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'Rough Translation': The Controversial Dutch Character Black Pete

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GREGORY WARNER, BYLINE: Amma Asante immigrated to the Netherlands from Ghana at the age of 6.

Well, that question led us last November to a dialogue in the city of Alkmaar, 25 miles north of Amsterdam...

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JERRY AFRIYIE: (Speaking Dutch).

WARNER: ...Where one by one...

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AFRIYIE: (Speaking Dutch).

WARNER: He proposes they get rid of some of the character's attributes, like the Afro hair...

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VAN ELST: (Speaking Dutch).

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WARNER: Amma watched huge crowds in the Netherlands gather not just in solidarity with the U.S. movement but reacting to racism in their own country.
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