Black Pete: A Dutch Culture War

“The Dutch are proud of their tolerant international image, its time they lived up to it.”
How a racist Christmas character became the symbol of divisions within Dutch culture.
Read more“The Dutch are proud of their tolerant international image, its time they lived up to it.”
How a racist Christmas character became the symbol of divisions within Dutch culture.
Read moreNestled in Italy’s scenic north-east, amongst the Dolomite mountain range, lies the autonomous province of Alto Adige. While such a description may encourage the intrusion of any number of images stereotypically Italian into one’s mind, thoughts of pizza, pasta and wine would in most cases be misplaced within the region. Südtirol is the more commonly used term, strudel and schnitzel
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