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Why Zwarte Piet shows us that we are not over colonialism…

Stop Blackface!Door StopBlackface 6 februari 2015

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…

Tradition and fundamental rights will continue to clash.

Stop Blackface!Door StopBlackface 3 december 2014

Over the last couple of years a fierce debate has emerged in the Netherlands about a controversial tradition, ‘Black Pete’ (Zwarte Piet in Dutch), a central figure in the Saint Nicholas festivities, an annual gift-giving celebration in December. While many Dutch people see the tradition as an “innocent” children’s holiday involving the public festivities and…