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Curaçao/Opinie/Service

Protest ‘Curaçao HET WEER OP
DE ANTILLEN
can’t breathe’ Verwachting voor
vanmiddag 12 uur N
Van een onzer de moment’, aldus de Ame- W O
windkracht 3 - 5 bft
verslaggevers rikaanse organisatoren. golfhoogte 0.5 - 1.5 m Z
Willemstad - Een demon- ,,We geloven dat het het be-
stratie tegen politiegeweld ste is om de lokale Cura- BOVENWINDSE EILANDEN
jegens zwarte personen die çaoënaars het voortouw te Sint Maarten
vandaag zou plaatsvinden in laten nemen bij de proble-
Punda is geannuleerd. Aan- men van het eiland die voor Saba 30
leiding van de demonstratie hen het belangrijkst zijn.” The Bottom 30 Philipsburg
was de dood van George Het protest dat vandaag om Oranjestad
Floyd, die vorige week in de 16.30 uur op het Brionplein St. Eustatius 30
Amerikaanse staat Minne- plaatsvindt wordt geleid
sota door politiegeweld om door lokale burgers die het BENEDENWINDSE EILANDEN
het leven kwam. bewustzijn willen vergroten
Reden van de annulering van de problemen waar zo-
is ‘de aanwezigheid van het wel gekleurde mensen op 30 30
uitgebreidere protest ‘Cura- Curaçao als wereldwijd mee
Oranjestad
çao can’t breathe’ op hetzelf- geconfronteerd worden. Willemstad
Aruba
Curaçao
LEZERS AAN HET WOORD
of speech and the right to peace- these lessons - please share quiet and continued going to 30
Only light can drive
ful assembly are fundamental them with us. their houses of worship. In 27 Kralendijk Bron: www.weather.com
rights of all people, and those of In the United States in the silence we daily witness fellow Bonaire
out darkness
‘Darkness cannot drive out us fortunate to live in democra- 1960s, riots and looting were citizens discriminate against Venezuela
darkness: only light can do that’ - tic societies need to respect and widespread in cities across the people (especially women) from
M.L. King protect those rights if we are to country. In a context of overt the Dominican Republic, Co-
Dear friends on Curacao, Aru- keep them. But upholding our racism and brutality, Dr. Martin lombia and Venezuela. We get
ba, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Sint rights and the cause of justice Luther King, the champion of enraged when another race
Eustatius and Saba, needs to be done in a way that social justice and Nobel Peace discriminates us, yet discrimi-
These are troubling times for attacks the evil of injustice itself, Prize winner, wrote a book nation among people of color
America and the world. Reports and not one another. called ‘Where do we go from based on the shade of blackness
on the protests on American Terrence Floyd, the brother of here: Chaos or community’. In - the light-skin preference - is
streets are confusing and pain- the late George Floyd, is calling that book, he captured Ameri- common practice in our com-
ful. So we need to be clear: on people to protest without ca’s conscience, setting forth a munity.
Americans support peoples’ violence. ,,We’ve been down prescription for attaining the Racism and discrimination
freedom to peacefully express this road already”, he said. lasting justice he so fervently against people belonging to a
themselves. Protests represent ,,(George) would want to seek sought. ‘different’ group is not a uni- VANDAAG
genuine and legitimate con- justice the way we are, the way Dr. King wrote: ,,Darkness quely US phenomenon. Discri-
cerns about improving the we’re trying to do. The anger, cannot drive out darkness: only mination against homosexuals Licht- tot halfbewolkt en over
country. But violence is not the damaging your hometown, it’s light can do that. Hate cannot is ingrained in Russia and no het algemeen droog. De
solution to injustice. Freedom not the way he’d want.” drive out hate: only love can do matter how much Europe tries wind waait uit oostelijke
It’s inspiring to see the rise of that. The beauty of nonviolence to hide it, the way it treats the richting en is matig tot vrij
the ‘Walk with Us’ movement, is that in its own way and in its Roma people (gypsies) is inhu- krachtig, windkracht 3 tot 5;
where police join peaceful pro- own time it seeks to break the man. Neither is it a matter of af en toe krachtig in uitschie-
testers condemning racism, chain reaction of evil.” black and white or white and ters. De zee is vrij rustig met
police brutality and calling for As we strive to form a more nonwhite. Just consider the golfhoogtes van 0,5 tot 1,5
an end to violence on all sides. perfect union, these are words Rohingya (Myanmar), the Tut- meter.
We can learn from these expres- we all need to reflect upon. sis (Rwanda), the black albino’s
sions of unity and solidarity Allen Greenberg, (Sub-Saharan Africa), the Bura- MORGEN
with the cause of justice. US Consul General in Curaçao kumin (Japan), Uyghurs (Chi-
In the 1960s, violent protest na) or the Hmong (Laos). Halfbewolkt en droog. De
rocked many places in the What to do? Certainly not kee- wind zal geleidelijk aan in
world. Curacao has just comme- Discrimination: ping quiet or just airing our kracht toenemen.
morated its 1969 ‘30 di mei’ we’re all accomplices disgust on Facebook. We need
events with ceremonies empha- Discrimination is not a matter to realize that we are not inno-
sizing the need for inclusive- of black vs white: we’re all ac- cent bystanders. We should call
ness in a multi-ethnic society. complices. out racism and discrimination
Allen Greenberg We Americans can learn from Like many, I’m still taking in not only when our group is the
the images of the tragic death of victim but whenever someone
Advertentie George Floyd, an unarmed is not given equal treatment or
black US man, in the custody of opportunity based on race,
PER 1 JULI 2020 GAAT the police who knelt on Floyd’s ethnicity, nationality, class,
neck for nine minutes. As a
religion, belief, gender, langua-
man of color I’m enraged. ge, sexual orientation or other
But this is bigger than the color status. If we don’t stop this evil
of my skin. It’s about the right we are guilty, we are accompli-
DR. ABDALA
OOGARTS MET PENSIOEN. to be treated equally, regardless ces.
of race, ethnicity, nationality, Alex Rosaria,
class, religion, belief, gender, Willemstad, Curaçao
U KUNT UW PATIENTEN language, sexual orientation or Ingezonden brieven geven uitsluitend de
other status. Yet all too often we
GEGEVENS GEDURENDE hear heartbreaking stories of commentaar vertolkt de mening van de krant. Dinsdag 2 juni
opvatting van de auteur weer. Alleen het
people who suffer cruelty sim-
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