19 november 2017

UPDATES & VIDEOS: ‘Peaceful protest against Black Pete stopped on the way to Dokkum’

While on their way to a peaceful protest against the racist caricature of Black Pete, the buses of Kick Out Zwarte Piet were blocked on the road by a group of about 30 aggressive men and women with cars, motorcycles and trucks. The blockade lasted about 45 minutes, during which the police present at the…

Protests in several Dutch cities against blackface ‘Zwarte Piet’ tradition

 group of 75 antiracism protesters gathered this afternoon on the landmark Erasmus bridge in Rotterdam to protest against institutional racism in the Netherlands. The group hung banners from the bridge with the text ‘Black Pete is racism’ and ‘listen to black voices, don’t makes blackfaces’. This refers to a Dutch holiday tradition which is heavily…