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Demonstrators hold signs reading Black Pete is Rascism and Free Black Pete during a demonstration against Zwarte Piet (Black Pete) in Amsterdam, on November 16, 2013.  Zwarte Piet is the companion of Saint Nicolas during a yearly feast celebrated on the evening of December 5th.

Zwarte Piet: Blackface, Racism in the Netherlands

Mari Mazarguil, Feature Editor December 22, 2016
While winter in Minnesota is usually pretty calm and frozen, in the Netherlands the debate has been heating up around a controversial holiday character. Saint Nicholas Day, celebrated on the 6th of December, is arguably more important than Christmas in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of France. But, in recent years, there has been a great deal of controversy around saint Nicholas’ helper: Black Pete (Zwarte Piet in Flemish).
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