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Original Message WTF is Going on in your Country??..

Blatant Racism and Mass protest!'..Wow!!

Blackface Tradition Lays Bare Deep-Seated Racism in Netherlands

Two men dressed as Zwarte Piet for the Dutch celebration of Sinterklaas.

The growing controversy over the role of a black servant in a traditional Dutch holiday celebration has led to an explosion of cultural tensions – resulting in street clashes, mass arrests and a public display of racist hatred and indifference. It is high time for the Dutch to revise their colonial overhang.

ifferent. This year, the Sint arrived in the town of Gouda accompanied by a private bodyguard of riot police. Local authorities feared the presence of a few hundred protesters, many of them people of color, who had come to the reception to peacefully express their opposition to the disturbing racist overtones of the celebration. As they quietly unfurled their protest banners and displayed the slogans on their T-shirts, the police moved in, arresting 90 people. Some nearby parents hurled racist abuse at the protesters and a number of them were assaulted by right-wing thugs.

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