V, as in dodge, started as receives, being german as something defined by skin colors of iceland, thats being german means being white. And those who arent white are essentially new commerce and dont have the same right to be part of society as white people. If you buy some inch or dorn in germany, im a german native speaker. Im. Ive been to africa once in my life as part of a package tour. It doesnt get more german than that can come. The people will, of course, ask me where i come from. And i say, from concourse, and your mother all sate also from comp us does not answer your question or do you still need that little piece of the puzzle that explains why look the way i do this in the caps each o cl expressed and they say we are here because you were there as it is. Where are you here because youre there. Yeah, i think thats a very important part of the answer. Society here must take responsibility for what happened in its history. With name was the desk of the 60 Pacific Pacific and now that we speak amend. This is exactly the right moment to look at the black german history on the easy and how its always been a politic john long history, entitled the quotes and pods reaching out, trying to check if shes the been on demarcos family isnt its 5th generation in germany. The, these lovely odd sometimes the best fights. What do you see here . A typical on gym and household, i start with the wood paneling and fabric wallpaper stuff to peter as if, if you cant get a bit of something out of shorter jim and my son that i am in 1896, her great grandfather, monday and a deep became the 1st african to acquire german citizenship and humble funds. An amazing a cousin that was fried, im not there or because he was known to be very loyal to the end product and very gentleman, george chava. I know my family for me has a long history. I no longer sit on its back as it would pick. So it says on the dc list, would you means having experience or having survived a lot to and the survival part is especially important. Oh, as is the fact that even back then they folks at the humanities to be recognized as on the verge of the state and what became known as the berlin west africa conference in 1884. The european powers carved up the continent among themselves without african participation. Germany then also became a colonial power ruling over tow go camera room, german, east africa, and german south west africa. Even before the 19th century germans had been profiting from the slave trade. Now, colonists seized entire territories, culminating in a genocide in the media in 19 o. 4. Meanwhile, growing numbers of africans were arriving in germany. The probably akin is a british historian who researches the history of black, your opinions, the, the colonial outside of sophistic for the understanding colonial period is important for the emergence of a black community. Asked them because it was the 1st time that hundreds, if not thousands of black people were able to come to germany. Of course on come con. Why do you send us the refreshing the claim for many Different Reasons . The im several 100 people, for instance, were brought to over for the human zoos, the turret germany or across europe in storage, some months smoke and i found out from their 1st appearance in the 18 seventys. These as an illogical expositions proved extremely popular with the european public. At the hanover, so in 1913 ethiopians were hired as contract workers. They were put on display, often with their families. Visitors paid an entrance fee to see them. As colonists were committing genocide in africa, back home in germany, the middle class were being one over to the so called colonial adventure d e d. And these are exhaustive sizes ation. Romanticize ation. This idea of top, lets take the family to the soon. Like we know today, note from instead of looking at animals. So here we get to see exotic people as a king of each month are going to accept these people when representing the own culture. Oh, communities, photos, copeland dog started talking zone on um, it was a stage mexico and had nothing to do with who they actually was foster dog instead. Boss, i just got it to human. Vicki hopkins, the, the 1st state organized colonial exhibition in germany, took place in 1896 and berlin, 106 men, women and children were brought in from german colonies. Photographs show how people were racially degraded and forced to be exhibited the plus builds. Does the dodge of toenail colonial authorities wanted to portray africans as less civilized, as primitive stimulus he up . Those came up to see whats inside and when they wanted to use this image to legitimize germanys colonial project as well. Yeah, there civilizing mission. A kazi does a civilizing mission, dodson thing, the germans bringing culture and civilization to African Student awfully. Connor berlin was the capital of an overseas empire. The Colonial Administration needed craftsman, translators, and other specialized personnel. Young africans were brought over to germany for training. Most of the men and drawn from the african elite, some were still just the school children. Their parents paid considerable psalms for their education. The new arrivals called one another compatriots, but they were not for seen as a permanent part of german society, the an 1891. Funding that d could travel to humble it from the wall a camera room. He came from a wealthy family and could already speak german. He then completed an apprenticeship as a shoemaker, the envoy to essential. He was expected to demonstrate his shoemaking skills in the big shop windows port with feelings on the other side and that made him feel like he too was on display. The name is which made him feel very uncomfortable. The poor trouble met them. So in the end, he changed his profession and became a merchant. Assembled under beaks for while traveling on business, deacons met a woman called a media. Interracial marriages were banned in the colonies for reasons rooted in racist ideology. But didnt get that. Then dancing and prussia, the couple married and had 2 daughters, endorsed, highly respected uh, real German Family. They ran a store selling tobacco and other colonial goods. The lives of black people in germany would have little interest to most historians until catalina, a good toys work appeared. She was the 1st to research the stories of afro germans, including that of mundane gut deep sea stone. Because i was astonished to discover that he was granted citizenship. Im to come up with, you know, because it was so early that there werent get objections from the Colonial Administration. Also continue. I provide them house. But most of the people who applied later, wherever objected tom included a sense of via got after the 1st world war, german imperialist expansion was brought to an end, at least for the time being. The treaty of versailles resulted in germany seating its colonies the at the same time, french troops occupied the rhineland. Among their rank sport african soldiers, which German Nationalist saw as a humiliation. They launched a racist smear campaign, calling the black shame that propaganda in turn fueled racism against all black people across germany into a far more dangerous form. The but from the very start, there was resistance. In 1919, germanys 1st black trained driver my team, the bobo and other people of african descent, listed their demands, and a historic petition. The f boss on tired davis pulse of the anti colonial resistance, which had always been the how does it is its got there was never a time when black people didnt find a box or stand up for the right. Because these few years i stuck in because its to tasha a kelly as a scholar inactive as to as documented the lives of people who brought about change in black german history. Although martine depot, but had sworn allegiance to the weimar republic, she wanted to achieve something new with a petition. Equal rights for black people. 18 africans living in germany signed the petition to the german parliament, the divorce and us. Youre awfully kind of want to jo africans to have the opportunity to attend university or college what a hoax room. They wanted the board probably for personal reasons to the recognition in some interest the most ation on averages between black men and white women uh on. I can border on like a teen vaughn warranty, but i also want to determine and to representative of the problem and type of marketing to both to be precise, to marketable design. The petition failed, but it marked the dawn of the 1st black movement in germany. Monday and the date was one of the men who signed his name today, those events are remembered on a commemorative pillar in downtown berlin document. That was my great printed its in the i think its fantastic historical. Yeah. Historic, this must be. Its such a good feeling to know the mike, right, glen sava was also part of the fight to construct the as the Roaring Twenties hit, germany black american dancer Josephine Baker became a celebrated figure on the stages of berlin. Extended this emma, the bus, they always call it the grass skirt and black man had to walk around wearing a grass skirt. Not a suit mixed with them on board number lynn and 192510 door. Vanya and the child was one of the few surviving black witnesses of the nazi era, until his death in 2019. As a child, he was put to work in the circus, and, and the so called human sous. He hated being docked at, or when complete strangers would run their fingers through his hair. The things got even worse. With the introduction of the notorious note in bag race laws. In 1935 colonial migrants were stripped of their citizenship. Pandora vanya and the child was issued in aliens passport, and was rendered stateless. He lost his job at a hotel, the finding work became nearly impossible. One of the few exceptions was a niche market. The movies, the, the most expensive film, the non sierra moons, housing required many black extras to play servants. And a turkish power conforms to the grading stereotypes that further denazis, racist ideology. The young and say a do have on your me style play the sultans fanning. Boy, only later did he realize hed been exploited dms in a speech exploited in the sense that i never played a positive role bushes poosey t for the it was only ever decoration uncomfortable because they needed exotic people. How to dx or they needed those. And today, we know we were exploited by this month. Misquote, the quote, the, the notion of White Supremacy was celebrated in many nazi colonial fountains. The regime had plans to re conquer former overseas colonies. Clocks in africa was one of many films to degrade black people and use overtly racist dialogue. We got a candidate so those are not even a total of the events in this clip with the protagonist and gestures to the people approaching and says hes seen them before. Quote at the berlin zoo, afro german after 4 routinely cast and such rules. The medicine man was played by louis brody, the grandfather of a banner under michael landed from you and my family and a large number of African People here only survived the nazi era because they would need it for these german colonial fields. Gosh, from 1939 onwards. Daily life became increasingly dangerous for black people. The dks were among many families who lost their home and had their passports revoked. Monday and get the business went bankrupt. Interracial couples faced persecution around 400 children fathered by black french occupying troops, Workforce Police sterilized many black people with forced to go into hiding. At least 2000 were killed in concentration camps. The pro German Community was being eradicated by the nazis. What doesnt do is book place does this kind of the i was to ensure that there wouldnt be another generation of black people in germany, even sort of more importantly, mia, that there would be no black europeans or p a gain. And so the, in the wake of the 2nd world war, the allied Occupation Forces in germany included a number of black troops from the united states. The eastern 1945, about 5000. The children were born to black american soldiers and german women in west germany. Into the 1950s, the children were still the subject of anthropological research. Thats when we tried all kinds of each pizza, especially in the field. Its very important to understand that this idea of so called race is being unable to mix stem from earlier and colonial times. At least most people involved on these big wasnt an idea that prevailed well beyond the 2nd world hold on even became enough. Suddenly it was the children of the allies that now caused this problem. Again, dost readout . I might, im opening dosh right . Knowing 6, this being in this archive will sound from 1950 to a west german parliamentary and use as a racist slower in reference to more than 3000 to buy racial children. She says they quote, present a special type of human and racial problem. Even our countrys clinic, the conditions are on suitable for them and quote, hundreds of children were given up for adoption, mostly to families in the united states. This west German Television report from 1957 featured a single mother before leslie smith. And then he acute the sound that we can see if this is an illusion piece by piece. Yeah. On the obviously what we think the time to help get it to them or how does what does it look like . You know, what is the yeah. Being cost, it was 1. 00 of these children born after the war he would go on to become the 1st black man to play for a German National team. His father was an american g. I was, i was born here for you to be. My mother is german. I feel german, honestly to me, photos for me playing for the German National team was the greatest. Im a doctor. And being close to the was born in munster, in 1946. His 6 older siblings were all white. He never got to know his father on his way to school. People would routinely give him the nazi salute. The countless racist remarks still haunt him today. The funny, it was hell, absolute Health Instruction and that fall number some even women. And when i go into a strong room and it may be misbehaved a little when theyd say come on black kid, how do i go back to africa . I forgot about that was, it was day in day out, directly. So ill just in time it was meant to be put in a home level of it, but my mother refused to send me away with and honestly she had got 6 white children, 6 and then a black one comes along to them. Yeah. So and people pointed, you know, to sign your finger on up on football, offered a chance to escape the humiliation because it didnt cost. It was good, extremely good. He played Center Forward in germanys top division, the bonus lead and scored the goal of the season in 1974 for kickers opened by later that year he played for west germanys National Team in the European Championship qualifier in the front of the hospital. But back home, sands of rival teams continued their races to chance unabated. The miracle, theres always been nasty remarks. Trust me. You need to be pretty tough in germany sometimes. Thats why and there was a section in which all we shouted on 10 gays, and one of the things a little under the media celebrated him, but always as an outside or one of them. The brown bumper say, could have written the bomber. And he also, im not that brown bomber. There always had to be something that last time youre asking something. In 1990 close to the was wrongly accused of robbing an arcade. A football fan claimed to have recognized him from his skin color. There was no actual evidence to support the case. Cost of them was acquitted after spending 6 months in custody. The globe. And as i think i was the 1st black child to start school and cut bus and compass had a population of probably 40000. 00 at the time. The just happens that i dont remember seeing a black person before. It was scanned into a new entrance mentioned using as i say, i didnt even know there was such a thing. So it got to the end of vailable was born in communist each germany in 1962, her father, a student from gun and left the g d r. She was raised by determined women, her mother and 2 grandmothers. She was a very good student and was selected to be a School Crossing guard. List is amateur footage of the proud family. John saw it was there was Something Different about me, but i learned that from others by the cost it was, it was good men to wherever i went in the east. Somehow i was always angela davis. There was a political struggle taken up by the ged or that was good for me. Would type in the late 19 seventys eastern germany recruited a growing number of workers from vietnam, angola, mozambique, and other fellow communist nations. More than 200000. 00 people total by the time of german reunification. But they were obliged to go back home after a few years. And the authorities did not envision their broader social integration. Gabrielle, available to world remains largely white one as well and commercialized for because i know they werent supposed to assimilate into not to go into the cloth. The Foreign Workers were housed separately from the rest of the population. So this, when they saw it wasnt like you were suddenly seeing a black person in the supermarket or the swimming pool. A lot. The stuff comes with whats in the for the unavailable and studied medicine and was already a qualified doctor when this footage was taken in the early 19 ninetys. She always wanted to be a guy and ecologist, but the local authorities stipulated that shes specialize in high genet. Care, despite the country shortage of gynecologists at the time. People protested doesnt move to this was of course i suspected it was because of my skin color. Prusio enjoy, but its gonna be me and gynecologist means close physical contact with people. And while as a hygiene specialist, id be sitting in an office and basically out of sight. I said i could see absolutely no reason to not be working in my chosen fields or tessa. She took the issue to the next level, threatening to send a complaint to the east german head of state and east konica ya fox. The products which the upshot was 2 or 3 weeks later i received a letter informing me that they were happy to comply with my request. Because the city really did need more gynecologists all on. So i became one. Yeah. The other michael grew up at the same time as gabrielle available, but in the other germany, in west berlin. After jobs in paris and london, she started working for an international and g. O. As a young woman in the 1980s she wanted to become an optician and asked a friend for help in finding an apprenticeship. Yeah, and then comes it said 6 nurse. She was very embarrassed when i asked again whether she could find someone to take meal and as an apprentice leo, maam, hold on this afternoon. She said no. Unfortunately, they told me, yeah, we know you, but people arent ready for black hands to be poking around in a white persons face and an advice and desist. Im fully on this one or 2 and it was a big shock. Sydney shock, disease and very awkward for her to about as well as will as they asked it was the 1st time i realized it wouldnt be easy to do the job. I wanted them to move also include an issue of hon. Mister been under. Michael wanted to stop feeling like a stranger in her own country and went looking for people who felt the same way. In 1985, she met a group of women connected to the american poet and career civil rights activist. Audrey lord, lord was a guest lecturer at the Free University in west berlin, who encouraged black women to discover their communities history and celebrate their heritage the as far as the im the lawyer, it was like kind of tiffany of relief. We were all there without. Shyness needs our experiences of desire as sadness, carson or and so i was, it was great. I am it enabled us to break house at that isolation or is it let soon to chrome or isnt that soon . So come on in the sense of community carried us as much. Ive talked to inside the guitar. Yeah, i love it comes to us and im, it was like weve been existing in a room with no air conch status. And i felt when we met audrey lord, the African American poet, and she was simply interested in our lives, it would have been suggested that we introduced ourselves to each other folks logged on to the world when david was flushed in this file. Its quite a big deal from miami, as we were still very young, and it seemed to uh, close the off campus. Good. And at the 1st meeting they would be 31st and they would be very excited. Because to everyone, it would be the 1st time being in a group of apps on the african and people who have the same experience the same. Yeah. Who could, without talking about it, would understand you the together with active as to my, i am contacting the organ toya and wrote a book called showing our colors. The project helped them to develop a positive self image. At the same time, audrey lloyd, urge them to self identify as pro germans or black germans, as is, um, it was inclusion because until then stopped. Wed always been objectified and society of the dental. And the secretary shocked how people talked about houses cuz they did before we were the subject to various political and academic debate and put me to show the business of to get the button. When you kind of think the showing our colors project was the 1st time we were leading the narrative using such a political voice to, oh, i know putting me to assist it was the start of the 2nd black movement in germany with the founding of the initiative of black people in germany and later its Sister Organization a day for, for black women in germany. The 1989 saw the phone with the berlin wall in the time when many hopes for a free year and a better life. Just over a year later, not long after german reunification, eastern town of eva, as well as the made headlines, a model of more than 50 neo nazis attack Young African contract workers outside a local restaurant. On the day on tonio, from angola was beaten into a coma, with one of the attackers stamping on his head on tonio died 2 weeks later at the age of 28 or for you was instrumental. But as i do the looking back very well, i just feel really heavy to mail causes bear with me as being a colleague and brother who lived with us died more sane. Just because he was black out and put it in there with like his friend. Im a do on tonio, youll never know the state in the country after the collapse of the communist regime. They both come to east germany from angola as contract workers in 1987 both had hoped to study on tonia wanted to be an aircraft engineer. Instead, he ended up working at a meat packing factory. The antone fell in love with a german woman and was looking forward to soon becoming a father and building a family. Of a day on tonia was the 1st murder victim of right wing violence and re unified germany. More attacks would follow in both the east and the west. Young. Im a new guy remembers the atmosphere back then by system it to me. Yeah. I 0 finish of what about me . Yeah, i so its kind of i so if i went out on the street, the same thing could happen to me. When didnt moment vocalist for me, it was involved with a really bad time for us to whom is that because this is in the kid was like war by one of the under more of them. You dont know when youre going to die. Find 2 steps or door when you lose a leg or an arm. So this is josie, meant to only were terrified, buxton and devolve, see i see a gross good. It was around this in certain time that content on em was born in the east german city of you know today he researches radicalization and is a social worker. The grew up with the feeling that something bad could happen to him at any time to cease for music. Do you like to be that man . No detours for them. She will not go into the playground or somewhere else after school. But going straight home. If you met with friends, then at their home, is it possible i do you know some of these 10 when you met outside and then only very close to home or in groups . I would also does. You knew that every time you left your home, it was potentially dangerous. Is this putting certain feelings to as a young boy, he had no idea of the neo nazi and nephew group forming in his neighborhood where future members be able to shape up and move. And one of those attended the youth club on the corner. Somehow adam sense that he was seldom truly safe for. Ready the routine violence of the 19 ninetys may have subsided, but not the racism. In 2016 cause a lot of them was racially harassed by a group of drunk people. While on his way to the supermarket. He called the police for assistance asking they be removed from the square but the ability to stop this good while you got when the officer refused to come and remove them. So i could be able to, i tried to explain again why i thought that was necessary, that they were racially abusive. There might racially abuse other people that day do some talk with the pleasant continents to swing across for by those models, least of them, the Police Officer said Something Like when i was after the same as youre just making a big deal about the color of your skin you helped us get food you liked and remote hold, hold on like young black people of his generation and the former west germany lacked the community and felt his was alone struggle in the former east. But he changed that in 2018. He found that a local branch of germanys oldest Civil Rights Group for black people with only 4 people in the beginning. Today hes a member of the executive. The i actually have had annual meetings for the last several decades. Calling about 1st attended one in 2019 the this will finish classes that i can succeed was on the real, just going there and seeing so many black people will they cover anything a completely different atmosphere. It was just incredible and unbelievably enriching polish on as defaults and mentioned the sublime people. I know now with this cliff who had already been to these National Meetings as children and say it was crucial for their own development. Um, you know, i will tell you so to have the space full retreat and empowerment to home to know you have these awful experiences all year long and they can see all of you. But then theres this one period in the year was give you some where you can reach her at your batteries on which cough tide, immerse yourself in another world. And you know, im looking at it and talk the human rights to a life free of racism. Thats a key political issue thats motivated, the community who can hire. Remember my childhood as being all of life. I never experienced the time in refugee housing is anything bad nor did. Im select that image. People like to create for me who was born there. It was completely normal house and i was at home. There were lots of kids, as it was only over time that i realized it wasnt a normal upbringing, police, no malice, fox is in 2019. I mean, not that to hey, it became the 1st arrow german Deputy Speaker of a regional parliament. 3 years later, she became the 1st black state minister. Im that im going to come from an early age, your minded up, the fact that you dont look like everyone around you, their soft decimals adults especially makes you feel that like theyre interesting to know where youre at from a distance to a stomach, stood with some boys one or 6 or 7 years old and think i live here and you dont ask yourself all these questions about identity or ancestry and i had come to, i mean, not to, to a was born in refugee housing after her parents fled molly in 1992, at the age of 12, she became a german citizen. As a student leader, she showed an early commitment to combining disagree, the nation. Today, as a politician, initialize the co sign state parliament. She tackles Structural Racism and Public Institutions and society. Thats me and tell us about your racist experiences. Im often asked and usually i have absolutely no desire to do so for 2 reasons. Firstly, because many believe that these experiences are individual. They start to, excuse that and tell me theyre coincidences, coincidences that have been piling up for 26 years, which top off throughout the whole try dated so awesome. Miss julie, youre always talking about racism, but you yourself have made it to Deputy Speaker tanka, and i think boston, what does that have to do with the fact that at this very moment you to put someone somewhere is probably having problems with integration authorities are being racially abused on the street, my heart would cause of the slightest bit of this class im look for to assist with attending that these issues are all fixed just because you have some individual figurehead is very problematic. So putting tomatoes today, one 5th of all germans have migration backgrounds. I mean, not that tool. They encourages minorities to become politically active. The escape of the heart of the issue is the question of whos allowed to be part of society. And what does it actually mean to be german . So in the words of, i feel german poet to my young i who instead of asking questions simply states is that i will still be african line even if you want me to be german. And i will be german, even if my blacklist does not suit you, is that i will go get another step further to the very edge where my sisters and brothers stand before our freedom begins, is that i will go yet another step further and another will return when i want, how i want borderless and brazen. Thank you. In the 3rd and 4th generations of an afro German Family have been on demarcos mother. Beryl was born and condensed in what is now poland, where the familys european chapter began. Even now at 82 years old, shes still sometimes confronted with questions about her roots. Yeah. Where are you from or do you speak german . What are you doing here any way about . What do you then say . Im john and its 10. 00 shift is why is that like the black engine and the descendants of mundane the deed showed that this was never a contradiction in terms of being under michaels daughter currently in london is now the 5th generation of the deep family. Its their history and its german history, the this habit as consumer does have the feeling that well be seeing more progress going forward. Then we did in the past. The city off of the for gone, just slow, but this, were not going to let this read kind of woman. Im not going to be in way here to be a 1000 or then theres no changing that about what kind of income the ground was. It is guessing an extra in the know the, in the, in states of how are ya know, most of it is hard to come by and its awesome to use the energy. Oh, good job is changing with a plan focusing on the regionals, the eco indeed 1st few minutes on d. W. Because millennials engine via the 77 percent, because i just got and 65 last last goes how i years 3, right . One to 115. Were here to help you make up your mind all the topics im much up to you from trouble to fixing new culture. My dads attainment that says, well, quote, come to the talk is changing. 6 years ago. We said it cant get anyone to, but it does guardians of truth. This time, excel gen, this turned into our meets the voices of the 3 turkey alter as the ad one had to flee into exile. I knew the police would search my house. Courageous people are trying to stem the turkish governments and sort of tammy and cools of some kids. But really its a crime is addressed in the past of trying to take suspense ability for his action. What about freedom of to pray and freedom of expression . God use of choice starts october 28th on d, w. The. This is dw news, and these are our top stories is really Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has found that his countrys response to massive almost terror attacks with full change, the middle east. As the desk toll from saturdays assault reach is 900 people, is real as massive troops outside of casa, which is controlled by the posting, is one. This is really forces continue to fight pockets of from us. Fighters goes out, officials report more than 680. 00 deaths from is rarely bombardments