Black Pete "Stop Blackface" Postcard

Item

Title
Black Pete "Stop Blackface" Postcard
Description
Postcard with an illustration of a museum. The focus of the frame is a large framed portrait of Zwart Piet, with the plaque under him reading "1850-2015." Around the corner three other portraits are visible, each one with a prominent black figure. A fourth portrait is visible but obscured. The first appears to depict police violence against a black man; in the second, a white police officer looks down on a black figure; in the third, the black figure is the only focus. In front of the Zwarte Piet portrait, there are three figures: a white woman, a small white child (presumably her son), and their dog. The son has a speech bubble attributed to him that has been left blank. In the top left-hand corner of the postcard, the words "Zwarte Piet hoort thuis in het museum" appear. At the bottom left, "stop blackface" is written in the same font. At the bottom right, the artist signs his name: George Adegite. On the reverse of the postcard, "stop blackface" is written again, and the space for writing is separated from the address lines by the address "www.stopblackface.com" written three times. At the bottom left of the postcard, the words "Vormgeving door Cablai.nl" appear.
Extent
15x10.5 (cm)
Creator
Stop Blackface
Is Format Of
Koloniale Boekjes en Artefacten
Is Part Of
Collection of colonial booklets, memorabilia, etc. from around the world.
Source
The Black Archives
Type
Postcard
Subject
Zwarte Piet, white woman, white boy
Temporal Coverage
Portrait frames, red ropes, plaque, dog
Date Created
c.2015
Coverage
Nederlands
Table Of Contents
Zwarte Piet, Stop Blackface, Antiracism, Museum
License
Cabla.nl/George Adegite
Mediator
Stop Blackface
Item sets
Object Collection