Mel B Gets Praise For Shutting Down Blackface In Resurfaced Spice Girls Clip
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On a Dutch TV show in 1997, the girl group was introduced to the traditional Christmas character “Black Pete.” They were not impressed.
Call it “girl sour.”
A clip from a 1997 Spice Girls appearance on the Dutch TV show “Laat de Leeuw” has made its way onto TikTok, and many people are praising group member Mel B for the way she firmly shut down a racist situation.
In the clip, which also received notice in 2017, host and comedian Paul de Leeuw introduces the girl group to several white performers dressed as “Zwarte Piet” or “Black Pete,” a controversial Dutch Christmas character.
Black Pete is traditionally portrayed by people wearing big red lips, frizzy wigs and blackface, per Reuters.
“I don’t like them,” Mel B, who is Black and whose full name is Melanie Brown, shouts in the clip ― even before the people dressed as Black Pete are paraded on stage.
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