Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
 

brooklynite

(96,882 posts)
Mon Nov 4, 2019, 01:02 PM Nov 2019

Outrage after AfD scorn mixed-race girl playing 'Christ Child'

BBC

The mayor of Nuremberg in Germany has attacked a far-right party for "openly racist" comments about a teenage girl picked to be a Christmas gift-bringer.

A member of Alternative for Germany (AfD) attacked Benigna Munsi, who will open the city's Christmas market.

The teen was born in Nuremberg to an Indian father and a German mother.

"You would laugh about it if you didn't know these guys are serious, but you could cry about this level of hostility," Mayor Ulrich Maly said.


9 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Outrage after AfD scorn mixed-race girl playing 'Christ Child' (Original Post) brooklynite Nov 2019 OP
Uh, wasn't Jesus born among Jewish shepherds and kings from the Orient? Eugene Nov 2019 #1
I have it on good authority that he was White and spoke English... brooklynite Nov 2019 #4
Jesus was pretty hateful toward the Canaanite woman Mariana Nov 2019 #6
Yeah, but that's one of those passages we aren't supposed to take literally, right? Act_of_Reparation Nov 2019 #7
Hated that passage.. uriel1972 Nov 2019 #9
According to the Evangelist Rob Zombie... Act_of_Reparation Nov 2019 #8
well of course everyone at this fictional event was white silly people, (smh) Thomas Hurt Nov 2019 #2
Well see they have faith... trotsky Nov 2019 #5
Oh ffs Ohiogal Nov 2019 #3

Mariana

(15,096 posts)
6. Jesus was pretty hateful toward the Canaanite woman
Mon Nov 4, 2019, 10:37 PM
Nov 2019

because she was a different ethnicity. When she pleaded with him to help her child, first he rudely ignored her. Then he told her, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel," and compared her to a dog begging at the table. Only after she groveled enough to suit him, and agreed with his dehumanizing characterization of her, did he relent and heal her child. Matthew 15:21-28

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)
7. Yeah, but that's one of those passages we aren't supposed to take literally, right?
Tue Nov 5, 2019, 08:39 AM
Nov 2019

It's so hard to keep track of these things.

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)
8. According to the Evangelist Rob Zombie...
Tue Nov 5, 2019, 08:44 AM
Nov 2019

...Jesus lived his life in a cheap hotel at the end of Route 66.

Latest Discussions»Issue Forums»Religion»Outrage after AfD scorn m...