They shouted “Kick out Zwarte Piet, kick out Zwarte Piet” and held up a banner with the text “Commemorative year of slavery, no Zwarte Piet in Bunschoten”. Mayor Melis van de Groep told the demonstrators that he also stands for an “inclusive Sinterklaas party”. He said he regretted that this had not been successful this time. According to KOZP, soot sweeper Petes in Bunschoten were hardly different from Black Pete, and he also saw people “in racist blackface” during the Sinterklaas arrival, with “caricatured elements such as Afro wigs and earrings”.
Campaigners against Black Pete disrupt Bunschoten council meeting
