22

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago

Heaven forbid that us white people feel the tiniest modicum of discomfort. I sincerely hope it'll help foster a sense of empathy for those that continue to suffer real substantive harm.

Also, I find it pretty unlikely that the people who would cry about this tiny concession are the same people who would be interested in going to this exhibit anyways.

[-] Apollo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

Racism is either wrong or it isn't.

[-] darq@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

That's massively over-simplified.

Discrimination is bad. But not all discrimination is the same. Ubiquity and power dynamics play a huge role in what makes racism so damaging.

And, unfortunately, sometimes correcting for past discrimination can itself involve discrimination.

[-] earthling@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Fuck racism and anyone who defends it.

How some of you make it more complicated than that I will never understand.

this post was submitted on 05 Sep 2023
22 points (100.0% liked)

World News

34 readers
1 users here now

News from around the world!

founded 2 years ago