As winter draws in each year, the Netherlands revels in the festive arrival of Saint Nicholas — but for many it is anything but a cause for celebration. The season also heralds the appearance of his ...
AMSTERDAM – A Facebook page seeking to preserve the “Black Pete” clowns in blackface who accompany St. Nicholas to the Netherlands during the holidays has become the fastest-growing Dutch-language ...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Police arrested 90 protesters Saturday as a traditional Dutch celebration of the arrival of Saint Nicholas was disturbed by demonstrators who say his faithful sidekick, ...
Black Pete, the controversial Dutch Christmas character who sparks annual protests in the country, will no longer appear in blackface each year on the Dutch public broadcaster NTR. Actors playing the ...
Many Dutch say Pete's black face derives from the soot he picked up climbing down chimneys to deliver presents - although that hardly explains the frizzy hair and big lips. In the U.S., stereotypical ...
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