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In a year of Black Lives Matter protests, Dutch wrestle (again) with the tradition of Black Pete

  • Written by Ayanna Thompson, Regents Professor of English, Arizona State University
imageAn annual tradition or a national embarrassment.AP Photo/Peter Dejong

As Black Lives Matter protests and social uprisings spread across U.S. cities in the summer, the civil rights icon the Rev. Jesse Jackson wrote a personal letter to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte over an annual tradition that many believe to be racist.

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