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12-19-2014, 05:13 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-01-2022, 01:03 AM by Fearless Community.
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Where do I start? I'm a typical dutch dude: white, blond and I grew up with this festival. Sinterklaas is a very old tradition, loved by every Dutch native person. I have to admit that the earrings and the red lipstick are a bit overdone, but I cannot understand how you can find it so racist. We won't go to the USA and say that Thanksgiven is racist for turkeys, do we? Anyway, I agree with the fact that it's time for a change. Remove the red lipstick, earrings and maybe even the black colour from his face and replace it for soot (because of the chimney), but the festival itself has to stay. People who are in favour of Zwarte Piet are trying to find out where it actually comes from. Here some theories:
- It comes from the Germanic myth. A Germanic god, who wanted to check if the people were worshipping him by sending helpers through their chimney.
- Saint Nicolas is ancient Greek for: Saint = Holy , Nike = win , Laos = Population. Something like that. He originally came from the little town Myra (Nowadays Turkey). He was a bisshop and wanted that the poor people should win from the rich people, who ruled the area there.
The discussion became so big that the UN decided to set a committee that would investigate Zwarte Piet. The president of this committee said it was a awful tradition and the festival is racist. People who were in favour sent her threatening e-mails.
I hope you can understand the whole concept now. I find it Zwarte Piet perfectly fine, but I do think it should change a bit, because it is freaking 2014. Racism is wrong, but this tradition is not racist.
Kind Regards
Tree
- It comes from the Germanic myth. A Germanic god, who wanted to check if the people were worshipping him by sending helpers through their chimney.
- Saint Nicolas is ancient Greek for: Saint = Holy , Nike = win , Laos = Population. Something like that. He originally came from the little town Myra (Nowadays Turkey). He was a bisshop and wanted that the poor people should win from the rich people, who ruled the area there.
The discussion became so big that the UN decided to set a committee that would investigate Zwarte Piet. The president of this committee said it was a awful tradition and the festival is racist. People who were in favour sent her threatening e-mails.
I hope you can understand the whole concept now. I find it Zwarte Piet perfectly fine, but I do think it should change a bit, because it is freaking 2014. Racism is wrong, but this tradition is not racist.
Kind Regards
Tree
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