Understanding autochtoon privilege

dutchpolitics:

[…]I think that given the current government negotiations including the PVV (Geert Wilders party) and the talks on burqa bans, ethnic registrations for non Dutch, discussions to close Muslim schools, prevalent Islamophobia, etc, the concept of “Autochtoon Privilege” is fundamental to frame the discussions in the current political climate. In addition, mainstream media seems very keen on perpetuating the myth of “reverse racism” or “reverse discrimination” to point out the emotional reactions that some people within certain minority groups display towards what they perceive as “Dutch oppression”. These myths of racism or discrimination supposedly perpetrated by the minority groups constantly targeted by the media as the “the reason for the downfall of Dutch culture” almost always go unchallenged. The popular discourse is such that it has been widely accepted by the local autoctonous population that they, too, are being victims of racism. The fact that “autochtoon privilege” or “white privilege” are not at all part of the narrative dissolve the fact that, in order for racism to happen, a combination of privilege + prejudice need to exist. Without this combination, all we have left is prejudice, which is indeed bad, but hardly oppressive or capable of affecting the policies and regulations of a country at all.

A rather lengthy piece I just published on my Dutch blog about race and privilege in The Netherlands (which is framed and discussed in pretty unique and quite specific ways).