Blackface: Attitudes Toward Black Pete Are Changing In Netherlands
Progress! ‘Black Pete’ Blackface Tradition In Europe Is On Its Last Legs
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Demonstrators hold signs reading “Black Pete is Racism” and “Free Black Pete” during a demonstration against Zwarte Piet (Black Pete) in Amsterdam on Nov. 16, 2013. | Source: AFP / Getty
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1. A Different St. Nicholas Arrival On A Bus Tour To Boxtel

Some of the Petes (Sinterklaas helpers) are inside of a car, greeting people to keep a safe distance during the arrival of St. Nicholas to the city of Boxtel in The Netherlands, on Nov. 29th, 2020.
2. Community In The Hague Continues Sinterklaas And 'Zwarte Piet' Tradition

People dressed as Saint Nicholas (Sinterklaas) and Black Pete (Zwarte Piet) are seen on the street during celebrations of the traditional arrival of Saint Nicholas (Sinterklaas) on Nov. 14, 2020 in The Hague, Netherlands. Some communities around the Netherlands have continued the Dutch tradition of “Zwarte Piet” (“Black Pete”), in which people wear blackface makeup to portray a folkloric servant of Saint Nicholas, despite increasing controversy for what its critics describe as racist caricature. In 2015, a United Nations committee urged the country to drop the character, finding that ìthe character of Black Pete is sometimes portrayed in a manner that “reflects negative stereotypes of people of African descent and is experienced by many people of African descent as a vestige of slavery.”
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