Erica Terpstra: Zwarte Piet never intended to be racist | Entertainment

entertainment">“When I got a call to participate, I immediately had two questions,” he said Terpstra Thursday evening at the table Jinek. “What are we doing with corona? Because we can’t talk to Sinterklaas at a meter and a half ”, she explains. “And what are we doing with the Zwarte Pieten?”

entertainment">The answer: in the new film Sinterklaas has no Petes at all. “And no servants, but employees. He throws a big party and he can only do that with employees. ”

entertainment">According to Erica, who plays a mayor in the new film, Zwarte Piet is never intended to be racist. “People who still adhere to that tradition are also not racists to me. But if you know that people are hurt and bullied with Zwarte Piet, then you can have compassion, right? ”

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