In de aanloop naar de Internationale Dag tegen Racisme en Discriminatie (21 maart) organiseerden Zwarte Piet is Racisme, Zwarte Piet Niet en New Urban Collective op donderdag 19 maart een bijeenkomst in de VU in Amsterdam. Wij hebben hierbij de missie en visie van KOZP gedeeld. Het doel van de avond was om samen met het publiek te…
Author: Mitchell Esajas Date: December 12th 2014 A Dutch children’s holiday, institutional racism and emancipation are related to each other through ‘Black Pete’, a figure in one of the most important Dutch holidays called ‘Sinterklaas’. The figure is loved by many Dutch people but has become increasingly controversial due to its racist characteristics. Since 2013, Black…
Negotiations with Dutch Embassy laid foundation for a Santa Claus celebration free of racism in Germany Representatives from Initiative of Black People in Germany (ISD), Zwarte Piet Niet, Kick Out Zwarte Piet and European Network against Racism (ENAR) reasoned about the necessity to disestablish the racist caricature of “Zwarte Piet” in Germany Representatives of the…
Source: project Muse Author: Katrin Sieg Abstract In the spring of 2012, the use of blackface/blackfacing in German theater, long an unremarked-upon practice, became the object of public protest, and prompted heated debates about the politics of race and representation. Through a discussion of the Deutsches Theater’s production of Unschuld (Innocence) by Dea Loher, which stirred…