Like a number of nations, the Netherlands has its own version of Father Christmas – in its case, Sinterklaas. But Sinterklaas has a little helper not found anywhere else: Zwarte Piet, or Black Pete.… ...

Delayed by Covid, Facing Blackness was intended to open in 2021 to mark the 10-year anniversary of the Zwarte Piet is Racisme (Black Peter is Racism) campaign, which was the catalyst for a new social ...

In particular, there’s the longstanding discussion over the Netherlands’ love-hate relationship with the controversial figure Zwarte Piet to contend with. Sinterklaas is Dutch for Saint ...

Thousands protested in Amsterdam, Paris and Toulouse against the backdrop of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. #EuropeNews ...