By Leuphana African Student Society, with AStA, Antira, isd, DGB, Die Linke.SDS, Zugvögel

After the death of George Floyd, Black Lives Matter protests were sparked off in the U.S and later globally in solidarity with Black Lives in the U.S. We want to emphasize that BLM is not limited to Black Lives in the U.S. but to Black Lives everywhere, also in Germany. Recently the EU stood in solidarity with Black Lives Matter. However, the EU migration policies are rooted in racism and have resulted into many Black Lives dying at the sea or being sent back to arbitrary detention, torture and civil war.

The racist killings of our sisters and brothers; Oury Jalloh, Achidi John, Yaya Jabbi, Christy Schwundeck, Tonou Mbobda and many more by police violence here in Germany have been dismissed. This has shown how the German government has perpetuated structural racism. How about the mass reception camps and detention centers where refugees are dehumanized! How about the German housing market where many Black people have been discriminated against; with some renters even stating that “they will never rent out to Black people”!

Black people in Germany may be the most visible minority but how they experience racism in the job market, work place, at schools, daily life, or the Ausländerbehörde is still unknown to the largest part of the society. Ethnicity data, which would help document the realities of Black people in Germany, hasn’t been collected by the German government and this has perpetuated Anti-Black racism.

The Genocide against the Herero and Nama of Namibia was committed by the German military forces between 1904-1907 and forgetting about this genocide would be silencing the Black Lives on the African continent. How about the white climate protests in the global north that have ignored the fact that Africa is the most affected by climate change yet it is the least emitter of global greenhouse gas emissions?

So we demand institutions in Germany to acknowledge that there is structural racism within them, so that they can transparently tackle it. Germany should also give an official apology and reparations for the massacres committed in Namibia. We demand that the EU fights structural racism in its migration policies. So join us as we go to the streets to be heard as Black people, to see and listen to Black people. We are saying #EnoughIsEnough to Anti-Black Racism in Germany and globally.

We want to appreciate these organisations that have supported us to organise this protest; AntiRa Lüneburg, ISD Lüneburg, DGB Lüneburg, SDS Lüneburg, AStA Universität Lüneburg and Zugvögel e.V. Luneburg.
Join us for the registered rally on July 25th, starting at 3pm at the Clamart park in Lüneburg. In observance of the infection protection regulations, please maintain the minimum interpersonal distance of 1.5m and wear protective masks.

“In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.”
― Angela Y. Davis

We acknowledge that discrimination impacts people in different ways so we shall not tolerate any kinds of racism, sexism, mysogyny, anti-gay or anti-trans hostilities at the demonstration.

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