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Suzanne van Geuns
@suusreport
University of Toronto. North American religion & media. PhD project on the instructional internet, w/ focus on biblical womanhood blogs and antifeminist forums.
Nov 15, 2018 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
Sinterklaas arrives in the Netherlands next Saturday, which marks the opening of blackface season. I always feel shy on Twitter, and most of my research is about ugly things that I don’t want to spread further, but some brief observations re: anti-black racism (warning) below. 82% of Dutch people think Pete should look like this forever, and anti-blackface activists are - literally - aggressively dismissed. I wrote a short essay about this last year. Why is it worse for a tradition to be CALLED racist than for it to BE racist? bit.ly/2zRMeaQ