In her short article “Pippi Longstocking – Emancipation only for white children?” Maureen Maisha Eggers examines the three volumes of “Pippi Longstocking” by Astrid Lindgren for contained messages of hierarchy to children. Pippi Longstocking, who is still iconized today as an emancipative model for girls, is a contradictory figure. Although she is universally negotiated as an orientation figure, the construction of the strong, superior and independent girl only becomes effective on the basis of contrasts and negative foils: Black children are constructed as mute, action-dependent figures, Black people and societies as a mass. In the course of the essay, Maureen…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9XYCHWVmGM Der Rapper PTK bringt in diesem Lied und Video seinen Unmut über die anhaltende Verdrängung aus Berlin-Kreuzberg zum Ausdruck und thematisiert dabei auch die rassistische und klassistische Heuchelei beim Sprechen über so genannte Parallelgesellschaften. In einem Interview erklärt PTK, warum er das Lied (Lyrics siehe unten) gemacht hat. Lyrics: Ihr redet lieber über mein Vokabular anstatt über das Problem, mach ich den Scheiß hier halt nochmal weil sich nur was ändern wird, wenns keine Nachfrage mehr gibt ich will das Kreuzberg meiner Eltern aus den 80ern zurück in den Straßen, wo ihr heute Abend tanzen wollt auf Partydrogen wurden…
The Zinn Education Project serves to implement diverse school-based teaching on the history of diverse people and groups of people in schools. With reference to the diverse and varied histories that further constitute the present of people in the United States (a good overview can be found in the book A People’s History of the United States: 1492 – Present), the website provides free access to topic-related knowledge resources. The goal is to counter a one-sided historiography, as it is done by common teaching material, with a more differentiated view of U.S. history and the present. On the website, teaching…
The girls’ blog is an open feminist community project and sees its content as a response to and alternative to the “‘normal[s] youth or girls’ magazines.” Among other things, Mädchenblog writes, the website is about the body, relationships, sexuality and friendship, psychology, pop and subculture, politics, school and education. In addition, ubiquitous sexism on and off the net will be made visible, discussed and criticized. The girls’ blog seeks to implement insights from queer feminist theory and practice, using language that is understandable to as many people as possible.
Being Black is the blog for the book “Instructions for Being Black” by Anne Chebu. The blog features texts from an Afro-German perspective, videos, and materials related to the book. Like the book, the blog is primarily aimed at Afro-Germans who want to consciously confront experiences of racism and their identity as Black people. The website and book are also aimed at all people with or without a migration history who are interested in Black German perspectives. Attention: As in the book “Anleitung zum Schwarzsein”, being Black is also equated with “dark skin color” in the blog, which does not…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0tetwQbm98 Im Video-Talk “Rassismus im Alltag” spricht Tupoka Ogette, Expertin für Vielfalt und Antidiskriminierung, mit dem Vater eines Schwarzen Kindes. Sie gibt dabei wertvolle Anregungen zum Umgang mit dem Thema Alltagsrassimsus und Empowerment und Hinweise auf der Suche nach einem rassismuskritischen Weg.
In their anthology “Black Berlin,” Oumar Diallo and Joachim Zeller focus on the people of African descent who have lived in Berlin for many generations and helped shape the metropolis on the Spree River. The various phases of African migration to Berlin over the last three centuries are illuminated. Diallo traces the lives of Africans, Black Germans, People of Color and African-Americans and tells of their struggle for emancipation and social equality. In addition to issues of “integration policy,” racism on the part of the white majority society is also brought up. The anthology concludes by presenting important contemporary initiatives…
6-year-old Nuri fled to Germany with her parents to escape the war in Iraq. Nuri is an outsider at school, the other children throw her lunch in the trash. In numerous letters to her aunt Marwa, the girl tells of her worries and fears and confides her secrets to her. One day Nuri receives a story rug from her father – just like Aunt Marwa used to have. With its help, she can now enchant the children in her school with her stories. With “Nuri and the Story Carpet” Andrea Karimé tells the story of a bright girl who fled…
A Tribe Called Geek is a website and blog about Native American “pop culture”: comics, video games, movies, art, fashion, and more – all from a Native Perspective. There is also a weekly radio show!
“Afrokids” by Olaolu Fajembola is the first “baby and children’s guide” aimed at caregivers of Black children in Germany. In the book, the author addresses specific everyday situations and challenges that are rarely addressed in other guidebooks: for example, choosing a name, multilingualism, and dealing with racism. Olaolu Fajembola’s book is dedicated to young people, a group that has so far been ignored by the advice literature. “These kids who have Black and/or White parents need informed parents. Parents who can explain in child-friendly terms what racism is and how it works. Parents who can answer the question, ‘Mom, will…
“Peacebe and the Heartwatch” is a series of books by Leneen Faith, illustrated by David Campbell. Peacebe is a Black 6-year-old boy who owns a magic watch called Heartwatch. With the help of Heartwatch Peacebe can transform, fly and much more. Peacebe’s stories are empowering reading for (Black) children, with, for example, responsibility, belonging, and compassion as thematic foci of each volume. All volumes of “The adventures of Peacebe and the Heartwatch” can be ordered here.
The Northwest Indian Applied Research Institute has developed a “Culturally Responsive Curriculum for Secondary Schools,” and in it, among other things, it sought to compare Native American and non-Native American values and behaviors.