Many people in NL swear by the fact that Zwarte Piet, the black - TopicsExpress



          

Many people in NL swear by the fact that Zwarte Piet, the black helper of Sinterklaas has no racist background. That may or may not be true. According to Wikipedia the background of Zwarte Piet is not clear. If there were no racism there wouldnt need to be any discussion about Zwarte Piet at all. Yet when you follow the comments and jokes about the subject you notice a lot of subtle racism which has nothing to do with Sinterklaas or Zwarte Piet and which people may not even be aware of themselves. For those not understanding Dutch this article is about two demonstrations against the UN ay the same time and place in The Hague today. One group demonstrated against the fact that the UN wants to forbid Zwarte Piet, and one woman demonstrated against that nothing is done about the slow genocide Indonesia is committing in Papua New Guinea. All of a sudden the people demonstrating about Zwarte Piet turned against the woman from Papua New Guinea and accused her of being against Zwarte Piet and got really hostile towards her. She didnt have a chance against all those people. Luckily she was saved by the police. But it scares me that the emotions about a childrens feast can get so high that it can make people so blind.
Posted on: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 20:24:39 +0000

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