Netherlands Archives - Consciousness.co.za Magazine https://consciousness.co.za/tag/netherlands/ Arts and African History Mon, 29 Jun 2015 18:52:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Racism Masked as Innocence https://consciousness.co.za/racism-masked-as-innocence/ https://consciousness.co.za/racism-masked-as-innocence/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2015 18:50:57 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=9788 One shockingly disturbing example of blatant racism being masked as “innocent tradition” is ZWARTE PIET (Black Piet); a coonish character which is part of the December-feast of St Nicholas in Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg (5-6 December). For centuries these celebrations have included public parades with a white man or woman painted in blackface, dressed in [...]

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