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What (who) is Zwarte Piet - definition
Zwarte Piet
![[[Josephine Baker]] meeting Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet (V&D Amsterdam, 22 November 1957)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JosephineBaker1957NL.jpg?width=200 "[[Josephine Baker]] meeting Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet (V&D Amsterdam, 22 November 1957)")
COMPANION OF SAINT NICHOLAS IN THE FOLKLORE OF THE NETHERLANDS AND BELGIUM
Zwarte Peter; Black Peter; Black peter; Pedro Negro; Witte Piet; Swarthy Pete
Zwarte Piet (; , , ), also known in English by the translated name Black Pete, is the companion of Saint Nicholas (, , , ) in the folklore of the Low Countries. The earliest known illustration of the character comes from an 1850 book by Amsterdam schoolteacher Jan Schenkman in which he was depicted as a black Moor from Spain.
Kick Out Zwarte Piet
KICK OUT ZWARTE PIET IS A DUTCH ACTIVIST ORGANIZATION THAT CAMPAIGNS AGAINST THE ZWARTE PIET CHARACTER IN THE CULTURE OF THE LOW COUNTRIES.
Draft:Kick Out Zwarte Piet
Kick Out Zwarte Piet (KOZP) is a Dutch activist organization that campaigns against the character (, in English: Black Pete, or Black Peter) in the culture of the Low Countries. Zwarte Piet is traditionally part of the annual Christian feast of (in English: "St.
Piet Jongeling
DUTCH POLITICIAN, JOURNALIST AND CHILDREN'S WRITER
Piet Prins; Pieter Jongeling
Pieter "Piet" Jongeling (31 March 1909 in Broeksterwâld - 26 August 1985 in Amersfoort), also known by the pen name Piet Prins, was a Dutch politician and author of children's books. He was a member of the Reformed Political League (GPV) and of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands.
Examples of use of Zwarte Piet
1. Also "Zwarte Piet" or "Pere Fouettard" comes for the naughty children.
2. I‘m black but never felt offended by the tradition of "zwarte Piet" or Black Pete, Saint–Nicolas‘s helper.
3. His black–faced assistant, known as Zwarte Piet, or Black Pete, has in recent years come under fire for having racial undertones.
4. Zwarte Piet or Black Peter was established in the Netherlands as the Sinterklaas helper in the 1845 book Sinterklaas en Zijn Knecht.
5. Zwarte Piet – whose multiple incarnations are portrayed by white Dutchmen sporting black greasepaint, red lipstick, and woolly Afro wigs – is supposedly darkened by his countless chimney trips delivering presents.