Heyy,
Normally I
choose to talk about light topics, but this time I wanted to talk about
something I kinda want off my chest. The last few days it's hot topic of every
conversation in the Netherlands and a little in the rest of the world, the
black Pete discussion. Personally I don't really care whether they stay or not,
but I understand the people who don't want it and the people who do. And I
think both parties are too stubborn to listen to each other.
There are
good reasons to not want it. The history of black Pete is, that he was a slave
of Sinterklaas and so it's a constant reminder of the oppression. And most
people, especially white people don't know this, because it’s not learned at
school. The time where the Netherlands had slaves is not a topic discussed in
the education, probably because they still a shamed. So some of them think the
black people want to rune their holiday. Or they know this part, but think the
black people are exaggerating. Here they are wrong tho, not ever will slavery
be a small thing even if a couple of years have past.
But, at the
end of the day, it’s not what the grown ups think about black Pete. It’s a children’s
holiday! What do you think? Do we need to keep it or not?
X heart O
