It should be a talk about integration are: The Interior Minister of Bavaria called the singer Roberto Blanco a “wonderful negro”. He has since apologized.
Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann in Munich (Archive) | © Andreas Gebert / dpa
In the WDR talk show Hart but fair were on Monday night, the rising number of refugees issue. Up to 800,000 people are expected this year in Germany. In the discussion, it was a matter that the refugees do not necessarily have to be a burden and certainly can be integrated.
“We have integrated emigrants, we have integrated hundreds of thousands of Turkish, Greek and Italian migrants and Germany has continued to develop it,” led just Focus from Editor in Chief Ulrich Reitz. As said Bavaria’s CSU Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann: “Roberto Blanco was always a wonderful Negro who has most Germans like wonderful.” Also at Bayern played “a lot with black skin with”. That would the fans also liked it.
Aside from shamed laughter in the round received Herrmann for his remarks no resistance. The co-leader of the Greens, Simone Peter, remained silent.
In response said moderator frank plasberg overlooking an additional guest in the round: “Ranga Yogeshwar has also just as color on which works reasonably in Germany.” “One has to me sometimes even Negro said,” the journalist said Yogeshwar then. “This is just like that.” It was probably a lack of differentiation. “But that comes with time.”
In the social networks, many users strongly criticized the label and on dealing with the statement Herrmanns. Barbara Lochbihler, foreign and human rights policy spokeswoman of the Greens in the European Parliament, calling for example, “poor”. Other users have speculated that the term probably count for normal usage of the politician.
Herrmann apologized on Tuesday morning in the ZDF Morning Magazine “totally unacceptable” for his statement. “I do not use the word Negro else,” Hermann said. He wanted to show with the examples, only that there were blacks who belonged to Bavaria. “We have wonderful fellow with black skin in Bavaria. And I think that also the vast majority of Bavaria look so.”
A few days ago Herrmann had sparked a debate with remarks about refugees. In Maybrit Illner talkshow he had said that it was an insult to the German expellees, though refugees bear that name.
The word “negro” is derogatory and racist. It is an insult that can be punished with a fine. For example, last year, when a court in Bavaria sentenced a pensioner for the use of the word to a fine of 1,800 euros.
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