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.

  • PoliticalAgitator
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    9 months ago

    Well isn’t your gate-keeping fascinatingly targeted?

    If someone offers potential justification you don’t agree with, clearly they’ve never been to a German museum.

    The people repeating your own opinions? They’re probably in a German museum right now, so no need to check their credentials.

    But also, the people who run those German museums also aren’t as qualified as you are to say what the problems they may or may not face, nor what the solutions should be.

    You must have a truly remarkable story to share about how you came to know more about German museums than anyone else in the world, except for other people on social media.

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      9 months ago

      Please feel invited to find and post any articles about racist incidents that actually happened inside of german museums …