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Dutch Push Back Against “Black Pete” Criticism

TOBY STERLING, Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) โ€” A Facebook page seeking to preserve the โ€œBlack Peteโ€ clowns in blackface who accompany St. Nicholas to the Netherlands during the holidays has become the fastest-growing Dutch-language page ever, receiving 1 million โ€œlikesโ€ in a single day. The mushrooming popularity of the โ€œPete-itionโ€ page reflects the depth of […]

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