“People are clearly aware that this measure is beyond the ridiculous”, René Swartenbroekx (87) is clearly affected by the fuss about ‘FC De Kampioenen’. After it became known that the VRT is removing 19 episodes from the screen because of ‘inappropriate, stereotypical or racist’, a storm of protest broke out. Almost 70,000 people have already petitioned to bring the episodes back online. “We’re not racists, are we?” What does one of the creators of the series itself think about the commotion?
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Screenwriter FC De Kampioenen René Swartenbroekx: “They portray me as a racist. That hurts”
