Responds in a television program about football Johan Derksen on a decision by a broadcaster to replace Zwarte Piet with the chimney Piet. He targets Sylvana Simons: “that hysterical Miss Simons who now runs through the country as proud as a monkey“. If the presenter wants to correct him by saying he “very proud” meant, Derksen responds: “She doesn't look like a peacock at all“. The broadcaster's decision to change Zwarte Piet today leads to a deluge of racist responses on social media. Geert Wilders of the PVV tweeted: “Word, word, word. Zwarte Piet is black and must remain black“. The deputy editor-in-chief of the broadcaster receives a death warning via the internet.

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