For the Netherlands most people think of a liberal drugs and health policy. The Dutch society has a reputation for being open, tolerant and diverse. That the Netherlands has abolished  as one of the last European countries the enslavement of peopleand that until 2010, several overseas territories belonged directly to the Netherlands, has not stick…
DetailsRepresentatives of the Initiative of Black People in Germany eV (ISD), Zwarte Piet Niet, Zwarte Piet Kick Out and the European Network Against Racism (ENAR) discussed on Friday, 12 December 2014, the need for the racist caricature ‘Zwarte Piet’ in Nicholas Celebration abolished in Germany. Berlin, 12.13.2014: At the meeting on Friday morning the representatives…
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By Jamie Schearer, Board member of ENAR and of Initiative Schwarze Menschen in Deutschland 19 November 2014 – A reflection on why Zwarte Piete is racist and a legacy of the Netherlands’ history of colonialism and slavery. As a people raised in Europe we are taught to believe in Human Rights and in democracy. We…
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