where were all of you when we had people murdered in Hanau?”

Racism Is Surging in Germany. Tens of Thousands Are Taking to the Streets to Call for Justice https://t.co/roJ4JSDZu4

— TIMEWorld (@TIMEWorld) June 10, 2020

ドイツでアメリカの人種差別に反対するデモが行われたが、なぜミネアポリスでの殺害は問題になるのに、ドイツ国内でのヘイトクライムや人種に基づく事件に対する抗議ではないのか、と疑問を呈するFTの記事。確かに欧州での抗議デモにはいろんな違和感がある。
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— Kazuto Suzuki (@KS_1013) June 12, 2020

“I am really happy the mainstream is getting involved,” he said. “But I couldn’t help but wonder: where were all of you when we had people murdered in Hanau?”


Germany’s tradition of anti-American activism — from protests against the Vietnam war in the 1960s to anti-nuclear marches two decades later — also helps explain the reaction.

“It’s easy to hate Trump, he’s like a caricature. But I worry people would rather protest [against] things happening in America, rather than holding themselves to account,” said Anna, a university student who joined 25,000 protesters in Munich, and declined to give her last name. “Addressing racism in Germany is a much harder, more uncomfortable issue to tackle — but this is exactly what we need to do.