is exceptionally high for an incident,” a spokesperson told NOS. “We receive between 4500 and 5000 reports every year.” It is not known how many declarations were made.
With plainly discriminatory texts such as “stink-Chinese” and “Don’t eat Chinese, you have nothing to fear, because prevention is better than Chinese”, it is completely wrong. Sino-Dutch organizations are now wondering whether there is room for the Chinese in the Netherlands.
The Dutch-Chinese Miki reported to the police and the hotline for discrimination, she tells in the Radio 1 program News and Co. “When I saw that song, I could only watch for five or ten seconds,” Miki responded. “I was so angry and I’m just ashamed. I was surprised that songs like this are still being made. “
The song was written by Rotterdam Toon, a fictional character created by Gaarthuis himself, under a fictional character called Rotterdam Toon. On Saturday, he offered his apologies for broadcasting the racist carnival song. The negative reactions would have made him think. The videos of the song are also no longer on the Radio 10 website.
In a new response, the radio station says it does not know the content of the declarations and therefore cannot comment. “But we want to emphasize once again that Radio 10 and Lex regret what happened and that we apologize for this. We also did that today to representatives of the Chinese community. ”
“We have been living in peace and harmony with everyone in the Netherlands for more than a hundred years, and we have tolerated the many jokes about the Chinese”, the Chinese community said. “But this song has crossed a line.”
The Chinese organizations state that everyone can make fun of jokes and satire can do business, but that freedom also has responsibility and limits. “Creating a song about the Corona virus for the purpose of dancing to it and having fun is completely disrespectful, indecent and deeply offensive.”
Meanwhile, 30,000 people have signed the petition We are not viruses! against discrimination against Dutch people with a Chinese background.
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