The Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten newspaper
has written that the prosecutor’s office in the town of Potsdam has received a complaint
against Black Pete. The plaintiff, a
former member of the municipal council, Andres Menzel, says that Black Pete is
discriminatory and racist. The
prosecution now has to investigate whether blackface Dutchman walking through
Potsdam could be found guilty of incitement and of insulting others. Menzel has written to the parliament of the
state in which he demands that action will be taken against the mayor of
Potsdam, so that next year there will be no repetition of inhumane activities such
as appearing in blackface and “behaving like slaves”.
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