I have had this conversation with many white Dutch people, and their defense of Zwarte Piet always boils down to "Americans get offended because of THEIR history with slavery, but we're different", and like... ...do Dutch kids not take history classes?https://twitter.com/harikondabolu/status/1077746135043923973 …
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Sorry for dumping all this unsolicited. It's been a major frustration for me for a while. There's a certain level of historic unaccountability engrained in Dutch culture that doesn't sit well with me. And I suspect it might have something to do with how history is taught.
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