Zwarte piet - Racist?

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Quote:It does make sense, because someone from the United Nations that lives in the USA claimed the tradition was racist, 99% of the Netherlands disagreed and hated her for her claims. Also this tradition could be compared with thanksgiving.

Well she certainly does not represent my opinion, traditions are sacred things that should be handled
with care. If minor christmas traditions were outlawed due to racism most Americans would be outraged.

What I am trying to say is, this is not a 'barbaric' tradition at all from my perspective, It isn't mean to be, It is meant for
children's enjoyment. That being said, perhaps a slight removal of some paint to make them look more like actual chimney sweepers rather
than a full overlay of black paint.. For example..

Spoiler :

Thats a character from a popular movie 'Marry Poppins', the character was a chimney sweeper and the makeup fits it perfectly
so that it has almost zero comparison to say.. 'Blackface'.

Anywho, whoever this UN representative was I completely disagree with what she is saying and I believe she is acting bias and without
enough analysis of an age-old tradition