Folkloric festival urged to ditch practice of parading a chained white man in black faceAn anti-racism activist has said he was forced to leave the Belgian town of Ath on Sunday after a row with local authorities about a folkloric festival.A carnival float featuring a white man in black face called “the savage” featured on Sunday as part of Ath’s annual festival, despite calls to abandon the practice that campaigners say is an act of “symbolic violence” towards black people in Belgium. Continue reading…
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