zwarte piet
Police Hunt Suspects Wearing Blackface After Anti-Racism Protesters Attacked
The three men were allegedly part of a mob that violently confronted a group attempting to protest Zwarte Piet, the Dutch Christmas character that critics say is an obviously racist throwback.
A Dutch broadcaster dropped a blackface Christmas character — and the far-right is fuming
Wilders' PVV complained on Facebook that the public broadcaster was “trying to destroy our precious Black Pete.”
On Being Black in Europe and Confronting Zwarte Piet
Seeing blackface in photos from my childhood helped me make sense of the anti-black racism I grew up with.
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The Netherlands Just Had Its Annual Christmas Blackface Fight
We went inside a protest against "Zwarte Piet," the Netherlands' most problematic Christmas character.
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