Dutch Queen Beatrix Rides Around in Golden Carriage With Slavery Painting on the Sides, PM Mark Rutte Refuses to Remove

Dutch Queen Beatrix rides around in Golden Carriage with an offensive slavery painting, called "Tribute of the Colonies" emblazoned on the sides.

I cannot believe in this day and age, Dutch Queen Beatrix is still riding around in the Golden Carriage with an offensive slavery painting, called the "Tribute of the Colonies," on the side. Two Dutch MPs wrote in an opinion piece that they have a “great aversion” to the drawing of half naked Black men and women who offer their goods to the royal family.

The coach was made in the late nineteenth century. "In the colonial era and the aftermath of slavery it seemed like a very common picture. Now it reminds us of a horrible period in Dutch history, " says Harry van Bommel of the Socialist party and Mariko Peters of left-wing green party GroenLinks.

The letter was also signed by the Chairman of the National Platform Slavery Barryl Biekman and the Chairman of the Committee Dutch honour debt (Indonesia) of Jeffrey M. Pondaag. They argue that The Netherlands should apologize for slavery and colonialism and the violence that arose there after. Source

Well, it should be noted that dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte doesn't see any problems with this carriage, nor will he have the image removed, saying, "We will not rewrite history." That sums it up. It's okay to live in the dark ages where blacks were denigrated for no other reason but the color of their skin.

Watch the video (it's in Dutch, but you will see the offensive images of black slaves on the carriage.)