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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2474693/Zwarte-Piet-abolished-Outrage-Netherlands-Black-Pete-Christmas-tradition.html

A Facebook page seeking to preserve the 'Black Pete' clowns in blackface who accompany St. Nicholas to the Netherlands during the holidays has become the fastest-growing Dutch-language page ever, receiving 1 million 'likes' in a single day.

The popularity of the 'Pete-ition' page reflects the emotional attachment most Dutch have to a figure that helped launch the tradition of Santa Claus.

It also reflects their anger at critics who call it racist. Those critics include foreigners who they feel don't understand the tradition. They also include many of the country's most prominent black people.

Yuck.

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Just sad they are trying to keep this in circulation. My thing is where are the black folks that help Santa? Surely there are POC in the Netherlands if they are so rooted in this cultural event.

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We all know that only whites are appropriate for all things Christmas. Imagine the horror at the thought of a black Santa Claus? Or angels?

We had a black santa claus here for last year's Christmas party. I wonder how many kids were ruined...

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We had a black santa claus here for last year's Christmas party. I wonder how many kids were ruined...

It must have been traumatizing for them. Everyone knows that Santa is white. If he was black, he'd probably go down the chimney and steal presents instead of giving them. I just don't get it with these black people wanting to be treated like humans.

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It must have been traumatizing for them. Everyone knows that Santa is white. If he was black, he'd probably go down the chimney and steal presents instead of giving them. I just don't get it with these black people wanting to be treated like humans.

I know right? Those pesky black people! Oh, wait...

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Another moment of DIVERSITY bring people together again.

Say what?

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Look who's talking. Please tell me a moment when you have tried to unite instead of divide?

Actually I am not trying to do either. Those who want to be together...... and those who wish to be apart will do so naturally.

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Actually I am not trying to do either. Those who want to be together...... and those who wish to be apart will do so naturally.

And you are on the naturally separated end I'm assuming without making an ####### out of me but u.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2474693/Zwarte-Piet-abolished-Outrage-Netherlands-Black-Pete-Christmas-tradition.html

A Facebook page seeking to preserve the 'Black Pete' clowns in blackface who accompany St. Nicholas to the Netherlands during the holidays has become the fastest-growing Dutch-language page ever, receiving 1 million 'likes' in a single day.

The popularity of the 'Pete-ition' page reflects the emotional attachment most Dutch have to a figure that helped launch the tradition of Santa Claus.

It also reflects their anger at critics who call it racist. Those critics include foreigners who they feel don't understand the tradition. They also include many of the country's most prominent black people.

Yuck.

Xmas is overrated anyway.... Everyone knows that Jesus was blond and blue-eyed, as are most of middle-easter descent...

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