UN expert now suggests Sinterklaas celebration in the Netherlands is return to slavery

October 22, 2013

According to the Dutch news programme Een Vandaag of 22 October, the Head of the UN working group dealing with the Zwarte Piet [Black Pete] issue in the Dutch Sinterklaas celebration, Verene Shepherd, has declared that: “The working group cannot understand why the Dutch do not see that this is a return to slavery and that in the 21st century this celebration has to stop” [translation HT]. If correct, this will create further controversy as it implies that the whole Sinterklaas event should be scrapped – sounds like a bit of overreach in terms of mandate….

via EenVandaag :: het nieuws- en actualiteiten programma van de TROS en AVRO op Nederland 1.

This entry was posted on October 22, 2013 at 18:43 and is filed under human rights, UN.

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One Response to “UN expert now suggests Sinterklaas celebration in the Netherlands is return to slavery”

  1. My own view on the Sinterklaas and Black Pete controversy: different colors | Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders Says:

    October 23, 2013 at 19:07

    […] UN expert now suggests Sinterklaas celebration in the Netherlands is return to slavery […]

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