PeleSpirit@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 months agoTIL Saint Nicholas (aka Santa Claus) is the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, repentant thieves, children, brewers, pawnbrokers, unmarried people and studentsmessage-squaremessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1202arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1194arrow-down1message-squareTIL Saint Nicholas (aka Santa Claus) is the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, repentant thieves, children, brewers, pawnbrokers, unmarried people and studentsPeleSpirit@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 months agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRuben@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-211 months agoMany people consider Zwarte Piet racist because it is usually white people wearing black facepaint (blackface) and they are Sinterklaas (rich white guy) his “assistant” (slavery).
Many people consider Zwarte Piet racist because it is usually white people wearing black facepaint (blackface) and they are Sinterklaas (rich white guy) his “assistant” (slavery).