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When a Jamaican researcher for a UN cultural panel said she thought Zwarte Piet was racist, she was overwhelmed with racially offensive e-mails.

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More coming up on this "quaint" Dutch/Flemish custom that puzzles the non-Dutch/Flemish.
see also:

• Dutch court rules in favor of ′Black Pete′ | News | DW.DE | 12.11.2014