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German museum in racism row over partial ban of white people (www.euronews.com)
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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.

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[–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Do you also consider affirmative action racism? Is women's sports blocking male competitors misandry?

There's a world where this could be racist, but it's not the one we live in yet.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Do you also consider affirmative action racism?

    No

    Is women’s sports blocking male competitors misandry?

    Misandry is a strong word for it, but I would say it's not ideal. Of course, there's also the broader issue of the most physical sports being, by their nature, a discriminatory (in the most literal, not moral, sense of the word) endeavor, from weight to height to genetics, and since I'm not a big sports person to begin with, I try not to have strong opinions on the subject.

    I do have strong opinions on non-physical sports with separate women's divisions, and especially those which bar women from participating in non-women's divisions.

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