Migrants and their feelings concerning the far-right refusing to apologize for their colonial past
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2025-06-20
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This thesis researches the impact of a state’s refusal to issue state apologies regarding colonial wrongdoings on Dutch citizens descended from former Dutch colonies, here referred to as migrants. The feelings concern feelings of ostracization. This research is done in the context of the rise of the far-right in Dutch politics. The era of European imperialism is marked by crimes against humanity, including colonization itself. Modern-day society is, however, marked by the former colonization; society is based on structures that stem from racial hierarchical systems, which means that state apologies do not only apologize for the specific crimes of the past, but also the impact that colonialism has on the lives of migrants.
Postcolonial theories of white fragility, othering, and postcolonial governmentality are employed to frame the data. Data collected through interviews with migrants shows that they do not feel represented by the far-right, nor do they agree with the policies they mean to implement, all voting for left-wing parties, instead. Although state apologies are important to all respondents except one, for only half of the respondents, feelings of ostracization arise when the state refuses state apologies.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen