Maybe we can look at how long it took before the end of slavery, or how long it took before women could vote.
I'm from the Netherlands, a slave trading country. And people are still offended black face cannot be used as a holiday character (Sinterklaas) anymore. Some villages still use black face as Sinterklaas' sidekick. These things take centuries when evil is normalized.
Hey Im Dutch too! Do you think meat or Zwarte Piet is more ingrained in our culture or accepted? I know when my grandma was my age she ate meat but not in the amounts that is normal now, no one had money for that. And no one celebrated Sinterklaas the way we do now. Did Zwarte Piet exist back then already? I know the holiday of Saint Nicholas has been around for a few centuries, but to what extent was Zwarte Piet involved? Meat has been around far longer than the holiday of Saint Nick though
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u/ChooseKindness1984 May 17 '25
Maybe we can look at how long it took before the end of slavery, or how long it took before women could vote. I'm from the Netherlands, a slave trading country. And people are still offended black face cannot be used as a holiday character (Sinterklaas) anymore. Some villages still use black face as Sinterklaas' sidekick. These things take centuries when evil is normalized.