Ich weiß, dass die Rennkarte sehr oft von politischen Gruppen in Deutschland eingesetzt wird. Aber zumindest in dem Ausmaß meiner Anhängerschaft der deutschen Presse war es sehr fair. In den USA ist die Rennkarte sowohl in der Poltik als auch in den Medien eine große Sache. Bitte kommentieren Sie Ihre Gedanken.
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Von TheRealAzhu
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Race is not covered in German registration, not like in the US.
Maybe, just maybe, this his something to do with some dark spots in German history, I’m guessing here.
How often is positive news what’s focused on period?
Soooo you want more racism in Germany.
First of all.. there are no „races“ among humans.
Isn’t the whole point of a free and open society to not look into where a person comes from?
Do you want the origin be a thing when media reports about criminals?
I actually thought she was German. Her name sounds it, and it reminded me of Jörg Haider, the far-right leader from Austria.
Well anytime someone drives their car into a crowd and kills people (which is about monthly now), the news reports it as Car Drives Into Crowd. So no mention of race or gender or even if a person was involved. Germans are so afraid of being racist that theh swing to tbe complete opposite
What does „Afghan Roots“ mean in this context?
Her name is Lina Heider which sounds pretty german to me.
And I can’t find anything on her „afghan roots“.
Besides the Bild? Close to never
I’ll put it like this: I saw a few headlines about a girl finishing her Abitur at 11 years old over the last few days. Not a single headline included anything about her ethnicity. The full articles probably did – I wouldn’t know, not my area of interest – but they do because they give the backstory about the wonderkid in general, which they are doing because of the achievement, not because of the ethnicity of the achiever.
Honestly, the whole question is weird to me. People who think about other people as a ‚race‘ tend to be assholes.
There no such thing as race, especially not Afghan race.
OP it seems you believe in some pseudoscience. Get a proper education.
Ah OP is Indian, explains their inferiority complex and obsession with race.
The „race card“ is stupid, incredibly so. And only really present in America. Everyone else (read: normal people) idenitify by their nationality or perhaps ethnicity at most. And honestly even going by ethnicity is a bit weird in most cases, when nationality seems a lot easier and better most the time. For my thoughts on the story itself- this is the first time I ever heard of it. What „German media“ are we even talking about?
Even ignoring that, while ofcourse a proud and cool moment, news like this seem pretty insignificant compared to everything else, what do you mean with „afghan roots“? Her name is German, and „afghan roots“ only means that some of her ancestors come from Afghanistan. They could be her parents, grandparents, great grandparents or even further back. Honestly this whole post is so weird.
There are no human races and people claiming otherwise are at best uneducated and otherwise Nazis. Made up human races are usually not mentioned in media.
This is a funny clip because you always see articles complaining how the police never reveal or the news doesn’t talk about the race of an individual involved in a crime here. Sure this is a positive article but my point is unless the article is about race, race is not discussed as an issue from my observation (not native German).
Lina Haider? Is her Mom from Afghanistan or is she adopted? I can’t find anything about her parents.
The nationality or origin of a person is rarely mentioned in the media… well, at least not in reputable media. The German Press Code is clear on this point:
>Basic principles of guideline 12.1
>- No blanket references: Membership of ethnic, religious, or other minorities should not generally be mentioned.
>- Exception in the public interest: Mention is permissible if there is a justified public interest.
>- Avoidance of discriminatory generalisation: Reporting must not lead to the misconduct of individuals being attributed to an entire group.
In this case, however, it is in the public interest because she is not only an outstanding student who has set a record, but also has a migrant background and can thus a) serve as a role model for other migrants (you can achieve anything if you want to) and b) for doubters/critics of migration policy, who almost always assume that only uneducated slackers want to come to the country.
So let me get this straight… if the media mentions the „racial background“, it’s racist. If not… it’s racist?
As far as I can tell, there is not a single reliable source that claims she is from Afghanistan. She grew up in the Siebengebirge close to Bonn, has a very German name, and went to a catholic girls‘ school. While I’m not saying that this rules out Afghan roots entirely, it at least seems unlikely, and a bit shady that only some unknown social media channels claim this.
Look, there is this 11 year old girl called Linda heider. She is the youngest person to ever get her abitur. And she did this, even though she has Afghan roots. Sounds pretty racist, doesn’t it?
I checked the German media now – there’s not a single word anywhere about a non-German background.