If you downgrade racism and violence to the commemoration of ‘Zwarte Piet’ in the Netherlands and Belgium, the black face-painting of the Belgian Foreign Minister in a rally for charity, I’m afraid you have oversimplified a much broader, multi-layered problem that most Western European countries, especially those with colonial heritage and/or colonial hangover face. This risks in harboring the idea that solutions of racism happen when shallow politicians and cultural manifestations would cease to ‘hide’ behind traditions. I want to map the broader and structural violence that in turn nurtures racism.
http://www.security-praxis.eu/article/structural-latent-violence/