From a message from The Buggers: ... this Black Pete thing in The Netherlands is spiralling out of control ... its what you get when you try to ban an ambiguous character with deep and wide cultural roots like Black Pete ... Of course, Black Pete contains negative and racist elements (it is stupid and harmful to deny them), but they are just one side of Petes appearance and psychology ... Black Pete nowadays embodies and unifies both negative and positive traits of Dutch culture ... When you ban an ambiguous phenomenon like Black Pete and push him underground, he will only return blacker and stronger than before ... The dormant, mitigated and sublimated racism of Black Pete will turn into unmitigated and active racism ... its happening right now ... The Netherlands will see Black Pete being embraced by racists and nationalists ... Black Pete will develop into the symbol of an unsavoury Black uprising ... Pete will lead The Dutch away from foreign interference into national seclusion ... Hordes of Black Petes will turn against coloured countrymen and immigrants in The Netherlands ... St Nicholas wont be able to keep them in check ... Blackness rules ... Roumanian street gangs dressed up like Black Petes will rob the Dutch instead of bringing presents ...
Posted on: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 12:24:32 +0000
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