Hague District Court recently ruled that ethnicity can be used to single out passengers for checks at Dutch airports.
![Mpanzu Bamenga, centre, stands with his legal team and rights activists outside a courtroom at The Hague District court, Netherlands, Wednesday September 22, 2021, after losing a case. A Dutch court ruled that border police can use ethnicity as one of the criteria for selecting people for checks at the border, a legal defeat equal rights activists immediately vowed to appeal [AP Photo/Mike Corder]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AP21265366407664.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Sinan Çankaya is an anthropologist, and the writer of "My Innumerable Identities" (2020), an autobiographical reflection an Othering, race and culture... in the Netherlands.
Hague District Court recently ruled that ethnicity can be used to single out passengers for checks at Dutch airports.
![Mpanzu Bamenga, centre, stands with his legal team and rights activists outside a courtroom at The Hague District court, Netherlands, Wednesday September 22, 2021, after losing a case. A Dutch court ruled that border police can use ethnicity as one of the criteria for selecting people for checks at the border, a legal defeat equal rights activists immediately vowed to appeal [AP Photo/Mike Corder]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AP21265366407664.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)