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The activities of the Germans in the global trade with enslaved people enriched the German financial and capital system, which flowed into the raw materials and metal industry, among other things, which helped to create our current prosperity.
Today we are talking about white fragility. This term was used by Robin DiAngelo in her book. In it, she describes "white fragility" as the defensive reactions of some white people when confronted with racism.
Although difficult, the first step to eliminating or combating racism in medicine is to understand that it goes beyond personal bias or prejudice on the part of healthcare providers.

Book recommendations in English

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.

Showing Our Colors:

May Ayim, Katharina Oguntoye
Afro-German Women Speak Out is an English translation of the German book Farbe bekennen edited by author May Ayim, Katharina Oguntoye, and Dagmar Schultz.

The Hate U Give

Angie Thomas
This is a highly topical and powerfully eloquent statement against racism!

Africa Is Not A Country

Dipo Faloyin
A bright portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful stereotypes to tell a more comprehensive story.

Book recommendations in German

Black. German. Female.

Kelly, Natasha A (Dr.)
The author questions Eurocentric concepts of knowledge, power and the body from a Black feminist perspective.

Germany Black White

Noah Sow
At school, we learn that all people are equal. At the same time, however, we learn "basic knowledge" that dates back to colonial times

Children of liberation

Marion Kraft
The causes and effects of racism in the past and present are explored and strategies for positive change are identified.

Black roots

Katharina Oguntoye
Katharina Onguntoye sheds light on the living situation of Africans and Afro-Germans in Germany from 1884 to 1950.

Being German and black

Theodor Michael Wonja
The life review of a Black German contemporary witness.

ExitRacism

Tupoka Ogette
Tupoka Ogette's handbook for understanding the origins, structures and effects of racism in Germany.

Recommended documentaries

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deSta in the press

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Deutschlandfunk

Historical city tour: Berlin's African Quarter

Julian Hilgers
ZDF today

African history in Berlin

Sarah Danquah
THE GUARDIAN

'Hidden in plain sight': the European city tours of slavery and colonialism

Ashifa Kassam
Berliner Zeitung

"Permanent colony" in the African Quarter

Maria Häußler
AL JAZEERA

How to pay for genocide

Shola Lawal
B.Z.

Berlin native Justice Mvemba wants to raise awareness as Miss Germany

Sabine Klier