Anti-racism campaigners held protests in cities across the Netherlands on Saturd...
AMSTERDAM - Anti-racism campaigners held protests in cities across the Netherlands on Saturday as Dutch children hailed the annual arrival of St. Nicholas and a blackface character who traditionally accompanies him.
Usually portrayed by white people in black face paint wearing frizzy wigs and prominent red lipstick, Black Pete has sparked intense discussion — and sometimes violent clashes — in recent years. Edwin Wagensveld, leader of the Dutch wing of the anti-Muslim PEGIDA movement, was arrested in Apeldoorn by police after refusing to go to an area designated for demonstrations. He was dressed as Black Pete.
The “Kick Out Black Pete” movement canceled several events throughout the country after the incident, but still held protests in six cities, including The Hague and Groningen, on Saturday.
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