Find out about bailey story. Info, migraines. The v, as in dodge started as we sees being german as something defined by skin colors of iceland, thats being german means being white. And those who arent white are essentially new comments and dont have the same right to be part of society as white people. And these guys have mention warren in germany, im a german native speaker. 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, to ask me where i come from. Dish, and i say from cardboard or, 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 . It kept these o, c, u. In britain they say we are here because you were there, i think is where are you here because youre there. Yeah, i think thats a very important part of the answer on society here. Must take responsibility for what happened in its history with name was the desk, was it the 6 . The 5th and the 5th can now speak. Amend. This is exactly the right moment to look at the black german history on the easy and how its always been a part of john long history and time and then the quotes and pods reaching out, trying to check the sheets the if the the be not on demarcos family isnt its 5th generation in germany, the these lovely odd sometimes the best sites with you see here a typical on gym and household. I start with the wood paneling and fabric wallpaper stuff to appear to the current good fit to snapshot of gym. And my son that im in 1896, her great grandfather, mundane got the, became the 1st african to acquire german citizenship and humbug funding. Amazing. Kaiser that was fried on not though cause 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 see on its back as it would pick. So it says on as the dc live, which means having experience or having survived a loss is to and the survival part is especially important. Oh, as is the fact that even back then they fault for the humanities to be recognized. As on the, theres of the state of tom at 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 colonist sees the 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 europeans the the clooney outside of sophistic for the understanding colonial period is important for the emergence of a black community. Asked them, i guess it was the 1st time that hundreds, if not thousands of black people were able to come to germany. And of course on come con when hes in us, feel refreshing the game for many different reasons. So some im several 100 people, for instance, were brought over for the human zoos, the turret germany or across europe in storage, some months small, cannot find 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, the openings 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 or communities photos colton. Dr. Straight hoffman is on, on um, it was a stage new mexico and then had nothing to do with who they actually was in foster dog instead. Boss, i just got it to you. And vicki hopkins, the, the 1st state organized colonial exhibition in germany, took place in 1896 in berlin, 106 men, women and children were brought in from german colonies. The photographs show how people were racially degraded and forced to be exhibited. The builds, does the dodge of toenail colonial authorities wants to portray africans as less civilized, as primitive stimulus he up . Those came up t. Whats inside an order, they wanted to use this image to legitimize germanys colonial project as well. Yeah, theyre civilizing mission. A kazi does a civilizing mission dodson thing, the germans, bringing culture and civilization to africans wouldnt often, con, 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. And 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 the could travel to humble work from the wall a camera room. He came from a wealthy family and could all ready speak german. He then completed an apprenticeship as a shoemaker, the android to essentially he was expected to demonstrate his shoemaking skills in the big shop windows portraits feelings on our side. And that made him feel like he too was on display name is which made him feel very uncomfortable to 12 of them. So in the end, tea changed his profession and became a merchant assembly under vics. For while traveling on business, dk met a woman called in 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 and always highly respected uh pro German Family. They ran a store selling tobacco and other Colonial Goods the lives of black people in germany were of little interest to most historians until the catalina, a good toys work appeared. She was the 1st to research the stories of afro germans, including that of monday and got 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 of the clinton. Yall had some items house, but most of the people who applied later wherever reject it in would have this done for 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 in 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 mounting the bobo and other people of african descent, listed their demands and a historic petition. The f boss on tire. Dave was part of the anti colonial resistance, which had always been the how does what is it got there . Was never a time when black people didnt find a box or stand up for the right was these few years i stood. Im 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 debo 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 wanted Young Africans to have the opportunity to attend university or college auction. 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 our tents, voted on like a team von warranty. But i also want to determine and to representative of the parliament type of marketing to both to be precise, to marketable design. The, the petition failed, but it marked in the dawn of the 1st black movement in germany monday. And the date was one of the men who signed his name to day. Those events are remembered on a commemorative pillar in downtown berlin testament, thats my great printed agenda. I think its fantastic historical got his toilet this must just keep. Now its such a good feeling to know that my great grandfather 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 m a. The bus, they always call it the grass skirt area, and shrub black man, how to walk around wearing a grass skirt. Not a suit mixed with them on board number line 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 sues. 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 an 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 nice market. The movies, the, the most expensive film of the nazi era moons, housing required many black extras to play servants and a turkish power. The, the role conforms to degrading stereotypes that further the nazis racist. The ology the young and say, i do ivonya me style play the sultan standing boy. Only later did he realize hed been exploited in dms, in a speech exploited in the sense that i never played a positive role. Bush of pussy t for the was only ever decoration, uncomfortable because they needed exotic people impulse dx or they needed those. So 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 and nicely kara was one of many films to the great black people and use overtly racist dialogue. 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 grand father of abena, under Michael Landa from you in my family, and a large number of freaking people here, only survived the nazi era with this because they would need it for these gym. And 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 that these business went bankrupt. Interracial couples faced persecution around 400 children, fathered by black french occupying troops were forcibly sterilized. Many black people were forced to go into hiding. At least the 2000 were killed in concentration camps. The fro, German Community was being eradicated by the nazis. One doesnt view this book place does this kind of the language to ensure that there wouldnt be another generation of black people in germany, even sore. And more importantly, mia that there would be no black europeans or p a gaming source. 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 1945 about 5000. The children were born to black americans, soldiers and german women in west germany. Into the 1950s, the children were still the subject of anthropological research. Lets let me try the outcome speech. So 1st thing in the future is very important to understand that this idea of so called races being unable to mix stem from earlier and colonial times. And this was google involved on think it was 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 vida i might im opening doorstep right, right. On 96 miss 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 countries come back, the conditions are unsuitable for them. And quote, hundreds of children were given up for adoption, mostly to families in the united states. This west sherman television report from 1957 featured a single mother the lessons before leslie from the convention. He acute the sound that we can see if its the end of the gallons and this is an illusion piece by piece. Yeah. On that obviously mostly things youve done to help get it to them. I think the last one is it looks like you know what i was looking at the and being cost. It was one 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 in georgia if you to be my mother is german. I field german, honestly to me for us, for me playing for the German National team was the greatest. Im a doctor and being close to the was born in munster and 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 fail, absolute Health Discussion says fall moments and even women. And when i go into a strong room and it may be misbehave a little when theyd say come on black kid, how do i go back to africa . Definitely going to was that was how it was day in day out sojourn time. It was meant to be put in a home of it, but my mother refused to send me away. And honestly, she had got 6 white children, 6 and then a black one comes along to them. Yeah. So and people pointed to a lot of time getting 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 book this weekend and scored the goal of the season in 1974 for kickers opened by later that year he played for west germanys National Team in a European Championship qualifier in the hospital. But back home fans 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, as they could have written the bomber. And he also, im not that brown bomber. There always had to be something that last time you all can tell me the 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 to them was acquitted after spending 6 months in custody. The, i think i was the 1st black child to start school and cut bus and couplets had a population of probably 40000. 00 at the time. The terms that, you know, i dont remember seeing a black person before it was scanned into and trots mentioned disease. As i said, i didnt even know there was such a thing. So it must be done to the end of the boat was born in communist eastern germany in 1962, her father, a student from gone left the g d r. She was raised by determined women, her mother, and 2 grand mother. She was a very good student and was selected to be a School Crossing guard. This is amateur footage of the proud family. John saw it was, there was Something Different about me from but i learned that from others because it wasnt anything i felt myself. What i saw was they all play like me. I do math and gymnastics the same way they do yet. Something was different about me and us. It was not something that was discussed at home. You, it just wasnt important. And you could see it. Yeah. Gives me a 1000000 in the hotel. Oh, isnt well not in the mail. Finishing lots of what was that . I was alabama. Angela davis angela davis became the face of black power in east germany. The american scholar of civil rights activist and communist was wrongfully imprisoned in the us until her acquittal in 1972. All right. Engine, this is angela davis had a huge impact on my life. I finish it when i look at the photos now. The for a look was all the rage back time, and of course i had an afro and i wore glasses on most men to wherever i went in the east. Somehow i was always angela davis. There was a political struggle taken up by the gd or that was good for me to give me a time in the late 19 seventys eastern germany recruited a growing number of workers from vietnam, angola, mozambique, and other fellow commune to 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 in the world remained largely white one. As far as how much she missed for because they werent supposed to assimilate into not to go into the cloth, the Foreign Workers warehoused separately from the rest of the population. So this one there. So it wasnt like you were suddenly seeing a black person in the supermarket or the swimming pool, a lot odd to this comes with what to meet for. Coffee and available, 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 in ecologist, but the local authorities stipulated that shes specialize in hi, janet care. Despite the country shortage of gynecologists at the time visible protest, it does move to this was of the selected. It was because of my skin color plus the young lawyer, but its going to be in your 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. Yon fi t 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 to 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 n 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 in kansas city at 6 news, she was very embarrassed when i asked again whether she could find someone to take me on as an apprentice little name. 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 on fully on this one or 2. And it was a big chunk sydney shock for disease and very awkward for her to about as well. So they asked me, it was the 1st time i realized it wouldnt be easy to do the job. I wanted them 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 its harvey, 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, 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 that sense of community carrie just as much. Ive talked to inside the guitar. Yeah, i love that 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 debit was flushed in this violet, quite a big deal from miami as we were still very young. And it seemed to close the off gaba 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 fast on the after gym and people who have the same experience the same yeah. Could, without talking about it would understand you make the together with activist my, i am contacting an organ. Toyota wrote a book called showing our colors. The project helped them to develop a positive self image. At the same time. Audrey lord, urge them to self identify as pro germans or black germans says it wasnt important because until then stopped, wed always been objectified and society of the dental. And these are cafe. Shocked how people talked about task is completed before we were the subject of various political and academic debate and put me to shaw the business off because the boston, let me borrow think this, showing our causes project was the 1st time we were leading the narrative using such a political voice to an appointment 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 or end, better life. On the, just over a year later, not long after german reunification, eastern town of eva, his father made headlines. A model of more than 50 neo nazis attacked Young African contract workers outside the local restaurant. On the day on tonio, from angola was beaten into a coma, with one of the attackers standing on his head on tonio died 2 weeks later at the age of 28. For you only send 2 men to do the looking back very well. I just feel really heavy on mail causes bear with me is seeing a colleague and brother who lived with us die mont, saint joseph, because he was black, our book, and then there would to like his friend. Im a day on tonio. Yona mendoza state in the country after the collapse of the communist regime. They both come to each germany from uncle 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 on tony will fell in love with a german woman and was looking forward to soon becoming a father and building a family. On the 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 price. If i went out on the street, the same thing could happen to me. When does it move meant above vocalist for me it was, it was a really bad time for us to whom is august is and the kid was like for the ones that are doing more as if in them you dont know when youre going to die. Find 2 steps or door when you lose a leg or an arm. But thats all. This is josie, meant to only retire with 5 bucks. 10 and deval c. I see a gross good. The it was around this in certain time that konover on him was born in the east german city of you know, today he researches radicalization and as a social worker the he 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 nsu group forming in his neighborhood where future members be out to shape up and move and one, los attended the youth club on the corner. Somehow adam sense that he was seldom truly st. Ready the routine violence of the 19 ninetys may have subsided, but not the racism. In 2016 corner lot, adam 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 with 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, was why i thought that was necessary losses differently, but they were racially abusive. There might racially abuse other people that day do some talk with the pleasant calling on this to swing plots for violence models, least then the Police Officer said something like, what does the same as youre just making a big deal about the color of your skin . We have to see if we can do multiple 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 v i s d have had annual meetings for the last several decades. Calling about m 1st attended one in 2019 the original finish class is what i can succeed, was suddenly real just going there and seeing so many black people when they got married, seeing a completely different atmosphere, it was just incredible and unbelievably enriching. Partial the defaults and mentioned the some black people. I know now one is clifton who had already been to these National Meetings as children say, it was crucial for their own development. Um, you know, i will tell you so to have the space for retreat and empowerment to home to know you have these awful experiences all year long. Let me just gotten, see all of you. But then theres this one period in the year was kept decent. Where you can reach charge your batteries on the, which is tied, immerse yourself in another world and you know, im looking at it until the human rights to a life free of racism. Thats a key political issue thats motivated the community, who after compile, remember my childhood as being all of lives. I never experienced the time in refugee housing has anything bad, like that image, people like to create like i just like for me who was born there. It was completely normal house when i was at home, there were lots of kids. At the moment, it was only over time that i realized it wasnt a normal upbringing punish. No malice. Outbox 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 on that, im going to come from an early age reminded of the fact that you dont look like everyone around you. Theyre soft on decimals. Adults especially makes you feel that im not there. Its thing to know where youre 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. They had come to mean not to to a was born and 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 discrimination. Today as a politician, initialize the coast time state parliament. She tackles Structural Racism and Public Institutions and society. Tell us about your a 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 their coincidences, coincidences that have been piling up for 26 years. Which top is will call throughout the whole try to do it. Its so awesome. Miss chelsea, youre always talking about racism, but you yourself have made it to Deputy Speaker dover thinker and i think boston, what does that have to do with the fact that at this very moment to put someone somewhere is probably having problems with integration authorities are being racially abused on the street, my heart would the cost of the slightest bit of this class im is its a tool that is pretending 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 background. I mean, not until they encourages minorities to become politically active. Escape and can, thats where it is at 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 i who instead of asking questions simply states it 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. And will return when i want, how i want borderless and brazen. Thank you. The, the 3rd and 4th generations of an afro German Family athena on demarcos mother. Beryl was born in condensed and what is now poland, where the familys european chapter began. Even now at 82 years old, shes still sometimes confronted with questions about her routes. The. Where are you from or do you speak german . What are you doing here any way . Well, what do you then say . A funny german . Its 10. 00 shift is what i like the black engine and the descendants of london. The deed shows 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 is habit of who does have the feeling that well be seeing more progress going forward. Then we did in the past, besetti off of the 4 click on the slow, but this way not going to let this range kind of woman thats in the better way here to be a 1000 on. And theres no changing that. That was kind of income. The just been kind of follow the woman, but im not a man either. Not a 3rd option or anything else. I just dont have a gender. Robin has fair to become. Emily and friends react to the change and the parts are not a man, not a woman. Age and 13 the the stay up to date. Dont miss our highlights. T w program online. D, w dot com highlights criminal. Pretty clinic reading news. Told me about sugars paralyze between your societies. Computers that are similar to governments that go crazy for your data. Explain how to use technologys work. Thats how they can also watch it. Now. The business data of the news life from berlin, temperatures are rising around the world feeds warnings are issued across the united states. Spots, taurus, stuff, log into the dead body open to see a new record, High Temperature climate activist sounding the same does nothing to celebrate those last