The Zwarte Piet discussion has been ongoing for the past decade orso, and especially a few years ago that discussion was very heated.
As someone who lives in the Netherlands, I get the impression that at this point the vast majority of people accept that Zwarte Piet in its old form is not really acceptable anymore. It does help that, unlike a few years ago, there have been proposals to update the tradition without making a complete mockery out of it.
The new the design of the soot-face Piet is a decent compromise, and more in line with the story we have been telling kids for decades anyway.
The Zwarte Piet discussion has been ongoing for the past decade orso, and especially a few years ago that discussion was very heated.
As someone who lives in the Netherlands, I get the impression that at this point the vast majority of people accept that Zwarte Piet in its old form is not really acceptable anymore. It does help that, unlike a few years ago, there have been proposals to update the tradition without making a complete mockery out of it.
The new the design of the soot-face Piet is a decent compromise, and more in line with the story we have been telling kids for decades anyway.
When I was a kid, we moved to NL. This was in the 90s
I was always confused why my mom found zwarte Piet so weird
Years later: “oh… Oh no”