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Have you heard these frequent statements from your white colleagues, friends, family members or acquaintances? Realize how violent such statements are, as they are counterproductive.
Book recommendations in English
The Wretched of the Earth
Frantz Fanon
Ein Klassiker über die psychologischen und sozialen Folgen des Kolonialismus
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
Walter Rodney
Eine kritische Analyse der wirtschaftlichen Ausbeutung Afrikas durch den Kolonialismus
Collective Amnesia
Koleka Putuma
Eine Sammlung politischer Gedichte über Dekolonisierung und Identität
The Kaiser's Holocaust:
Prof. David Olusoga
On 12 May 1883, the German flag was raised on the coast of South-West Africa, modern Namibia - the beginnings of Germany's African Empire.
Stamped From The Beginning:
Ibram X. Kendi
In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti-black racist ideas and their staggering power over the course of American history.
White Rage:
CAROL ANDERSON
From the end of the Civil War to our combustible present, an acclaimed historian reframes the conversation about race, chronicling the powerful forces opposed to black progress in America.
Book recommendations in German
Being German and Black at the same time: Memoirs of an Afro-German
Theodor Michael
Dieses Buch zeigt die oft vergessene Geschichte kolonialer Migranten in Deutschland und ihre Diskriminierung im Wandel der Zeit – von anfänglicher Akzeptanz bis zur systematischen Ausgrenzung. Eine wichtige Lektüre, um die Auswirkungen des Kolonialismus und Rassismus in Deutschland besser zu verstehen.
Black feminism
Natasha A. Kelly
Übersetzte Texte von Angela Davis, Audre Lorde, Kimberlé Crenshaw u.a., die intersektionalen Feminismus beleuchten
Your home is our nightmare
Fatma Aydemir und Hengameh Yaghoobifarah
Essays über Rassismus und Antisemitismus in Deutschland
Why We Matter: The end of oppression
Emilia Roig
Analysiert die Verbindungen zwischen Kolonialismus, Kapitalismus und anderen Unterdrückungsformen
What white people don't want to hear about racism
Alice Hasters
Ein persönlicher Einblick in Alltagsrassismus und strukturelle Diskriminierung
Black. German. Female.
Kelly, Natasha A (Dr.)
The author questions Eurocentric concepts of knowledge, power and the body from a Black feminist perspective.
Recommended documentaries
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Johan Grimonprez
A documentary that shows the struggles of the Congo, exposes the role of the USA and Belgium and at the same time shows the colonial structures that still exist today.
Colonial roots of the genocide in Rwanda
DW Documentary
In April 1994, the parents of two-year-old Samuel Ishimwe were murdered in Rwanda. Their fate was shared by up to a million people in the genocide against the country's Tutsi minority. Thirty years on, Samuel sets out to discover what set these terrible events in motion.
Harriet - The path to freedom
Kasi Lemmons
Based on the moving and inspiring life of one of America's greatest heroines, HARRIET tells the extraordinary story of Harriet Tubman, the famed freedom fighter who defied all odds to change the course of her life and the fate of the nation.
Stamped from the beginning
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
In his book, Dr. Ibrahim X. Kendi explains how "whiteness" was invented and why. This documentary visualizes his book and explains European history of the last 500 years.
The death and life of Marsha P. Johnson
David France
Pride Month and Christopher Street Day have become a global holiday. Find out how it all began with trans women of color, like Marsha P. Johnson.
African Queens: Njinga
Ethosheia Hylton, Adesuwa Oni
Find out more about the courageous and legendary female fighters against the European invasion of what is now Congo and Angola, such as Queen Nzinga.
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Ashifa Kassam
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Berlin native Justice Mvemba wants to raise awareness as Miss Germany
Sabine Klier