Wearing blackface, thick red lips, and an afro wig, the festive character of Black Pete causes outrage abroad but still thrives in the Netherlands and parts of Belgium. Here are key questions and answers about the controversy over a character supporters defend as traditional fun but campaigners lambast as blatant racism. – Who is ‘Black Pete’? – Known in Dutch as Zwarte Piet — literally Black Pete — he is the buffoonish helper of Saint…
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