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Why Dutch New Yorkers celebrate ‘Sinterklaas’ without Blackfacing

22/1/2019

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Saturday Dec. 1st I attended the New York celebration of the ‘Sinterklaas’ holiday,  organized by The Netherland Club of NY. As a Dutch equivalent of Christmas, Saint Nicholas is an elderly white man with a red suit and a long white beard, who gives presents and candy to children. Yet instead of having elves as helpers, Saint Nicholas’ servant is the figure of ‘Black Pete’.

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