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Will Dutch library ban on ‘Black Pete’ books spell end for ‘racist’ Christmas tradition?

Public libraries across the Netherlands are removing from the shelves children’s books depicting a black-faced Zwarte Piet, a side-kick to Sinterklaas, in the latest sign that the country is turning the page on a festive figure widely seen as being racist. For at least

by The Editor
November 15, 2020
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