Below you will find an explanation, but I believe that messages about the so-called ‘Black Pete discussion’ in this topic should be removed because it is off-topic and in this case not very useful to mix with the actual topic.
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Around 2015, companies began to voluntarily give in to the demands of a small group of activists, with the result that there are hardly any completely black Black Petes in the media. The ‘new Black Pete’ often has a white face with a number of small black soot smears, often no red lips (unless it concerns a female Black Pete with lipstick), often no earrings and often no roe.
The same companies have also voluntarily adapted traditional songs to avoid the word ‘black’ as much as possible and also avoid any reference to child abuse (‘roe’, ‘garde’, ‘plak’) as much as possible.
The situation was called ‘civil war’ by the media.
I heard in the media today that some activists entered a town hall where they disrupted a meeting to express their opinion about Zwarte Piet to the officials. Companies are said to have stopped paying traditional Black Pete for similar reasons.
(the following YouTube video is intended for adults)
[ Bericht 2% gewijzigd door Kaatje2658 op 18-11-2023 00:28:12 ]
A 2019 study showed that 95 percent of the Dutch population admires the traditional Zwarte Piet. Black is attractive.
2023-11-17 22:17:37
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