The Zwarte Pieten: racism or tradition?
If you are in the Netherlands in the period surrounding Christmas, as a foreigner, you are definitely in for a big surprise with regards to Dutch traditions. Every year, on the night between the 5th and 6th of December, Sinterklaas, the Dutch equivalent of Santa Claus, goes from house to house to leave […]
Black Lives Matter
So I’ve been debating whether or not I was going to write this blog, and after contemplating it for over a week, I knew that I had to. Its so sad that in the 21st century we (black people) still have to fight for civil rights almost 60 years after the Civil Rights Movement. This […]
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