Before the controversial conference "Control migration, shape plurality", Tübingen's mayor Boris Palmer caused another scandal, including a statement on the Jewish star.
Frankfurt - A conference entitled "Control migration, shape plurality" at the Goethe University was accompanied by protests and a counter-conference by the Asta.
The mayor of Tübingen, Boris Palmer, and the psychologist Ahmad Mansour spoke at the controversial conference organized by the Global Islam Research Center.
Before his presentation, Palmer caused an uproar, as evidenced by recordings of demonstrators available to
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In the presence of a black student, he repeated the racist "N-word" several times.
To the protesters' shouts of "Nazis out!" he replies: "You judge people by a single word." After a brief pause, Palmer added: "That's nothing more than a Jewish star." criticized for playing down the Holocaust - Palmer gave his lecture entitled "Memorandum for a different migration policy".
In the hall, Palmer used the N-word again - and was allowed to continue speaking.
He defended himself by saying that context matters.
Conference at Goethe University: Boris Palmer causes a scandal
Even before this incident, the event had been criticized.
It was not a "serious scientific conference," said a statement from the Asta at the University of Frankfurt.
In addition to ethnologist Susanne Schröter, who rejected all allegations, Mansour and Palmer, the deputy federal chairman of the German police union, Manuel Ostermann, also spoke there.
The Global Islam Research Center – headed by Schröter – and the non-profit Hertie Foundation cooperated at the conference.
It took place in the "Normative Orders" building on the Campus Westend.
In the run-up to a conference at @goetheuni Frankfurt, #BorisPalmer says the N-word to a black speaker's face.
He then draws a comparison that puts the Holocaust into perspective.
He was still allowed to speak.
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— Thomas Kaspar (@Bibliothomas) April 28, 2023
Through its guests, the event helps spread "right-wing and populist narratives," said Nabila Saya from Asta on Friday afternoon.
The conference is "politically motivated" and there is no differentiated discussion of the issue of migration.
It is therefore important to Asta to also show the other side of science, said Saya.
As an alternative, the Asta organized its own conference in the adjoining building under the title "Decriminalize migration, live plurality".
Scientists and activists spoke there.
In the morning there was a demonstration by students in front of the event location.
This was organized by the left university group SDS.
According to a police officer, the rally passed peacefully without incident.
About 50 people took part.
To ensure security, the police were on site with several patrols.
(Michael Theil)
Just recently, Boris Palmer was also a guest with Markus Lanz on ZDF.
He spoke about flight and asylum.
List of rubrics: © Screenshot Twitter / Thomas Kaspar