Dec 23, 2015
Anti-Black Pete demonstration in Gouda, 2014
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Anti-Black Pete demonstration in Gouda, 2014
Two Black students encountered a party shop displaying Obama dressed up as Black Pete. They decided to confront the store with this racist presentation, by representing themselves as Black Americans. According to the store, they were the first one to understand its Obama. However, the Black students says, first one or not, it is not funny, an insult and a reminder of the history of dehumanization of people of African descent. When the manager arrives, he claims: “We do not call him blackface, and we do not see him as a blackface”. The Black students, then states: “Why do you dress him up as Black Pete? Cause that is racism”. He response: “Its not”.
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Our Colonial Hangover
What happens when Dutch filmmaker Sunny Bergman walks through London dressed up as Black Peter (Zwarte Piet)? This is a part of the documentary 'Zwart als Roet'. Wat gebeurt er als filmmaker Sunny Bergman verkleed als Zwarte Piet door Londen loopt? Is Zwarte Piet een beledigend stereotype waar we van af moeten of een onschuldige traditie waar we aan mogen vasthouden? In haar nieuwe documentaire 'Zwart als Roet' onderneemt Sunny Bergman een persoonlijke zoektocht naar de (onbewuste) vooroordelen ten opzichte van huidskleur. De documentaire is uitgezonden op maandag 1 december, 20.25 uur op NPO 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBLBxb29maw
Two Black students encountered a party shop displaying Obama dressed up as Black Pete. They decided to confront the store with this racist presentation, by representing themselves as Black Americans.
According to the store, they were the first one to understand its Obama. However, the Black students says, first one or not, it is not funny, an insult and a reminder of the history of dehumanization of people of African descent.
When the manager arrives, he claims: “We do not call him blackface, and we do not see him as a blackface”. The Black students, then states: “Why do you dress him up as Black Pete? Cause that is racism”. He response: “Its not”.
Dutch minister president Rutte does not condemn racist tradition Zwarte Piet or Black Pete, even when Barack Obama visited the Netherlands in 2014
Black Pete is a racist blackfacing tradition in Europe. Many people of African descent in Europe, fight against this annual holiday. Anti-Black Pete from a women’s perpectives