The Dutch Say No to PC and Win

americanthinker.com ^ | 11/23/2014 | Enza Ferreri

[rktman]

Last Saturday in Gouda, Holland, the police arrested as many as 90 people, the majority of whom were protesting against "Black Pete", part of a traditional pre-Christmas children's street party.

We don’t normally associate a Santa Claus celebration with police arrests, so this requires a little explanation.

Black Pete (Zwarte Piet in Dutch) is a blackface character in Dutch and Belgian folklore. He is the clownish helper of St Nicholas (Sinterklaas) in delivering presents to children.

[rktman]

Thank you my kin folk for telling them to stuff it. I mean really. Is this any worse than the "tradition" of chopping folks heads off? And apparently they told the u(seless)n to stuff it as well. Rock on Zwarte Piet! Of course I guess that one could interpret a black clownish helper as a slave.

[yldstrk]

“black Pete is black”

So can Little Black Sambo (about an Asian Indian boy) still be read there? Being chased around a tree by a tiger?

[Seruzawa]

Instead of Communism USA paying protestors the Dutch socialist system itself ensures that lazy moochers abound with nothing more to do than muck up the works.

[rktman]

I thought we weren’t allowed to say LBS anymore. :>} Or Buckwheat or........................

[Kirkwood]

“Traditionally the crowds — men, women and kids — as well as the actors portraying the Black Petes coming off the ships, are white people with their faces painted black, frizzy hair, golden earrings, large red lips and gaudy medieval costumes.”

Yeah, well Pete is supposed to be white under all of that chimney soot.

[Jeff Chandler]

So can Little Black Sambo (about an Asian Indian boy) still be read there?

I don't know, but I remember they made a damn good cup of coffee.

[yldstrk]

or I’m serving watermelon?

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

What a cheesy story!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Didn’t Mexico use to have a back comic book character that caused Jessee and Al to foam at the mouth, but only after they heard about it.

[csvset]

Just a slice of life story from old Haarlem.

[I want the USA back]

“blackface character in Dutch and Belgian folklore”
For how many years? All this time it wasn’t racist and now is?

[I want the USA back]

More outrage over a mythical character, while headchopping and raping are met with approval.

[rktman]

cultural heritage thingy

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

What a Gouda story!

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

Is this any worse than the “tradition” of chopping folks heads off?

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The lowest (IMHO) “tradition” is the sexual mutilation of young girls (female “circumcision”) by Islamofacists.

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

So can Little Black Sambo (about an Asian Indian boy) still be read there? Being chased around a tree by a tiger?

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When I was in grade school we had a field trip to Sambo’s. The manager told us the story while pointing out the pictures painted on the wall of the restaurant. This was about 40 years ago; today she'd be arrested for a "hate-crime."

So now it's PC to supress a culture's lore.

[Chgogal]

The Dutch are not giving in to this UN BS. We can be a stubborn folk, especially when we are right.

[bergmeid]

Yeah, I am not sure either where Haarlem came in.

[bergmeid]

Hup Holland, hup!

[The Great RJ]

Compare this to the PC knickers in a twist over the Washington Redskins. My solution to the Redskins issue is to change the name to something more fitting..the Washington Kleptocrats with a conniving bureaucrat as a mascot and Lois Lerner as head cheerleader.