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Coen Heijes

An employee of the Amsterdam Public Library (OBA) shows a book with Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet (Black Pete) in Amsterdam, on November 12, 2020 - The library is removing books with traditional Zwarte Piet from the museum to a safe. (RAMON VAN FLYMEN/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

In a year of Black Lives Matter protests, Dutch wrestle (again) with the tradition of Black Pete

Ayanna Thompson, Coen Heijes