by James Armel Smith | Dec 5, 2018 | Black Pete, Blackface, Minstrel Shows, Racism, Sinterklaas, The Netherlands, Zwarte Piet | Anthropology, Cultural History, Dutch Studies/Netherlandic Studies, History, Social History, Sociology |
Interview According to historian Elisabeth Koning, Dutch minstrel shows, in which white artists played black buffoons, served as a source of inspiration for Black Pete. Black Pete was influenced by the international blackface tradition. The “minstrel show” was a...
by James Armel Smith | Sep 29, 2018 | Donald Trump, International Criminal Court, John Bolton, The Netherlands, United Nations | International Relations, Journalism, Political Science |
The fact that the United States is … turning its back so emphatically on the international legal order is ultimately harmful to everyone. In his speech at the beginning of this week, U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton combined two favorite subjects: his...
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