I finally wrote an essay about the rise of the far-right in Germany, for DIE ZEIT. It’s called “The Hatred Is Accelerating” and you can read it in English here: www.zeit.de/kultur/2023-... and in German here: www.zeit.de/kultur/2023-... - if of interest, please share. - ThreadSky

okwonga.bsky.social • 477 days ago

I finally wrote an essay about the rise of the far-right in Germany, for DIE ZEIT. It’s called “The Hatred Is Accelerating” and you can read it in English here: https://www.zeit.de/kultur/2023-10/racism-germany-afd-migration-musa-okwonga-english and in German here: https://www.zeit.de/kultur/2023-10/rassismus-deutschland-afd-migration-musa-okwonga - if of interest, please share.

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berkeleyeve.bsky.social•164 days ago

both links to German right now

mattbh.com•477 days ago

Thank you Musa - this is really powerful. It's scary to read, but it's true and needs to be shared.

okwonga.bsky.social•473 days ago

Thank you so much Matt. Thank you.

msdess.bsky.social•475 days ago

Great read, thanks.

bakerjohnj.bsky.social•475 days ago

Hatred has a root cause and it's everywhere. #bethepeople

climatecultures.bsky.social•456 days ago

Thank you Musa, it is of interest. Hope you keep on living in Berlin, we can fight racism and fashism better with you!👍

okwonga.bsky.social•454 days ago

Thank you very much, that’s very kind of you! Still here 🙏🙏

dirkmoses.bsky.social•477 days ago

okwonga.bsky.social•477 days ago

Yes absolutely - what’s also striking is the speed of that rise in discrimination

jmolofsson.bsky.social•476 days ago

Yeah, the speed is in many ways the most terrifying aspect.

If it can happen so surprisingly fast in Germany, then the same can happen anywhere.

Your observation that the handling of Covid was, at the least, coinciding with this development was new to me. Thoughtprovoking! Thank you!

dirkmoses.bsky.social•477 days ago

I used that stat in a slide for a paper in all this last Friday. Next time I can reference your article. 🙏

okwonga.bsky.social•476 days ago

Oh wow - thank you so much Dirk.

lamue.bsky.social•474 days ago

Thank you so much, you made it to the essay! ♥️

gkalinkat.bsky.social•475 days ago

Danke Musa 🙏

brunold.bsky.social•261 days ago

Ich sehe das und warne in meinem Umfeld seit 2015 davor. Es gibt Leute, die auf mich gehört haben und mir glauben, und es gibt Leute, bei denen man gegen eine Wand redet.

tdawry.bsky.social•237 days ago

Thank you

ootsukioo.bsky.social•328 days ago

Danke Musa, als transidenter Mensch mit Migrationshintergrund fühle ich das von dir geschriebene sehr. Rassismus begleitet mich seit meiner Geburt in Deutschland immer wieder. Aber die letzten Jahre merke ich, wie ich mir immer mehr Gedanken mache, wo ich flüchten könnte, wenn es hier eskaliert…

okwonga.bsky.social•253 days ago

I am just so sorry. I hope you’re doing okay. X

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