My name is Zach Vance, I'm 18, and I'm from Chicago, Illinois. I am freshman at the University of Michigan. I love playing soccer and I have played viola since I was little. I'm involved in a student organization on campus called MUSIC Matters. Over the past 3 years, we've brought J. Cole, Ben Folds, and 2Chainz to perform on campus.
This was gameday August 30, the first football game of the year against Appalachian State University!
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I understand Zwarte Piet is engrained in Dutch culture, but in America blackface is extremely racist in any form. If you wear it you are instantly alienated. I believe that over time the tradition of Zwarte Piet can be transformed into a holiday that is less racially inclined, like the black face could turn into smudges that are from going down all of those chimneys.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/11/13/why-the-dutch-tradition-of-blackface-at-christmas-wont-go-away/
This is an article from an American newspaper explaining how Zwarte Piet won't go away, it is biased to the American view that blackface in any form is never acceptable.
I've been wondering, how is it not being able to drive until you're 18? Do you just use bikes or walk everywhere?
This was gameday August 30, the first football game of the year against Appalachian State University!
I understand Zwarte Piet is engrained in Dutch culture, but in America blackface is extremely racist in any form. If you wear it you are instantly alienated. I believe that over time the tradition of Zwarte Piet can be transformed into a holiday that is less racially inclined, like the black face could turn into smudges that are from going down all of those chimneys.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/11/13/why-the-dutch-tradition-of-blackface-at-christmas-wont-go-away/
This is an article from an American newspaper explaining how Zwarte Piet won't go away, it is biased to the American view that blackface in any form is never acceptable.
I've been wondering, how is it not being able to drive until you're 18? Do you just use bikes or walk everywhere?
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