Santa's Slave: A Colonial Hangover (2016)

Synopsis

Did you know Santa uses a black slave to help out with all those presents? Well in Holland he does! Every Christmas in the Netherlands, the same debate rages over Black Pete, Santa's black-faced assistant who is played by a blacked-up white person. Sporting an afro and huge red lips, the character is reminiscent of racist colonial caricatures of black people, like the infamous ‘golliwog’. But in H... Lire plus