A taxpayer-funded swimming pool in Berlin, originally pitched as a multicultural, open-to-all space, almost immediately announced segregated, black-only swim sessions.
The temporary “Volksbühne” (People’s Pool) project set up outside the famed Volksbühne theatre in Berlin has caused backlash just days after opening on August 7th.
The summer swimming facility was initially pitched as a welcoming space that would be “open to everyone who longs to cool off in the hotter Berlin summer”.
The organisers specifically contrasted their “people’s pool” with others in Germany, which have begun to require ID for entry following numerous instances of poor behaviour, including sexual assaults and physical attacks from people believed to be migrants. Supporters...
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