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The WDR program “The Last Instance” promises clear opinions on sensitive topics - whether “political tastelessness, borderline celebrity tweets, questionable headlines or moral issues”.
The opinions discussed in the Friday edition, however, brought the station a lot of criticism.
Even SPD leader Saskia Esken commented on this and tweeted on Saturday: “I have no words.
That's really just ashamed. ”The name of the show was still trending on Twitter on Sunday.
The trigger for this storm of outrage was the discussion among the guests, moderated by Steffen Hallaschka, about a joke by the moderator Barbara Schöneberger.
For her part, she received a shit storm when she called the gypsy sauce a “sauce without a permanent residence” in the autumn.
The author Micky Beisenherz, the presenter Thomas Gottschalk, the actress Janine Kunze and the pop singer Jürgen Milski were invited to the WDR studio.
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And almost everyone agreed: The criticism of the joke and the use of the term gypsy in general was exaggerated.
"We problematize so much and then consequently terrorize so much," said actress Kunze.
And replied that she had to listen to a lot: "Sorry, this is a blonde woman with a relatively large breast."
"The last instance" and the gypsy sauce
Gottschalk brought in the classic children's book “Struwwelpeter” and pointed out that he had grown up with books in which a black person was called “Mohr”.
"We have a different catalog that would no longer work today," he emphasized.
Gottschalk also said that he once disguised himself as guitar legend Jimi Hendrix for a party in Beverly Hills, with his face painted black.
He called it "a kind of awakening experience" and said it was the first time that he knew how black people felt.
The excitement over these statements was great.
“It has to be liberating when you can finally say what you think again.
1.5 seconds after we pretended to be interested in fighting racism in Germany, ”wrote Aminata Touré (Greens), Vice President of the Schleswig-Holstein state parliament.
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The publicist Marina Weisband criticized: “It annoys you that you shouldn't say gypsy sauce.
She experiences exclusion and violence every day, which is fed by the stigmata that the word 'gypsy' carries.
Your suffering is not comparable.
And there is no need to compromise. "
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Johannes Vogel, member of the FDP federal executive committee and member of the Bundestag, tweeted: Out of empathy and politeness, it should be a matter of course not to use a term that people perceive as offensive.
"If that's too much adjustment in the supermarket, does the Twix manager yell at too?"
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The WDR reacted on Sunday - and agreed with the critics.
"The course of the program was not as we had planned and imagined," it said in a statement on Twitter.
In retrospect, it is clear to those responsible: “With such a sensitive topic, people who bring other perspectives and / or are directly affected should have taken part in the discussion.
We learn from it and will do better. "
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