Support NeoGAF

[Dram]

http://www.nltimes.nl/2015/08/19/netherlands-to-change-not-ban-blackface-christmas-character/

The Dutch government has promised the international community that Zwarte Piet will be changed int a figure that is acceptable to everyone. He will not be banned however.

This promise was made during the meeting with a United Nations committee on the fight against racial discrimination in Geneva on Wednesday morning, NRC reports.

Afke van Rijn, the leader of the Dutch delegation to Geneva, told the meeting that Minister Lodewijk Asscher of Social Affairs is organizing a meeting with different organizations and groups to discuss adapting Zwarte Piet into a globally acceptable figure. “An official ban on Zwarte Piet is no solution”, she said.

The fierce debate around Zwarte Piet in the Netherlands has now spread to other countries. Committee members from Mauritius, South Africa, Colombia, Turkey and the United States all see Zwarte Piet as a symbol of years of racism and believe that the Netherlands must do something about this and quickly. “Violations of human rights can not be justified by invoking cultural tradition. Children should not be annually reminded that they are descendants of slaves”, Murillo Martinez, the Colombian delegate, said.

 

[Slayven]

Just get rid of the blackface

Not that hard

"fell down a chimney" my ass

 

[Opto]

are they going to make him Blue Pete

 

[Gentleman Jack]

 

[Duane Cunningham]

 

[UncleSporky]

Just pull a Mega Man Powered Up, problem solved.

 

[Tenebrous]

Just pull a Mega Man Powered Up, problem solved.

Took me a while to figure out what he was shooting from.

 

[Black Republican]

im gonna say lightened skin


or just make him pale white?

 

[Dennis]

Ehhhhhh.....how does a government change a tradition?

This is like saying some government controls how Santa Claus looks.

 

[JDSN]

They are gonna give him a grill arent they?

 

[The Faceless Master]

Just get rid of the blackface

Not that hard

"fell down a chimney" my ass

it's just that simple.

the opposite of rocket surgery.

 

[Alucrid]

how can you enjoy christmas if you can't dress up in blackface

pretty sure jesus was born and then painted his face black immediately after

 

[dr3upmushroom]

how can you enjoy christmas if you can dress up in blackface

true. Every thanksgiving I compeletly dress up as in a traditional Native American outfit, really completes the holiday.

 

[Fuchsdh]

Finding it offensive and a caricature, I get, but "violations of human rights"?

 

[Onemic]

Just get rid of the blackface

Not that hard

"fell down a chimney" my ass

Isnt the real story about Zwarte Pete before they decided to change it to falling down a chimney was that he was an African demon or some fucked up shit?

 

[Alucrid]

Finding it offensive and a caricature, I get, but "violations of human rights"?

it's talking about slavery