Berlin – Bundestag Vice-President Katrin Göring-Eckardt has made vital criticism with a now-deleted put up on the X platform concerning the pores and skin colour of the gamers on the German nationwide soccer staff.
After the 2-0 victory of the DFB staff in opposition to Hungary, the Inexperienced politician wrote first with none explicit classification: “This staff is great. Think about for a second if there have been solely white German gamers.
Reference to a controversial survey
“I’m sorry for the best way I wrote it,” wrote Göring-Eckardt. “I used to be excited that 21 % of Germans thought it could be higher if there have been extra “whites” within the nationwide staff.” This assertion confirmed that the politician was referring to the controversial WDR survey that created pleasure shortly earlier than the competitors across the staff of the nationwide coach Julian Nagelsmann. This confirmed {that a} fifth of Germans would assume it could be higher if extra white gamers performed within the nationwide staff.
Göring-Eckardt wrote within the second put up that she was “pleased with this staff” and that she would really like the 21 % to be satisfied as properly. The unique put up drew speedy criticism from, amongst others, FDP deputy chief Wolfgang Kubicki: “It’s a matter of nice concern to me when folks in Germany are judged primarily based on the colour of their pores and skin. “The colleague ought to rapidly delete this textual content,” he wrote on X.
Political dialogue
The survey was performed for the documentary “Unity and Legislation and Range”. 66 % stated they thought it was good that there have been now many footballers within the German staff with a migrant background. Creator Philipp Awounou defined that they got here throughout racist remarks concerning the nationwide staff whereas researching the documentary – and wished to test that notion.
The survey was additionally mentioned within the highest circles of German politics. The talk was not solely concerning the outcome, but additionally about the best way the query was requested and the time. Nagelsmann criticized the survey himself with magical phrases: “I hope I by no means should learn such a survey once more.” He was stunned that questions like this had been requested – and that individuals answered them.
Extremism researcher: Motivation is irrelevant on this case
Göring-Eckardt’s contribution to the survey was just lately criticized by extremism researcher Ahmad Mansour, writing on
Many different X customers additionally accused the Inexperienced politician of racism. Based on the platform’s announcement, hundreds of individuals noticed the put up earlier than it was deleted. The German Soccer Affiliation didn’t touch upon Göring-Eckardt.