First off, this was a really amazing post. I'd seen a post about Black Pete earlier, and though I'm not from the Netherlands was shocked to hear the explanation was a chimney. Racism is somewhat prevalent world wide, to what degree I won't know until I start traveling. Mostly I think it's ignorance, so it's important to educate people by interacting with them. Good job in doing that here.

Your story is really amazing and I'm really glad to have you here on Steemit. I hope you stick with it and continue to share your tales.

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