Until this moment, no one was particularly offended by the use of the word “race”, but in August of this year the European Green Party called this formulation “linguistic racism”, which in modern reality is completely inappropriate. These changes have already been supported by the acting head of the Federal Agency for Combating Discrimination Bernhard Franke and the Federal Government Commissioner for Jewish Life and Countering Anti-Semitism Felix Klein .
Back in June, a similar question was raised in Hollywood. Then, in the wake of the mass unrest associated with the murder of police officer George Floyd, American black actor Kendrick Sampson, along with several activists, turned to leading figures in the industry, demanding to support the African American community and stop “building a cult of the white race.” But this idea also has its opponents.
“Wordplay will not help advance in the real fight against xenophobia,” Torsten Fry, deputy head of the Christian Democratic Union faction in the Bundestag, comments with a fair amount of irony.
The head of the German state, Angela Merkel, has not yet given a concrete decision, but also has not raised objections during a public discussion regarding this issue.
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