The History of Europe's Most Controversial Christmas Character

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The History of Europe's Most Controversial Christmas Character

Some cities and schools are changing how they portray “Black Pete.” Others won’t budge.

This November, a group of white extremists in the Netherlands blocked a highway to keep anti-racist protesters away from a parade that had blackface. A week later, ten people wearing blackface barged into a primary school in Utrecht, telling some teachers to “go back to your own country.” Within another week, three men in blackface came into an Amsterdam city council meeting and sat in the back until officials removed them.

In all of these instances, the people in blackface were dressed like Zwarte Piet, or “Black Pete,” a prominent Dutch Christmas character. For years, white Netherlanders have defended him as a fun, harmless tradition in which people dress up in blackface and march in parades. Meanwhile, Dutch people of color—including children—brace themselves to be called “Black Pete” on the streets, in their schools, and at their jobs every holiday season.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au...character.aspx

[Johan]

Last weekend the niggers and leftists get their "protest",but nobody come to listen to them.Only the police was around {what cost the Dutch taxpayers around a half million Euro}.





More about the action two weeks ago you can read here.