Goeree-Overflakkee is sterk verdeeld over zwarte piet, bleek tijdens de intocht van Sinterklaas zaterdag in Middelharnis. Daar werden actievoerders tégen zwarte piet met eieren en appels bekogeld ...

Draagvlak voor Zwarte Piet neemt weer toe: ‘Als mensen zich gediscrimineerd voelen, hebben ze pech’ Op het veld van FC Utrecht, bij sinterklaasintochten, in een krantenadvertentie of als ...

Liberals around the world may be surprised to know that Rutte, (who was praised as a hero in Europe and the U.S. after defeating far-right politician Geert Wilders) said in 2014, “Zwarte Piet is ...

Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet: Why a holiday has me talking to my kids about blackface. December 4, 2018 (iStock) (RobertHoetink/Getty Images/IStock) Perspective by Tracy Brown Hamilton.

This slave, Hermes suggests, may have helped inspire the character of Zwarte Piet. Before the Netherlands abolished slavery in 1863, the country was deeply involved in the transatlantic slave trade.

In November 2006, my band was in the midst of a European tour. Though we loved exploring unfamiliar cities, we ached for the comforts of home as the ...

Instruments and drawings used in the 18th century to demonstrate black inferiority. Photo: DutchNews.nl. Representation and resistance. Delayed by Covid, Facing Blackness was intended to open in 2021 ...

CNN Digital's short film "Blackface" looks into Zwarte Piet, a Dutch gift-giving character. Many outside the Netherlands see character as racist caricature; many Dutch see tradition.

Zwarte Piet, the black servant who helps Sinterklaas on December 5, should remain black but the curly hair, thick red lips and golden earnings may go, according to suggestions by the Dutch folk ...

Together with Sinterklaas, Zwarte Piet helps deliver Christmas gifts and sweets to those children who have been "good." If you've been bad, the legend says that Black Pete will kidnap you in his ...