Some research to make my own reaction led me to http://black-face.com/ whichseems to have covered the issue and promotes NOT putting it under the carpet.
From the Dutch/Netherlands point of view is an interesting set of thoughts from a blog https://colonialinscriptions.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/zwarte-piet-blackface-minstrelsy-and-remembering-dutch-colonialism/
I wasnt able to post a comment on the Facebook post but sent these 2 links and my thoughts to the one person I knew on the list.
NPR had a 17minute audio (pop-up) on the topic HERE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2H6SXaWxuo
CURRENT READS:
http://www.ikeahackers.net/2011/11/very-flexible-computer-speaker-mounts.html
http://boingboing.net/2011/08/12/the-empire-of-death-a-cultural-history-of-ossuaries-and-charnel-houses.html
http://empiredelamort.com/
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