No no no, didn’t you read the statement from the spokesperson for the far right xenophobic organization in the article?
Wagensveld does not believe there is systemic racism.
“Eighty to 90 percent of the Dutch population see Zwarte Piet as non-racist,” he claimed. “When I dress up as Zwarte Piet most people like it … Black Pete is absolutely not racist.”
It’s not systemic racism if the people not impacted by it don’t think it’s racist, obviously.
OMG.
I can understand an elf covered in soot.
But full on black-face caricature?
Almost like institutional racism is a thing.
No no no, didn’t you read the statement from the spokesperson for the far right xenophobic organization in the article?
It’s not systemic racism if the people not impacted by it don’t think it’s racist, obviously.
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