Hundreds of spectators cheered and applauded as the chief protagonist of a Belgi...
ATH, Belgium - Hundreds of spectators cheered and applauded as the chief protagonist of a Belgian parade - “the Savage” - appeared in the town of Ath on Sunday, but anti-racism groups strongly criticized the character and his blackface disguise.
On Sunday, as it does every year, the effigy parade featured “the Savage”, a white man clad in a black costume, his face and hands covered in black body paint, his head adorned with a feathered war bonnet, a chain hanging from his neck and a golden piercing protruding from his nose. “It is totally racist and it maintains a degrading image of the black person, which has consequences in everyday life,” he added.
The controversy over the festival character highlights a wider debate in Belgium about racism and how the country comes to terms with its colonial past.“It’s mostly people from outside who talk about racism, anti-black sentiment. At Ath, we never considered ‘the Savage’ to be a racist figure,” he told Reuters.
There are similar accusations of racism every December as “Black Pete” characters in blackface help Santa Claus deliver gifts to children in Belgium, as well as in the Netherlands.
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