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The row centres around the exhibition 'This is Colonialism' and the museum's decision to restrict white people from entering a small section of the display

Police officers are gathered in front of the Zeche Zollern museum in Dortmund, the focus of what social networks are describing as a racism scandal.

The row centres around the exhibition 'This is Colonialism' and the museum's decision to restrict white people from entering a small section of the display. For several months now, Saturdays at the museum have been reserved for black people and people of colour to explore a colonialism exhibition

The museum claims the objective is not to be discriminatory, but to reserve a safe space for reflection for non-whites.

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[-] Fizz@lemmy.nz 9 points 2 years ago

How could they think anything good would come out of doing that. All they do is give ammo to the other side.

[-] earthling@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

It’s also just plain racist.

[-] Onii-Chan@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

When you're so anti-racist, you come full circle and enact segregation again.

[-] PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There's no good answer to the problem and the far-right uses that to always "win".

The museum creates a space for people of color to view the displays without having to worry about angry racists threatening them with violence. This makes racists angry and violent.

If you buckle and open up the space, who moves in? Why, the racists of course! The space is no longer safe and people are intimidated out of it. The racists don't want them seeing it, so now they don't get to see it.

If you don't buckle, what happens? You get 600 "the left are the real racists" comments on social media from people privileged enough to have never been pushed from any space.

Its the same formula whenever schools have LGBT spaces without homophobes or gyms and trains are "women only" to avoid being leered at and sexually assaulted.

If anyone reading is having trouble relating to these feelings, imagine watching pornography with the actors parents standing behind you -- whatever their feelings may be towards their daughters work, you'd definitely be more comfortable if they weren't there.

[-] agarorn@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago

We also have women only days in saunas. Is that a problem for you too?

[-] Nefyedardu@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You act like there hasn't been a push for gender-neutral spaces for years now.

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