Multicultural Germany Class: Week 4, Defining “German”
This post is part of a series in which students reflect on their discussions in the UC Berkeley undergraduate seminar “Multicultural Germany.” This week’s summary is by Preethi Kandhalu: The “Multicultural Germany” class started off the week with an interesting presentation from Sara about the German citizenship test one takes during the naturalization process. She highlighted […]
Rapper Bushidos Memoiren Veröffentlicht
Der Rapper Bushidos neue Memoiren sind jetzt im Buchladen erschienen. Hier eine Rezension in der Zeit.
motown auf deutsch.
The Supremes, The Temptations, and Marvin Gaye are a few of the most legendary Motown artists. Many of us are familiar with their hits from the ’60s and ’70s…but could you imagine these same hits being recorded in German? Yes, such recordings do exist. Decades ago, before English began to saturate the entertainment industry even […]
German Youths become Islamic Extremist Expats
According to Germany’s Federal Office of Criminal Investigation (BKA), a colony of German Muslim extremist youths has taken hold of the Afghan-Pakistani border. These young people are recruited in Germany and then sever all ties with their homeland and head for a place where they believe that the “Koran stands above everything.” These youths are […]
Islam for the Diaspora revisited
In this Der Spiegel article religious scholar Rauf Ceylan discusses the role of the imam in Germany. He advocates for a “homegrown” imam who can modernize the religion and its practice in a new nation. As imams are currently imported from abroad for four-year periods, Islamic leaders are not fully equipped to lead a German […]
Young Germany
This website, much of it in English, some in German, is pretty interesting. It publishes articles on pretty much anything young people are interested in, from fashion to climate change, sports to education. Under the “Life in Germany” tab there are articles and resources for people from Italy, Latin America, Russia, and so on. Check […]
Fashion labels worn by Europe’s skinheads restore their reputation
Labels such as Fred Perry, Ben Sherman,Doc Marten and Lonsdale have long been recognized as the favored uniform of skinheads and neo-Nazis alike but recently this trend is fading. Because the German government has been enforcing stricter laws on symbolism related to these groups many members have moved away from visible labels. Groups like the […]
Multiculturalism through the eyes of Anke
This sketch provides a bit of a comic relief in the midst of racist tensions of the topics brought up in the readings in “Germany in Transit”. Anke Engelke – a german comedian, plays a teacher, who is giving a “German for Foreigners” lecture to turkish students. The students are fluent in German, since it […]
Right-Wing Extremism: Far-right party allowed to distribute CDs to students
I included this article because upon first reading I found it surprising that such far-right ideology was still being exposed in Germany. Given its history over the last 80 or so years i would have thought such extremist rhetoric would be far more taboo; yet I suppose it also caters to the fears of many […]
Music Video “(Ich bin ein) Ausländer” by Alpa Gun
This music video “(Ich bin ein) Auslaender” by Alpa Gun, a German rapper with Turkish origin (www.wikipedia.org), depicts the integrations problem of immigrants, particularly the children and grandchildren of the Post-World War II generation. These people were often born in Germany and/or have a German passport.