School painful regrets mail over dark employee

The Hoornbeeck College regrets the mail that was sent to 700 students earlier this year about the appointment of a dark cleaner.

In the mail the Site Manager announces the appointment of the new employee. "That this man is black, also you have seen," he writes it. He is originally from Angola, but has lived in the Netherlands since 2000. " The mail ends with: "It was good for me to communicate this to you. It is simply not so common that such a dark man is appointed. "

The school late today in a statement know that the mail has been sent to give a warm welcome to the cleaner, but believes that the message should be written differently. "If Hoornbeeck College we understand that the mail through the awkward wording is also open to other interpretations and believe that the report should not have been sent."

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"We regret this state of affairs and would stress that we firmly reject all forms of racism. The employee in question shows that he personally had no adverse reactions to his appointment and feel at home in his new workplace. "

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