About Zwarte Piet
Zwarte Piet, also known in English by the translated name Black Pete, is the companion of Saint Nicholas in the folklore of the Low Countries. The earliest known illustration of the character comes from an 1850 book by Amsterdam schoolteacher Jan Schenkman in which he was depicted as a black Moor from Spain.
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... " Quinsy Gario created the movement " Black Pete is racism" calling out the annual tradition of Sinterklaas which, until a few years ago, involved a widespread practice of white people " blacking-up" to represent fictional character Zwarte Piet - or Black Pete...
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