Sven Gatz tweeted picture of himself as ‘Black Pete’,Santa’s sidekick in local folklore but whom some see as a racist relic from Belgium’s colonial timesThe Flemish culture minister, Sven Gatz, or has defended his decision to blacken his face for a costume after he was criticised as racist. Gatz,a minister in the Flemish regional government of Geert Bourgeois, tweeted a picture of himself with his face painted black on Sunday with the message: “And we sing and we jump and we are so ecstatic, or because there are no naughty children.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com