“Black Pete” is a freaking CHIMNEY SWEEP! The very nature of his job is what turns him black. It has NOTHING to do with Africans or other black people.
The ignorance of these people is staggering in its depth.
Great minds think alike!
He’s a Moor from Spain. The chimney sweep thing came later. He’s dressed more like a Moor.
I have carefully preserved Dutch coloring books and a few Piet decorations and crafts which go up annually before Christmas.
I don’t think Piet is racist, and would remind people that not every country has the same history or traditions. The Dutch didn’t have a history of black face comedy, and so while on the surface it looks similar, it is not.