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I am technically- or was a few years ago- eligible for dutch citizenship through my grandfather. I don't consider it worth the paperwork after looking into it, but it's qualitatively different from the Israeli law of return- because it wouldn't apply to hypothetically pure-dutch descendants living in some village in new york that they founded in the 17th century before it was sold to the British. Only to those who are descended from historically recent-enough immigrants from Holland that they would technically be covered under Dutch nationality law.
Well the question I would ask is whether it's materially different for purposes of accusing the Netherlands of being "racist." Since you decline to define that term, your point is meaningless.
Certainly there are many countries out there which treat foreigners differently depending on the race/religion/ethnicity they belong to, either explicitly or in practice. For example, I was just reading that China permits ethnic Chinese people who have lived for generations in places like Manila, San Francisco, or Kuala Lumpur, to reside and work in China.
And by the way, I'm not saying that there's anything necessarily wrong with this type of "racism" on the part of various countries. I'm simply asking for a clear consistent definition. As opposed to a strategically ambiguous moving target.
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