Germany: the Greens candidate apologizes for quoting the word "nigger"
Annalena Baerbock, candidate for the next national elections, after a press conference in Berlin, July 26, 2021. REUTERS - POOL
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Annalena Baerbock had recently been criticized for errors in her CV, unreported bonuses and accused of plagiarism.
Once again, the environmental candidate for chancellery in Germany apologized for using, or rather quoting, the word "nigger" in a discussion.
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With our correspondent in Berlin,
Pascal Thibaut
The
environmental candidate
was invited to a discussion organized by the Central Council of Jews in Germany.
Speaking of racism on a daily basis, she told the story of a son of an acquaintance who refused at school to comment on a working paper that had the word “nigger” on it.
No one accuses Annalena Baerbock of racist abuses.
The candidate of the Greens for the chancellery was satisfied to quote this term.
But it is one of those discriminatory words that cannot even be used for certain groups, including the Greens.
In speeches or documents, we then speak of the "N-Wort" "of the word that begins with the letter N".
Annalena Baerbock posted several tweets to apologize.
In the recording of
the discussion
, the passage was replaced by a high-pitched sound.
In a party where questions of identity are essential, leaders themselves often find it difficult in daily life to put certain principles into practice.
The green candidate for mayor of Berlin had to apologize in the spring by speaking of a childhood dream, "to
be the chief of an Indian tribe
".
The recording has been replaced by a written passage condemning the use of a discriminatory term against indigenous populations.
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