Each month we will be posting a new digital tool-kit with reading materials and resources to aid in counter-movements and the enhancement of critical media literate and de-colonial perspectives. This month, as the Netherlands gears up for another Sinterklaas period, we reflect on global blackface practices and how they contribute towards political anti-blackness. We also address other forms of racialised mimicry, such as brownface, at the same time as making room for the amplification of anti-blackface movements, taking place all over the world.
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A Crash Course On Blackface For Those Committed To Understanding Racism (2018) by Shadow and Act
A Reasonable Alternative to Zwarte Piet (2013) by Patricia Schor
‘Ashamed to be Australian’: Tourist’s outrage sparks Golliwog doll debate (2018) by Anna Hartley
Blackface and anti-Blackness in Bollywood – an endemic problem (2019) by Dhruva Balram
Cameron and the morris dancers: a sign of our nationalistic mood (2014) by Lola Okolasie
Feest voor alle kinderen (2019) Nederland Wordt Beter
The Golliwog Caricature (2000) by David Pilgrim
How Blackface Feeds White Supremacy (2019) by Brent Staples
Sikhs call headpiece sold by Gucci disrespectful mimicry (2019) by Scarlett Conlon
Sinterklaas Brand & Product study 2019: Smudged Cheeks and Middle Fingers (2019) by ERIF
Sinterklaas is the ultimate middle finger to multiculturalism (2018) by Bel Parnell-Berry
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