Blacking up festival

• howard mcsweeney1

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  5 December 2014     15:01275257
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  This issue arises every year at this time, Just seems a harmless tradition to me.
  
  
  http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21635517-worsening-clash-over-tradition-and-racial-sensitivities-blacked-up?fsrc=scn/fb/te/pe/ed/blackedup
• Bob Whysman

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  5 December 2014     16:19275262
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  Remember these? I can't recall any racist problems over this show!
  
  
  Do nothing and nothing happens.
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  5 December 2014     17:33275266
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  Nobody complained at the time but nowadays it is the height of fashion to be offended by most things, usually on someone elses behalf.
  
  I would think the liberal elite in Holland are more up in arms than black Dutch people.
• Guest 977

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  5 December 2014     17:42275268
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  I was going to post on this but if I said what I intended to then I would probably offend someone on someone else's behalf and get arrested!
  
  On the other hand, that situation offends me so I just got a Get Out Of Jail Free card.
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  5 December 2014     17:48275269
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  Glad you cleared that one up Ray, what I find most odd is that the main blacked up character is actually the good guy who goes around giving presents and biscuits to children!!
• Brian Dixon

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  5 December 2014     18:54275270
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  quite common in belguim as well.
• Brian Dixon

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  5 December 2014     18:58275271
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  here is a link,
  
  http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=12&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CFAQFjAL&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sinterklaashudsonvalley.com%2F&ei=3P-BVJ2rJdKP7Ab98YGIBA&usg=AFQjCNG58QRShqpiQGqwvW6wmFRIIYjrKA