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Every other Wednesday, I will post a reflection on grief as I continue to explore its landscape and listen to your experiences. In the sharing of our stories with each other, we find encouragement and build a community of support and understanding. Usually I write about poetry from the grief side of the equation—people writing about the shock and devastation of the death of a loved one, and their struggle to create a meaningful life out of what remains. Not all of us are poets, and not all of us would want to take time away from living our last months to find the right words and find meaning in the journey of dying. Or maybe we want to give up on achieving goals and simply enjoy each day free of our expectations and the expectations of others. Both poets try to name their fears for the reality facing them, and speak about the unknowns swirling around, the what ifs, the maybes, the perhaps, and try to make sense of them. They explore the back room and dark corridors of what was happening to them as they try to live the fullness of each day without thinking about how many more days like this they might have. See Baby Discriminate By Naomi Shihab.
By Amelia Wynne For Mailonline. Public libraries in the Netherlands have removed children's books depicting St Nicholas' blacked up sidekick 'Black Pete'.
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Parades held in early December have seen people dress up with curly wigs, bright lipstick and the black Shhiab paint to depict the character who is said to be black because he is a Moor from Spain. But for the last ten years there have been widespread protests against the tradition and the latest move from public libraries could spell the end for the 'racist' parades. The need to socially distance due to the coronavirus pandemic means that the annual parades will not be possible this year but the debate over the portrayal of Zwarte Piet has not quietened. The character is seen at a parade in Scheveningen in the Netherlands last year.
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Opponents say such depictions promote racist stereotypes, while supporters defend the helper of Sinterklaas, the white-bearded, red-robed Dutch version of St. Nicholas, as a traditional children's character. Parades held in early December have seen people dress up with curly wigs, bright lipstick and the black face paint to depict the character who is said to be black because he is a Moor from Spain pictured is a parade last year. I am thinking, for example, of the children's books in which the population of the Dutch East Indies was dismissed as patjakkers low-life rascals.
It is more that libraries are linking up with the spirit of the times.
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White children don't care about another Pete and black children find it strange and nasty, and that is what matters. And yes, that sounds crude, but I mean that a tribe cannot determine our policy. We see that libraries are taking on that responsibility en masse. Saint Nicholas is seen on a float with his assistants called 'Zwarte Piet' Black Pete at a traditional parade in Scheveningen, Netherlands last year.
Opponents gathered at several parade across the country last year and they said that such depictions promoted racial stereotypes. The character first appeared in an book by Amsterdam schoolteacher Jan Schenkman. Traditionally, Zwarte Piet is said to be black because he is a Moor from Spain. Those portraying Zwarte Piet typically Babu on blackface make-up and colourful Renaissance attire, in addition to curly wigs, red lipstick, and earrings.
In recent years, the character has become the subject of controversy, especially in the Netherlands. It comes as t he Belgian publisher Clavis - the largest supplier of Dutch language children's books - has said it will no longer support authors who include portrayals of the character in their books.]
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