Margaret, sorry but this article needs some simple research b/c it is a complete white-washing of 'race' in the Netherlands.  I'd direct your attention to the history of the Dutch Surinamese and the work of people like Philomena Essed and Dienke Hondius.  There is denial of racism; ‘race' appears to not exist only because they opt for synonyms like 'immigrants', 'allochtoon' and 'autochtoon' to refer to people – though terms like the latter ones are falling out of favour. Social problems with the Surinamese are still taken up as ‘ethnic’ problems despite their prima facie Dutch citizenship.  The unwillingness of this society to engage with racism and this claim that anyone can become Dutch (e.g., learning the language, etc.) does not change the fact that people who are not white are not seen as 'true' Dutch, not unlike North America.

Given the current social context and social upheaveal, this kind of half-informed/misinformation is unacceptable-G&M needs/must do better.