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What’s Up With This Racist World Cup Costume From Holland?

I have no idea what this is or what this is trying to be.

Again, dear reader, we find ourselves in that all-too-familiar position when words can do no justice. This seems to be a running theme with World Cup-related apparel.

First, the picture:

I don’t know, either.

Here’s the description, in it’s native tongue, from the Dutch website from which it came:

Uniek! Beleef het WK samen met Afrika man. In dit pak lijkt het alsof je op de nek van Afrika man zit! Bekijk snel het filmpje op youtube.

Which, when entered into your standard free translator, comes out as:

Unique! THE WK live man with Africa. In this package it seems as if you sit on the ring of Africa man! Examine rapidly the small film on youtube.

I’ll examine rapidly that this one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever seen. Were a Dutchman to walk around with this costume in South Africa, there’d be a small film of him on Youtube getting beaten up.

Holland, what’s your deal?

[BuzzFeed]