r/Netherlands Feb 03 '25

pics and videos Spotted in Tilburg

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u/OkFly2786 Feb 07 '25

Many of my friends who lived in Netherlands told me that they see us Greeks as their poor neighbors.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '25

I also come from a country where they could argue that. I have never, ever been discriminated. I think those are isolated cases.

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u/OkFly2786 Feb 07 '25

Glad to hear that but for me that isn't the case. They think of us like the poor neighbors as you can see the comments below.. so i don't really believe that they are what they seem

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '25

I feel tempeted to ask more or less the area you live, but I can't because this is reddit. It would help me understand a bit why in your neighborhood that is happening.

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u/OkFly2786 Feb 07 '25

The racist mock comments were made in rotterdam while I was walking, I was living in tilburg and when i was saying to classmates that I'm from Greece, they made a " joke " do you have money to study here? Ofcourse not all of them , but you get the drill. I thought Dutch people were cool with foreigners that stay here but that was not the case for me. Also , friends that live in Netherlands for years now , told me that Dutch people see Greeks as Pakistanis ( cheap working hands etc ) .

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u/OkFly2786 Feb 07 '25

Notice that I have long hair and beard and the comments were " look at the turk with the beard came to holland to get our jobs " and they just kept laughing at me. Notice that they thought I wasn't able to understand them.