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…
Lees verder!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…
Lees verder!On Saturday 20th December New Urban Collective organized the conference ‘Powered by Diversity’, the culmination of NUC Unchained activities organized in 2013 – 2014 including debates, master classes and an exchange to London around the legacy of slavery, institutional racism, discrimination and Black Pete. The Black Pete debate has not only sparked an (inter)national debate…
Lees verder!On Saturday March 14th, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Didier Reynders, paraded through Brussels as a ‘Noiraud’: blackfaced, dressed in a 19th century nobleman’s suit, he and his comrades roamed the streets and restaurants of our capital to raise money for children in need. Undoubtedly well-meant and a yearly Brussels’ philanthropic tradition since 1876, this event…
Lees verder!The European Network of People of African Descent (ENPAD) condemns the police brutality against Black persons in Cova da Moura, Lisbon In the light of the recent and recurring events of police brutality against Black people in European countries, the United States and beyond, Portuguese police have now added to this structural violence. During…
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