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Old 05-02-2019, 02:43 PM #1
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Default Dutch City: Street Names Too White, Will Be Made More Diverse



The local government of Rotterdam has decided to name all new streets in the city after women and minorities after complaints by some local politicians that the current names are too male and too white.


The Dutch city’s government announced that it would be accepting the proposal to make the city’s street names more “diverse” a year after the initiative was put forth by left-wing party Democrats 66 (D66), the GreenLeft, and the Labour party, Dutch newspaper Telegraaf reports.

Councillor Nadia Arsieni, of the D66 party, was the one to initially recommend the proposal and said she was happy the local government had accepted it saying, “A sample showed that a large number of the streets were named after men of Western origin. That does not fit in the Rotterdam of today.”

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/201...-more-diverse/

Well I wonder what out Dutch expert and fan of far right Geert Wilders is going to make of this potential outrage??

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why, Arista?
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That awkward moment when you can't pronounce the street names in your local area.

What is this, Wales?
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That awkward moment when you can't pronounce the street names in your local area.

What is this, Wales?
Oy mouth!!
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why, Arista?

Taking away its History
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Its the worst type of hand-wringing pandering and what a monumental waste of money

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Pretty stupid and pointless. Who would even think of this?
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LT trying to ignore the fact that he supported the renaming of George Square to Mandella Square
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The local government of Rotterdam has decided to name all new streets in the city after women and minorities after complaints by some local politicians that the current names are too male and too white.


The Dutch city’s government announced that it would be accepting the proposal to make the city’s street names more “diverse” a year after the initiative was put forth by left-wing party Democrats 66 (D66), the GreenLeft, and the Labour party, Dutch newspaper Telegraaf reports.

Councillor Nadia Arsieni, of the D66 party, was the one to initially recommend the proposal and said she was happy the local government had accepted it saying, “A sample showed that a large number of the streets were named after men of Western origin. That does not fit in the Rotterdam of today.”

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/201...-more-diverse/

Well I wonder what out Dutch expert and fan of far right Geert Wilders is going to make of this potential outrage??

don't call that a hole wilders a dutch expert pls


and who cares about the street names what they are called NOT ME


i'm dutch and this is one of the reasons i am ashamed of my country, that we can make debates out of silly nothingness news
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dont drag The Great Leader into this Holland hoo haa
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Yes, awful decision, if we changed every street and road name that doesn't fit in with how things are today where would we be
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Yes, awful decision, if we changed every street and road name that doesn't fit in with how things are today where would we be
yes we got street names of famous composers/painters here


and it has been like that for quite a long time
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What's wrong with being too male and too White? Why is that seen as something bad that needs to be changed?
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What's wrong with being too male and too White? Why is that seen as something bad that needs to be changed?
uh, these are questions even in our parliament they can't give answers to
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The snowflakes will hate this omg.
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The snowflakes will hate this omg.
The map makers will love it.
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girl what??
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when the hell did i say that??
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when the hell did i say that??
you see quite happy with the idea of changing the names of streets that have been so named for centuries? I can see Oxford Street being renamed to Diane Abbot Way if this thing gathers legs
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i can perfectly understand being more creative with new street names, but renaming old ones is just stupidity.
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you see quite happy with the idea of changing the names of streets that have been so named for centuries? I can see Oxford Street being renamed to Diane Abbot Way if this thing gathers legs
I'm honestly indifferent to the whole thing, it's a street name. However street names change all the time and if they were to do this in England it wouldn't be the first big renaming scheme (see mid 19th and early 20th century)
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do people think street names stay the same forever??
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