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German museum in racism row over partial ban of white people

www.euronews.com German museum in racism row over partial ban of white people

The row centres around the exhibition 'This is Colonialism' and the museum's decision to restrict white people from entering a small section of the display

The row centres around the exhibition 'This is Colonialism' and the museum's decision to restrict white people from entering a small section of the display

Police officers are gathered in front of the Zeche Zollern museum in Dortmund, the focus of what social networks are describing as a racism scandal.

The row centres around the exhibition 'This is Colonialism' and the museum's decision to restrict white people from entering a small section of the display. For several months now, Saturdays at the museum have been reserved for black people and people of colour to explore a colonialism exhibition

The museum claims the objective is not to be discriminatory, but to reserve a safe space for reflection for non-whites.

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I would have been much more sympathetic if it was to prove a point, ie "This is the sense of exclusion experienced by those under colonial oppression", but no, it's just some real yikes-worthy stuff 😬
The museum claims the objective is not to be discriminatory

discriminatory
"treating a person or group differently from other people, because of their race, gender, sexuality, etc."
How could they think anything good would come out of doing that. All they do is give ammo to the other side.
I kinda wish people cared as much about the actual discrimination minoritised people face that affects their ability to live their lives fully, as they do about restricting entry to a single museum exhibit one day a week.
Ah. Tokenism at it best.

Tokenism (n): The policy of making only a perfunctory effort or symbolic gesture toward the accomplishment of a goal, such as racial integration.

You get a news headline and feel so good that you did something...
This kind of self defeating bullshit from the "progressive" wing of politics needs to stop. This is textbook throwing a stick into your own bicycle spokes tier nonsense.
How is that even legal in Germany?
I'm curious how they are enforcing this. Is it self-reported or is there someone at the door determining if you're un-white enough? I'm half white and racially ambiguous, so not sure I'd make the cut lol. On the other hand, my grandparents were immigrants who lived under colonial rule.
This is incredibly dumb, but tbh I understand their intention. In Germany you'll meet the worst kind of racists.

Once in Starbucks, a white ~~cunt~~ woman filled my coffee mug with trash while I was in the bathroom... Less extreme, but I think every Asian descendant was at least once told to go back to China. I have been mocked for my Asian eyes, etc.

Seriously, many of their grandparents were okay with locking Jews in camps, the population as a mass grabbed and shared Jews' properties, and then officially killed them in gas chambers.
For several months now, Saturdays at the museum have been reserved for black people and people of colour to explore a colonialism exhibition

Ohhh noo. Anyways...
You can fix racism with racism trust us
I actually see the value in providing a safe space for oppressed or marginalized communities, such in the way that women's shelters don't allow men.

I don't know what the answer is be here, but it's not nearly as black and white (no pun intended) as commenters here seem to believe.
This seems fine to me? Why shouldn't they have a specific day to go and reflect without me being there?

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