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Dutch white people in blackface and colorful costumes
Culture
In year of Black Lives Matter protest, Dutch people again wrestle with tradition of Black Pete
A group of protesters carries protest signs. One wears a colorful tie-dye shirt and has blue hair. The others wear white and black shirts.
Protest
BLM Tokyo tackles Japan’s own issues with anti-Black racism
A woman poses in front of a Black Lives Matter mural on the street as a protest against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Brooklyn, New York, June 16, 2020.  
Identity
‘We need to talk about racism,’ these Middle Easterners say 
parade
Activists say it’s time to do away with Le Sauvage, a Belgian festival’s traditional blackface character
Three women on stage gesticulating, one with blackface pounding her chest
Arts, Culture & Media
A Miami theater group has a change of heart over blackface
Arts, Culture & Media
Shakespeare in Blackface
From The Mailbag
Full Episode
Black Pete at a Dutch Christmas celebration
Global Scan
Protesters attack a Dutch Santa Claus tradition as blatantly racist
Conrad Koch
Arts, Culture & Media
A white comedian and his black puppet help South Africans talk about race
Saint Nicholas is followed by his two assistants called "Zwarte Piet" (Black Pete) during a traditional holiday parade.
Lifestyle & Belief
Is Black Pete a black mark on the Netherlands?
Arts, Culture & Media
The Carolina Chocolate Drops