German museum in racism row over exhibition partial ban on white people
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
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00:00 Police officers are gathered in front of the Zeckers-Soller Museum in Dortmund, the focus
00:06 of what social media networks are describing as a racism scandal.
00:10 The blame lies with the exhibition "This is Colonialism" and the museum's decision to
00:15 ban whites from entering a small section and then only for a few hours.
00:19 The museum claims the objective is not discrimination.
00:22 "Since there is a group of people affected here, it is simply the request that the affected
00:27 people can be for themselves and speak for themselves.
00:31 That is the approach.
00:32 That means discussing a topic for themselves and then simply being free of other theses."
00:43 The exhibition, which explores Westphalia's colonial past, has been open to the public
00:47 for months.
00:48 However, the scandal broke out a few days ago after a video was released in which a
00:53 white journalist from a radio station was not allowed to enter.
00:58 (whooshing)