Dieter Nuhr brings the German bestselling author in connection with the USA and the hype surrounding Donald Trump - he falls into a racism trap.
Berlin - In his
ARD
* show
"
Nuhr im Ersten
", the
cabaret artist Dieter Nuhr
leaned far out of the window again.
He made a mistake that is now being ridiculed online.
But even without this mistake, it is clear to some of Nuhr's prominent critics: Nuhr is "not at a loss for any excuse for racism."
In his show, Nuhr had a book by
Alice Haster shown
.
The title of the book: "What whites don't want to hear about racism."
Nuhr
says
that the title alone was too racist for him.
Because the author would automatically assume a certain attitude to people of one skin color.
And then he goes one better: Your actions are evidence of a “pseudo-intellectuality” of an “arrogant left”.
And then he also says: This species is partly responsible for people like
Donald Trump
* being able to be
successful.
Dieter Nuhr on German author: Your book was a "big hit" in the USA and contributed to the election of Trump
Part of his allegation is a statement that
Nuhr
and his team have probably not checked: He says the book was a "big hit" in the US for weeks.
There is currently a discussion about the fact that whites are automatically racists.
He apparently wanted to see this as evidence that whites would then have no choice but
to vote
for
Donald Trump
.
Alone:
Alice Hasters
is a German author.
And her book was never published in the
United States
.
The stair joke: By automatically classifying her as an American - probably because of her appearance and her name - Nuhr fell into the racism trap himself.
Did you already know that my book was a "big hit" in the USA?
- Alice Hasters (@alicehasters) November 12, 2020
But what about his accusation that whites are being attacked across the board with the title?
ZDF
* moderator Dunja Hayali
replies
: “No, Mr.
#Nuhr
.
"The woman", who has a name, does not claim that flatly. "And she plays back the accusation:" But those who (...) are not at a loss for excuses for their own racism like to say that. "
No Mr. #Nuhr.
"The woman" who has a name (@alicehasters)
does not claim that so flatly.
But that is what
those who
claim
that their own form of “pseudo-intellectuality” can hardly be surpassed in terms of “arrogance” and are not at a loss for an excuse for their own racism https://t.co/QpRjSzhQYu
- Dunja Hayali ❤️🇩🇪🇪🇺🧠 (@dunjahayali) November 13, 2020
According to the blurb, the author is concerned with seemingly simple questions that white people would ask her.
Questions like: "May I touch your hair?", "Can you get sunburn?", "Where are you from?"
In the book, she conveys her own perspective and tells what constant exclusion feels like.
Because exclusion works in a very subtle way, whites are often unwilling to hear their arguments.
With his further statement on Facebook, he proves that he should not read Alice Hasters' book, but also learn it by heart.
pic.twitter.com/Lf0hzs0oWX
- Thomas # StayHome🏠 (@tehabe) November 13, 2020
Nuhr himself later said on Facebook that he wanted to say “books like this” are currently
a big hit
in the
USA
.
But he didn't go into the contents of the book with a single word - he just repeated his reproach against the title.
(kat)
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