Sinterklaas: treats, poems, and racist caricatures
Whilst Sinterklaas is a children’s holiday celebrated across the Netherlands, his blacked-up helper Zwarte Piet should have been left in ...
Read moreWhilst Sinterklaas is a children’s holiday celebrated across the Netherlands, his blacked-up helper Zwarte Piet should have been left in ...
Read moreJust stop dressing up as derogatory stereotypes, maybe Translated by Thomas Ansell The Kick Out Zwarte Piet (KOZP) pressure group- ...
Read moreChildren’s traditions shouldn’t involve racist caricatures Translated by Thomas Ansell Members of Leeuwarden’s city council from the PAL/GroenLinks party want ...
Read moreA large majority of residents in Groningen reject the character’s inclusion in the Sinterklaas children’s holiday For a large majority ...
Read moreThe organisation responsible for welcoming Sinterklaas to the city has performed a stunning U-turn Translated by Thomas Ansell At the ...
Read moreCees Anceaux, the head of the Sinterklaas committee, says that “it’s not for discussion” this year Translated by Thomas Ansell ...
Read moreSinterklaas will go without his blacked-up helpers this year From now on there will be no more ‘Zwarte Piets’ during ...
Read moreThe arrival of Sint Nicolaas on Saturday in Groningen is causing more and more tension Earlier this week opponents of ...
Read moreA schism is developing in Dutch society According to many, Zwarte Piet is an outdated symbol, and a caricature with ...
Read moreThe new November tradition of furiously debating whether Sinterklaas’ helper ‘Zwarte Piet’ is a racist throwback has begun early this ...
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