Piet continues at most intochten completely black – NOS

Committees that the local arrival of Sinterklaas organize, pulling on calling for Zwarte Piet to be abolished. From a tour of regional broadcasters and the NOS shows that bill in many towns and cities are black or brown. Out of the 223 intochtcomités who were queried also reported there are two that Sinterklaas at his arrival is not accompanied by a Zwarte Piet. That applies to Heemstede and Amsterdam.

In september called Kinderombudsvrouw Margrite Kalverboer adults on the appearance of Zwarte Piet, so Christmas for everyone a children’s party. Just as the College for the Rights of the People and a commission of the UN contends that Zwarte Piet can contribute to bullying, exclusion or discrimination.

more Recently, RTL announced that the broadcasting of the traditional Black Pete ‘ is replaced by 'schoorsteenpieten with dark roetvegen on the face. Wednesday is not clear whether the NTR Black Piet in the spell does: starts the Sinterklaasjournaal. For many committees is important that the public service broadcaster, the NTR is going to do, but also the public debate and the national entry to be as measure called.

Maassluis, where this year the national entry of Sinterklaas on november 12, does not say exactly what it is, they love it: “With the helpers, we want to give vent to the feelings of life, both at the for the opponents.”

Frizzy hair, red lips and earrings

The vast majority of the intochtcomités is not sensitive to the arguments of Kalverboer and says nothing to change, because the discussion in their municipality are not playing. In 186 locations remain Piet is black or brown. At eleven of the surveyed committees are also roetveegpieten or colored helpers.

In 26 places, it is still thought about the appearance of Pete, usually because they want to wait and see what the Sinterklaasjournaal is going to do. In many places where Zwarte Piet in Sinterklaas comes to see the Helpers there will look different than, say, ten years ago. Various committees give to the helpers not to dress with frizzy hair, red lips and earrings.

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Some committees clearly show himself to be annoyed at the discussion and there is no word to want to vuilmaken. Others struggle with practical problems. So fear the committee in Deventer that many people no longer want to participate, because they are well known faces in the city and not recognizable. In the village of Holly, they are so ready with the discussion about Zwarte Piet that they are a private Sinterklaasjournaal have made, with Black Pete. Even the police officer is a Black Piet.