![Kauthar Bouchalikht parliamentary elections candidate from the GroenLinks party in the Netherlands [GroenLinks]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Kauthar_Bouchalikht_portret-2.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
We, the undersigned, reject the racist, Islamophobic attacks against Bouchallikht, a progressive Dutch MP candidate.
![People celebrate on the streets after President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced he will not run for a fifth term, in Algiers, Algeria March 11, 2019 [Zohra Bensemra/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/b093f281900e46c29a5ab2119441b617_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Bouteflika’s withdrawal from elections is an important first victory, but also a limited advance for the people.
![Aja Naomi King, Andie MacDowell, Elle Fanning, Eva Longoria and Liya Kebede attend the L'Oreal Women of Worth Awards on December 6, 2017 in New York [Evan Agostini/Invision/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/a364285eb59d4bfdb3bc7641fb5df0ec_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
The notion of diversity promotion is used to subvert anti-racism activism and silence it.