Saliha Özcan became known with her YouTube channel "Sallys Welt", where she presents recipes for baking. However, her new Instagram post isn't about cake, it's about a much more serious topic.
- Saliha Özcan earned a fortune from her “Sallys Welt” YouTube channel .
- The Youtuber also posts videos and stories about cooking and baking on her Instagram account .
- In her new Instagram post, however , the former teacher does not reveal any recipes, but rather speaks about racism.
Karlsruhe - Saliha Özcan became a YouTube star and a successful entrepreneur with her “Sallys Welt” channel . The former teacher from Waghäusel near Karlsruhe has made a fortune with recipes for cooking and baking . Today Sally is one of the most successful youtubers in Germany. Saliha Özcan's YouTube channel “Sallys Welt” (BW24 * reported) has more than 1.7 million subscribers.
Exceptionally, Saliha Özcan's * current post on her Instagram channel "Sallys Welt" is not about cake or a casserole: the Youtuber from Waghäusel near Karlsruhe speaks out against racism . The occasion was the internet campaign "blackouttuesday", in which Sally and many other stars and influencers took part in order to send a common international signal against racism.
Saliha Özcan: YouTube star posts a statement of solidarity on her “Sallys Welt” channel
The background to the Instagram protest by Saliha Özcan and other influencers is the racist act of a white U.S. policeman who knelt on the throat of African American George Floyd for more than eight minutes . Until it choked. The official's act caused an international outcry, and massive riots have been raging in the United States since then. Last weekend hundreds of people surrounded police officers in Stuttgart who want to take an 18-year-old with dark skin tone * into custody. The racism debate cannot ignore Saliha Özcan, who had previously drawn attention to xenophobia in "Sally's World" .
Saliha Özcan has made a fortune from her YouTube channel “Sallys Welt”
© Saliha Özcan / Instagram / screenshot
Under the hashtag "blackouttuesday", Saliha Özcan posted a completely black picture on her Instagram channel "Sallys Welt" . The action was a manifestation of solidarity with black victims of police violence and the aim was to silence their own sensitivities for a day and instead to make victims of racist violence heard by flooding social media such as Instagram with black images. "There shouldn't be anything like that these days," the Youtuber writes about the Instagram photo on "Sally's World". "I don't understand it and I will never understand why people are angry with each other."
Youtuber Saliha Özcan (“Sally's World”) experiences xenophobia as a German-Turkish woman
Saliha Özcan repeatedly uses her success and her reach through her YouTube channel "Sallys Welt" * for social engagement. Already in September 2014, long before the high point of the refugee crisis in 2015, the German-Turkish entrepreneur published a video on her channel "Sallys Welt" with the title "I am an asylum seeker, I am a person". In it, the Youtuber drew attention to the lack of acceptance by refugees. As a German-Turkish woman, Sally is repeatedly exposed to hostility * on the Internet.
Check out this post on Instagram
#blackouttuesday - there shouldn't be anything like this anymore. I don't understand it and I will never understand why people are angry with each other. I love all people, I am open to the world and I just want to be good to everyone, to spread love. I'm not looking for differences, but for common ground. Food connects, the love of nature connects, good mood connects, music connects. Let us all stick together and fight against racism. No matter what someone looks like, what language he speaks, what social class he / she comes from or what faith he belongs to. Human is human ❤️
A post shared by Sally (official site) (@sallyswelt) on Jun 2, 2020 at 9:46 am PDT
"I love everyone, I am cosmopolitan and I just want to be good to everyone, to spread love," Saiha Özcan writes on her Instagram channel "Sallys Welt" about the black photo and the hashtag "blackouttuesday". The Youtuber writes that she is not looking for differences, but for common ground. Connect food, connect love for nature, connect good mood, connect music. "Let's all stick together and fight against racism," said the former teacher . "No matter what someone looks like, what language he speaks, what social class he / she comes from or what belief he belongs to. Human is human. "
Saliha Özcan regularly uses “Sally's World” to draw attention to social problems
Saliha Özcan’s participation in the declaration of solidarity on her Instagram channel “Sally’s World” should not have surprised fans , because the Youtuber regularly addresses social problems. For example, Sally recently pointed out a corona problem * that is being kept secret. In oneInstagram poston her “Sallys Welt” channel, the former teacher reminds that farmers are also experiencing a crisis due to the spread of the corona virus in Baden-Württemberg. Saliha Ozcanwrites that the exceptional situation is particularly difficult for the farmers.
Saliha Özcan doesn't make her fortune solely with videos and stories on her channels "Sallys Welt" and "Sallys Technikwelt" . The former teacher has now published five books in which Sally shares her best recipes *. Above all , the Youtuberin made rich the income from her online shop , where she also offers her own product line. The YouTube star has also recently opened its first own stationary shop. Saliha Özcan's flagship store with 400 square meters * of sales space offers baking and cooking utensils , Sally's books, dishes, kitchen utensils and their own products.
* BW24 is part of the Ippen-Digital editors network