Racist Names in Germany

A Civil War Reenactment in Alabama.

 

 A Washington-Post story point out that while the battle continues over changing some of the race-centric names and memorials in the U.S., including in Alabama, there is an ongoing debate is Germany over names that would clearly be considered a problem here. For example the subway stop called "Onkel Toms Hütte"...Uncle Tom's Cabin.

While Germany has made substantial efforts to reckon with its history of Nazism and antisemitism, activists said that is not so true of Germany’s colonial history and its continued engagement with narratives of the American South. Margaret Mitchell’s 1936 novel “Gone With the Wind” was recently retranslated into German and received rave reviews for maintaining the “dynamism and optimism of the original.”

“I would understand this weird fascination with the South as a safe way to engage with desires of White supremacy,”

The full Washington Post story is HERE.