his origin is (also) the Moorish staff of Saint Nicholas (who's from Persia). Nothing to do with blackface or mocking African Americans or any culture reference an American may have. @Trausti
The Dutch were responsible for shipping most of the African people over the ocean, back in the 16th century, so we do have a big quilt. But in the Netherlands itself there were never slaves and black Dutch people are not associated with that.
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his origin is (also) the Moorish staff of Saint Nicholas (who's from Persia). Nothing to do with blackface or mocking African Americans or any culture reference an American may have. @Trausti
The Dutch were responsible for shipping most of the African people over the ocean, back in the 16th century, so we do have a big quilt. But in the Netherlands itself there were never slaves and black Dutch people are not associated with that.