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| Gario created the project ''Zwarte Piet is Racisme'' (Black Pete is Racism) about Zwarte Piet.<ref></ref> In 2011 he was arrested for public disturbance at the traditional annual Sinterklaas festival where he was protesting against the use of Zwarte Piet.<ref>Helsloot, John, 2012 </ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Bijnsdorp|first=Laura|title=Quinsy Gario on Zwarte Piet|url=http://www.thedailyherald.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=23102%3Aquinsy-gario-on-zwarte-piet |accessdate=11 December 2012|newspaper=Daily Herald|date=2 December 2011}}</ref> He appeared on a national television talk show in 2013 "to make his case" which was part of a series of events in October that The Economist says "polaris cultural life and dragging in celebrities, politicians, and even the UN" and "changed Zwarte Piet. For many, even if a year ago he was not a symbol of Dutch racism, he is now."<ref name="Economist">{{cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21588960-debate-holiday-tradition-exposes-racial-attitudes-zwarte-piet-racism|title=Is Zwarte Piet racism?|date=2 November 2013|work=]|accessdate=9 January 2014}}</ref> | Gario created the project ''Zwarte Piet is Racisme'' (Black Pete is Racism) about Zwarte Piet.<ref></ref> In 2011 he was arrested for public disturbance at the traditional annual Sinterklaas festival where he was protesting against the use of Zwarte Piet.<ref>Helsloot, John, 2012 </ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Bijnsdorp|first=Laura|title=Quinsy Gario on Zwarte Piet|url=http://www.thedailyherald.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=23102%3Aquinsy-gario-on-zwarte-piet |accessdate=11 December 2012|newspaper=Daily Herald|date=2 December 2011}}</ref> He appeared on a national television talk show in 2013 "to make his case" which was part of a series of events in October that The Economist says "polaris cultural life and dragging in celebrities, politicians, and even the UN" and "changed Zwarte Piet. For many, even if a year ago he was not a symbol of Dutch racism, he is now."<ref name="Economist">{{cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21588960-debate-holiday-tradition-exposes-racial-attitudes-zwarte-piet-racism|title=Is Zwarte Piet racism?|date=2 November 2013|work=]|accessdate=9 January 2014}}</ref> | ||
| When flight ] crashed, Gario posted a message stating that people were only shocked and sad because it involved white people; despite multiple black/brown people having been killed in the disaster. Gario said "White lives matter more than brown ones", whilst everyone cared for the victims no matter what their skin color was. Gario, however, kept claiming that people only care because white people died and suggested that nobody would care if solely black/brown people had passed away. In response to the tweet, and ever since, many people with a variety of skin colors consider Gario to be a racist who tried to make white people look bad, whilst abusing a horrible event in human history for that purpose.<ref name="AD">{{cite news|url=http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/31544/Neergeschoten-Boeing-777/article/detail/3691685/2014/07/18/Activist-komt-met-statement-na-onhandige-tweet-MH17.dhtml|title=Activist komt met statement na onhandige tweet MH17|date=18 July 2014|work=]|accessdate=26 August 2014}}</ref> | |||
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Quinsy Gario is an activist in the movement against Zwarte Piet, as well as a performance artist.
He was born in Curaçao and raised in St Maarten before moving to the Netherlands.
Gario created the project Zwarte Piet is Racisme (Black Pete is Racism) about Zwarte Piet. In 2011 he was arrested for public disturbance at the traditional annual Sinterklaas festival where he was protesting against the use of Zwarte Piet. He appeared on a national television talk show in 2013 "to make his case" which was part of a series of events in October that The Economist says "polaris cultural life and dragging in celebrities, politicians, and even the UN" and "changed Zwarte Piet. For many, even if a year ago he was not a symbol of Dutch racism, he is now."
When flight MH17 crashed, Gario posted a message stating that people were only shocked and sad because it involved white people; despite multiple black/brown people having been killed in the disaster. Gario said "White lives matter more than brown ones", whilst everyone cared for the victims no matter what their skin color was. Gario, however, kept claiming that people only care because white people died and suggested that nobody would care if solely black/brown people had passed away. In response to the tweet, and ever since, many people with a variety of skin colors consider Gario to be a racist who tried to make white people look bad, whilst abusing a horrible event in human history for that purpose.
References
- Quinsy Gario Poet, Artist, Actor
- Gario, Quinsy. "Quinsy Gario". Creative African Network. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
- Zwarte Piet is Racisme 12 november 2012
- Helsloot, John, 2012 Zwarte Piet and Cultural Aphasia in the Netherlands, Quotidian 3-1
- Bijnsdorp, Laura (2 December 2011). "Quinsy Gario on Zwarte Piet". Daily Herald. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
- "Is Zwarte Piet racism?". The Economist. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- "Activist komt met statement na onhandige tweet MH17". Algemeen Dagblad. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.