PeleSpirit@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 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-up1203arrow-down19file-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-27 months agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRuben@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-27 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).