My name is Lauren Hubbard. I am from Northville, Michigan which is very close to the University of Michigan where I am currently a freshman. I have one sibling, an older brother who also attends the same school as me. In high school I was a cheerleader and competed competitively. I am in the sorority Zeta Tau Alpha at my college. I go to all of michigan's football games and love watching all kinds of sports. My favorite thing to do to relax is watch Netflix...a lot.
Here is a picture of me and my best friends from high school on prom. I am the one is the middle with the blueish dress with sequins.
My personal opinion about Zwarte Piet is that I can see why many people believe that this is a racist tradition. It is a very sensitive topic especially to those who have ancestors who were involved in slavery. It would even be slightly better if they had black people play Zwarte Piet rather than painting white people with black face. It makes it more racist because they are still having white people play Zwarte Piet which are seen as slaves. I think many people believe that this tradition came about during a time when this racism was accepted, but since it has changed greatly since then that the tradition should be changed. I understand the point of view of both parties regarding Zwarte Piet.
Here is an article I found about Zwarte Piet. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2014/10/zwarte_piet_dolls_tied_to_lamp.php
I was wondering how you felt about this display of the dolls because I believe it is an interesting way of protesting.
My question for you is how do you feel about how tolerant Amsterdam is? Do you like the tolerance and being informed about all the tolerance from a very young age, or would you rather wait and learn about things like prositution, safe sex etc. when you were older?
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