“Moroccans” conversation Arnon Grunberg and Joost Eerdmans for discussion Inland

Grunberg was able to look back on his speech on Dam Square on May 4. There he made a glowing speech about the persecution of the Jews. At some point he also cited the treatment of Moroccan Dutch.

That came to him on online curses. Grunberg produced a note from Op1 on which hate speech was written, and read it aloud.

Horrible, Eerdmans also thought, but he first quotes an old quote from the writer. “You also called Wilders a ‘Nazi’? What you are reading now is horrible, but it is apparently an effect that you have intended. Why do you suddenly call Moroccans in a speech about the Remembrance Day? ” Then a fascinating conversation unfolds.

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“The King said: Sobibór started in the Vondelpark,” Grunberg countered. “That was a very important sentence. Not everything that starts in the Vondelpark leads to Sobibór, but when a population is made a scapegoat, I think you should be alert. ” Addressing such a thing is “his duty,” said the writer.

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The two decided, after having crossed swords, to walk through Rotterdam together with a kippah on soon. According to Eerdmans you then have “a problem” and you are intimidated. Grunberg says that “as a Jew, I don’t want to be used as a stick to beat these people,” but I want to put it to the test.

Reactions

Eerdmans is trending on social media. His supporters and opponents verbally enter into battle. Both the Rotterdam politician and the novelist are razed to the ground by some, and praised by others. Table guest Abdelkader Benali also responds to the broadcast by saying that “you are outlawed in the public debate with a Moroccan origin”. An anthology.

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In recent days, Grunberg has received “a lot of dredging”, he also says on Radio1 on Saturday, where he looks back again.

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