{"id":2282,"date":"2020-06-05T18:13:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T15:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/dutch-pm-now-says-black-pete-tradition-will-disappear\/"},"modified":"2020-06-05T18:13:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T15:13:00","slug":"dutch-pm-now-says-black-pete-tradition-will-disappear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dutch-pm-now-says-black-pete-tradition-will-disappear\/","title":{"rendered":"#Dutch PM now says \u2018Black Pete\u2019 tradition will disappear"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Dutch PM now says \u2018Black Pete\u2019 tradition will disapp<\/a>ear<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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June 5, 2020 |<\/span> 11:13am <\/p>\n

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\n Assistants of Saint Nicholas called “Zwarte Piet” (Black Pete) or “Roetpiet” (Soot Pete) arrive by boat at the harbor of Scheveningen, Netherlands.<\/span>
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\n AMSTERDAM \u2013 Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said his attitude towards \u201cBlack Pete\u201d, a figure from pre-Christmas celebrations that has been criticized as a racist caricature, had undergone \u201cgreat changes\u201d in recent years.<\/p>\n

Rutte said his view had changed since 2013 when he said \u201cBlack Pete is just black and I can\u2019t do much about that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now he expects the tradition to disappear.<\/p>\n

He was speaking on Thursday in a parliamentary debate about anti-racism protests in the Netherlands held in solidarity with US demonstrations after the death in police custody of George Floyd, an unarmed black man in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n

In the Dutch tradition, St. Nicholas brings gifts to kids accompanied by numerous \u201cPetes,\u201d clownish servants usually portrayed by white people in blackface paint wearing frizzy wigs and red lipstick.<\/p>\n

Rutte said that since 2013 he had met many people, including \u201csmall children, who said \u2018I feel terribly discriminated (against) because Pete is black.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.<\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cAnd I thought, that\u2019s the last thing that we want\u201d in a holiday intended for children.<\/p>\n

\u201cI expect in a few years there will be no more Black Petes,\u201d Rutte said.<\/p>\n

While critics say Black Pete is offensive, a shrinking majority of white Dutch people argue Pete is a magical fantasy figure not portraying any race.<\/p>\n

Linda Nooitmeer, who chairs the National Institute for the Study of Dutch Slavery and its Legacy, said Rutte\u2019s comments were important in a country that had difficulty in acknowledging racism.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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