Een Neger in het Dorp!

Identifier

TBAFB0095

Title

Een Neger in het Dorp!

Description

This Sunday school book discusses the true story of a Black man who was baptized in the Reformed Church and who moved from Suriname to Vlissingen to work for the mission. The children in the town were very racist, called him racial slurs, and referred to him as zwarte piet. Later, however, the children changed their opinions when the man stopped by the school to speak about his missionary work in Suriname. This book is based on the story of Joseph Renardus Dens (Sip), who at the time lived in the same village as the author, and is therefore a good representation of the racism Black people had to endure in the Netherlands in the 1950s.

Language

Dutch

Publisher

G. F. Callenbach N.V. Nijkerk

Relation

Facing Blackness is a multimedia exhibition that takes the public through the obscure history of portraying Black people from the colonial period to contemporary society. Using unique archive material and visual art, we show how anti-black racism became part of the Dutch 'cultural archive' and our everyday ideas, customs and utensils. On the other hand, the exhibition shows how there has always been 'everyday resistance' to various forms of racism and how Black people themselves have given and continue to give meaning to their culture and identity.

Source

The Black Archives

Date

1960

Edition

Second press

Primary Author

Verschoor-Van der Vlis, N.

Page Count

51

Keywords

Missionary, Racism, Catholicism, Netherlands, Sunday School, Children's Room

Archived By

Lieke Bremer

Citation

“Een Neger in het Dorp!,” The Black Archives, accessed March 29, 2024, https://collection.theblackarchives.nl/items/show/3529.
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