An Arab woman shops at an outdoor market in Southeast Amsterdam. Many immigrants say they feel unappreciated and unwelcome. And they let them stay.
Nobody can do anything.
He's already paid for the house. Notwithstanding such sentiments, Surinamese immigrants said overt discrimination and racial slights are rare. That doesn't mean there isn't a certain image attached to ethnic groups in Holland. But society here just isn't that uncomfortable. One's comfort level in the Netherlands, he said, depends on one's situation.