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- Black and German: news anchor Jana Pareigis has spent her entire life being asked about her skin color and afro hair. What is it like to be Black in Germany? What needs to change?
In our documentary "Afro Germany", Pareigis travels through Germany to speak with other black Germans, including rap and hip hop artists and pro footballers, , and find out what their experiences of racism in Germany have been. "Where are you from?" Afro-German journalist Jana Pareigis has heard that question since her early childhood. And she’s not alone. Black people have been living in Germany for around 400 years, and today there are an estimated one million Germans with dark skin. But they still get asked the often latently racist question, "Where are you from?" Jana Pareigis is familiar with the undercurrents of racism in the western world. When she was a child, the Afro-German TV presenter also thought her skin color was a disadvantage. "When I was young, I wanted to be white," she says. Pareigis takes us on a trip through Germany from its colonial past up to the present day, visiting other Black Germans to talk about their experiences. They include German rapper and hip hop artist Samy Deluxe, pro footballer Gerald Asamoah and Theodor Michael, who lived as a Black man in the Third Reich. They talk about what it’s like to be Black in Germany.
Learn more about issues featured in this film "Afro Germany", from human zoos to political correctness, in our multimedia special: www.dw.com/en/top-stories/afro...
T.W. Michael passed away October 19, 2019.
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Gibt es die Doku auf deutsch?
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The German version of the documentary is available to watch here: p.dw.com/p/2a00J
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like your newer docu on african germans more, its optimistic infomative and helpfull
but respect to the old german dude
I bet you won't condemn the genocide of white people in South Africa? Racist is a word used only on white people.
25:22 The conviction was only upheld to placate the watching black world. I wonder about the results of his second appeal?
what kind of loser do you have to be to attack someone just because of their skin color, when the person has literally done nothing to you.
Especially in front if your kids. That’s the sad part.
A survey not that long ago of restaurants in the usa, both black owners and white owners, white staff and black staff, the one group they all dread turning up are black people, not color, behavior is the problem.
@@davidedwards3465 This. Nailed it.
@@davidedwards3465 I'm black, and I agree.
Lazar Cvetkovic No that shows that they are an uneducated pussy who doesn’t have a moral conscience and have respect for the human race. If you have to beat up someone because they look different in front you especially your kids your a coward and don’t deserve to live on this planet. Especially if that human hasn’t done anything to you.
I am not Black myself but I am a dark person growing in Mexico I got called all types of slurs for being dark I also remember myself wishing so bad to be white or fair skinned and never understood why people have an issue with people with darker skin complexion as I grew I learned the history behind racism and today I am more than proud of my indigenous roots and my dark skin 🖤
you should look at some IQ and crime statistics instead
You are black. Especially to white people. Just know that.
En México somos muy racistas, pero no nos damos cuenta, está tan imbuido en nuestra cultura que no lo vemos. Ni siquiera es un tema del que hablemos. Nos falta mucho por aprender.
@@arnaldofoto964 Es verdad -- somos racistas. Que triste. I am a pale person from Mexico (living in the U.S.), and I think that the darker skinned people of the world are hands down the MOST BEAUTIFUL, oftentimes, inside and out. 🖤
Africans were brought to Mexico too, you know. That's part of the reason Mexicans are so racist against our people because part of their DNA is African and they are raised to be as light as possible. Also, slaves escaped to Mexico and settled in Northern Mexico, I believe and mixed with an Indigenous tribe. So, you never know. You could be dark because of either of those things. Ola bro! lol
Her hair looks so much more beautiful natural❤️
I need to add that as great as this documentary is, this video is also heartbreakingly infuriating. And thank you to Ms. Pareigis for putting herself through this to bring more awareness to the experiences of our fellow travelers.
Never be afraid to defend yourself when someone attacks you.
@Tej Your opinion is noted.
Damn Right
I never am.
I’m half German, half Black. It was difficult growing up. I was “too dark” to fit in on one side, and “too light” to fit in on the other side. This type of discrimination was very tough on my self esteem.
But thanks to researching the origins of our human species as a whole, I feel so proud to be who and what I am. Cheers!
@@MeeMee-gz5vp I feel your pain. I have to embrace the fact that I don't fit into anyone's category.
This was so informative. Thanks for giving light to afro germans and their experiences. Much love from USA
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We are everywhere. 😂😂
My sister-in-law was adopted from a Germany orphanage when she was about 3 years old. During their childhood, my husband taught her English and helped her adapt to her new family in America. My father-in-law father was in the US Army and during the 1960's many African American military families were encouraged to adopt mixed-race babies from Germany because there was so much racism they would be doomed to growing up in foster homes or in the orphanage. Thanks for sharing this important information.
I doubt many people know this information, quite new to me
lmao , as if America doesnt have racism.
My ex mother in law was adopted in Germany by her blk parents who served there, same story for the most part. She was less than a year old at adoption.
Such a great documentary, the story of the adopted women was really touching. Such beautiful stories shared. Well done
Wow. The gentleman that lived as a Black man in Nazi Germany. Just, wow - his story is amazing.
Just Me execpt the Zimbabwean never colonized and oppressed Germany. idiot.
Africans in Africa wore Nazi-Uniforms, go ask an older African. And I have a Friend whos from Jamaika and black, he is very old, he lived in Germany already in times of the 3. Reich and later in East-Germany, this guy is one of the persons that tells me a different history than the official one. The problem aren't "the Nazis" whatfuckingever that means, they never was, the problem are those masses of ignorants, that uniform themselves by their own wil and shout paroles, just because it is so "cool", "sweet", "smart" or whatever the blind follower, those was and will be always the problem. Think about that.
rlp230 We live in Nazi America so what's the difference. That ? Is rhetorical btw.
+de ray - Zimbabwe was never really colonized (despite what Wikipedia may tell you). According to that same Wikipedia Zimbabwe is currently 99.4% Black African. If it was really "colonized", it would be more like South Africa.
Wilson
America lied to us only a few of us knew this; Some of the white guys I know didn't take me seriously when I told them this.
Love this I’ve never met a black German and learned so much during this! Please keep telling these stories of the diaspora. Much love from Cleveland, Ohio!
he dosen't exist is just a science-fiction !!!! forget it german peoples are racist they want to préservé blood and génétic héritage !!!!
The actor Boris Kodjoe is Black African and German. We attended college in Virginia and both moved to NYC.
Idk why it seems the oddest mix.🌹
@@Mr._Johns_Productions Yes you do.
Right I'm from Cleveland to this mind opening
Thank you so much to the English voice overs... I really appreciate it 🙏🏾
It kills me anymore to see curly hair being straightened, especially if I know it's to fit in or make life easier. I used to straighten everyday and it's no longer as thick.
So.... You are not alive, but you are sitting here typing comments... Stop being so dramatic. If someone straightens their hair, they are not doing anything to you. You do not have to make the same choices.
My hair is extremely thick and mix curly, I'm not well so it's easier to straightened I'm not rejecting anything or anyone . It's nice to see able to manage your curls.
I get what you’re saying but straight hair is easier to manage. You see, black women have coarse, coily hair and it’s kinda frustrating, sometimes we just straighten our hair because it’s a lot easier than constantly rolling it up and putting different types of hair products on it.
OMG. You straightened your hair every day? I’d be bald! You’re lucky you still have hair! #HeatDamage
you are beautiful and advertisements are full of trash, just be you because you are awesome whatever you do
I’m Asian and German and in Elementary School every one was like : You Chinese . But I am KOREAN.
Okay, and did this have a negative effect on you?
Same my daughter.... Half korean... In Israel called her Chinese... She left, anyway...
Lol this is soo true people are so shallow it's sad. It has also to do with schools and teachers not making the effort to educate and punish students on judging others as well as racist parents. No child. NO CHILD is ever born racist mark my words
More over my daughter did DNA test... In her blood no Chineese.... Japan, S. Korean and Native American....
Lol, I'm black and people called me Chinese too
Excellent documentary! Very much needed and all done!
This is a very enlightening special I thoroughly appreciated the realities in life that you experienced in Germany and the fact that you were willing to share them. Thank you so much.
When she said people told her "she was too emotional, she's overreacting or the person did not mean it that way." It brought back so many memories of people saying the same to me in the past. We need to, as a society/race, stop discrediting others experiences.
As an Ossi can I only agree with you on this subject! Пака!!!
They discredit you to deny responsibility and to not think they need to improve these supposed racist outliers in a supposedly modern western society. The truth is the work has just started and these "outliers" reveal a true,dominant popular undercurrent of thought that has habituated as a culture. Because, distraction with insults allows for the folly of their history to not be put in the proper context from which caused white people to plunder and pillage the word for resources because of their mismanagement of their lands. It obliterates memory and thought to remind that they were thieves and the real low culture. To flip it ans say thr fact they could do such evil means they are better,, smarter,, have a true culture and anyone who is not from a barbarian conqueror nation is inferior. It does not remind ths racist thr historical origins of why racism was created, it was created to justify stealing resources because the racist person came from a land destroyed by disease, famine and war. If you have such a dereliction of responsibility that your nation has to steal the world then create narrative to justify the theft. That is some serious, cultural, social and mental defects. That is a very dangerous culture.
It’s amazing and saddening to me that the Black experience, regardless of the nation, is very similar. The issue with hair, and the issue with our supposed complaining, and job opportunities is not unique to the US. It’s really sad when we simply want to live in peace and have the same opportunities for ourselves and our children that or white, Asian, etc have.
@@CMills8674 If you live in a western nation you have exactly the same opportunities as anyone else.
@@Komnenos83 lol No you don't and thinking that makes people who strive for america feel worse when they get here. Not everyone has equal opportunities, especially not blacks or of color people
Wow! What a beautiful and super interesting documentary. I'm a 57 year old Afro American, and l still love learning about the African diaspora experience from the viewpoint of other people all over the world. This doc should be shown in Middle school through college all over the planet! Thanks so much for this extremely important doc!
This an awesomw documentery. Thank you for posting.
Mr. Michael’s story is astonishing! I am amazed that he actually survived Nazi Germany and that he, even during that era, seems to have had an incredible life! Wow!
i cried watching this. reminded of all the times i was called names and treated differently by teachers as a black child living in germany. i too got the question "if you are black, why is you dad white?" i was called poop up until 5th grade, because they said that my skin was the same color as poop. I eventually came to believe that i was poop. i straightened my hair and wore blue contacts, i begged my mom to let me dye my hair blonde, i would go online looking for ways to lighten my skin, i avoided the sun as if it would actually burn me. I hated school. I actually believed until i was like 9 years old or so, that i was the only black person in germany, besides my mom of course. It wasn't until long after we went back to brazil that i came to learn about black history and that i came to love my race and color.
gabi braule
When did you go to school. And what federal state of germany
You really think you were the only person having problems in 5th grade lmao? I have red hair ive been bullied the entire time i was at school. Stop playing the victim. Ive been cutting off my hair so many times tho, not different from your experience.
my sister used to know a little kid in Switzerland. he has Brown eyes because his father is Brazilian and kids in his school ask him if he can see right through his eyes. kids can be so mean and their parents and/or teachers not checking them are the worst 💔
I'm sorry this happened to you. you are beautiful ❤
@@amonduul2154 He wouldn`t experience all that, in nowadays Germanistan.
@@alman8908 idk if you'll see this or respond. But I dont think she's saying she's the only one who has had this experience. Yes most of us had it bad in school. She is speaking of her experience as a black/brown girl in a country where she wasn't excepted. It's to bad that you have to come under this documentary and look to put people down. It says alot about you. I hope you speak to somebody about your feeling cause you are not over what happened to you.
I didn’t play that sh^t when I lived in Berlin. I won scholarship money to study abroad in Berlin for three months. A few Germans tried to test me, but I was so arrogant and full of myself I stood my ground and they ended up looking stupid.
Well done that's what I always do to every white racist persons, I ignore them, I look down on them and eventually the all always walk away from me.
I am half white and it's hard for me to believe there is racism in germany
good....love to you❤
I already like you
Had the same problem in Holland growing up
Thank you for showing this
This was very intriguing. Thank you for sharing.
Was supposed to be studying my Mandarin, ended up watching this amazing documentary instead. I've definitely struggled with my own racial identity and my place in a white society as a person of color. Thank you for giving these black people a voice. Masterfully done.
Ironically I've been studying the German language ( being part German myself) & I was supposed to be studying it now too. Then I came across this amazing informative video!! Good luck to you in your Studies! Also my next language I will be studying is Mandarin too because I have Chinese neighbors and I really want to learn.
@@Dorian0882 oh wow good luck on your studies. After watching this I would like to learn a bit of German! Mandarin is difficult but not as difficult as people made it out to be. Hopefully we both stick with our studies lol
Me too!!!!!!seriously!!
You shouldn’t have to study nothing, just accept who you are God made you.
@@gennisparry4352 😳
They call mixed race black.....glad this lady embraces her heratidge and roots..
One of the reasons for calling mixed race people black is because of the white people and there rules of one drop of black blood and when I see so called bi racial people all I see is the color of the skin
Well good luck to all the mixed race people who look more black them white but want everyone to acknowledge there whiteness
@@shirellstevenson5970 Most mixed race people are a mix of the two it's rare that they ever take after one parent than the other and when it does (which again is very rare) statistically speaking it's pretty even on weather it's the mom or dad white or black.
We call mixed people mixed though...
@@sophiapetrillo1524 makes perfect sense! Thank you!
I thank you for this posting!
Natural hair looks absolutely beautiful ladies!!
I lived in Berlin for four years of my life when I was a child and spoke fluent German. My experience as a black boy in Germany from 96' to 20' was free from racism. When I talk about Germany with people the first notion is that Germans are racist but that's not the case. There are Germans who really embrace foreigners.
I lived in a Turkish neighbourhood and went to a European school where there were many nationalities. We all liked each other and actually admired our differences. Many of my friends wanted to be black like me and I wanted to be like them but as I got older, I came to love who God has created me to be.
No matter the colour of our skin, we all bleed the same colour of blood. Horrible things were done in the past to black people but it's a choice to let what happened many years ago haunt you. We learn from the past and write our own future. I choose to write a future full of love to my neighbour irrespective of their skin colour.
Hi Kekeli, thanks for sharing your story! Stay happy, stay tuned !
If you never experienced it that’s good for you
I am Turkish I wonder what do you think about Turks?
The climate would not have appealed to me. Maybe an island.
@@artemis4631 Turkish people in London a majority nice with Somalis who are Muslims which gives them a pass but there is underlying racism against black people in the Turkish community no doubt more racists then English whites
Her hair is so much more beautiful curly.
I agree.
Damn you beat me to it
It makes her look black, she wants to be white
I think people like her should flip hair style back and forth.
It is also beautiful straight. She has the genes to do both, curly....and straight. She's both
Amazing documentary, well presented and filmed. Thank you Jana for documenting these awesome people and their stories, struggles and aspirations. Also, as a South African born, it was really great to see such a lively South African Artist living and practicing his craft in Germany 🇩🇪 Ausgezeichnet!!
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Powerful Documentary.
Shout Out to the Song at the End!
😌🖤🤎🖤🤎🖤👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💯
I'm black and proud.. The more people hate my skin colour the more I love myself and my skin.. The more you attack the more I protect and take care of myself.. Your hate builds my love.. Keep hating and I'll keep loving.. 😂😂😂 Crazy racists will never understand how it feels to be black and awesome.. Black is forever awesome.. Don't bother trying to change my mind
I am White and proud. I love my White skin it is pure and astounding. Lunatic White-haters will never know or be White, it is infinitely remarkable. Eternally profound.
Well said bro
Agreed
Good for you, bro...
Countlode : yeah we get it ..Unfortunately, throughout history a lot of evil has been done by people who felt "pride of being white" this specially affected nations where whites weren't even native to those places but rather descendents of immigrants..I'm referring specifically to the United States, Australia and South Africa..In these three nations so called "white people" did a lot of evil in the name of "white supremacy ".. Your comment is just absurd though you think you are being clever by "emulating " Reb3ljous S0ul's pride for being black ..However comparing your comment to his makes no sense ..I'm not black but I'm full aware of all the horrible things that black people have gone through history just because of the color of their skin..And as far as I'm concerned , blacks have never killed or abused tons of people just because they disliked their race ..When I hear about a black person expressing pride for his\her race i feel happiness..I feel happy that racists haven't been successful at destroying their self esteem ..Now when I hear of whites expressing pride for their whiteness i can't help but feel fear !! In the United States a few years ago , a white supremacist entered a black church and started shooting at the people ..several blacks died in such incident..Also, if I'm not mistaken, a white supremacist in New Zealand did something similar some months ago..Now I never ever hear of blacks, native Americans , East asians, brown Latin Americans etc killing people because of their skin color ..So it makes total sense to feel fear when a white person brags about being white .
It makes me think what are racist people really scared of..it can't be the color of someone's skin it has to be more then that
+Leenie S; they probably don´t know themselves. So they make up all kinds of strange theories.
You can't be us and we can't be you
Dylan Somogyi That's just paranoia. Do you know how many races faced genocide at the hands of whites? Even the whites killed whites of different ethnicity. The U.S and Britian support the bombing of brown people. So tell me..about your existinction again. The whites took land for native people. So tell me. Can you explain why you killed half my population and complain about your so called existinction?!
DJ FX I say this because your not got going to belittle a people u consider lower than u u would leave them be as they have nothing to offer u. I believe some one out there knows the truth as to why all other races try and hold black people down . I believe there has to be an unknown superiority in us that they do not want us to unleash
Leon Palmer
we are Normal people 😂.
Nothing just Homo Sapiens
THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH KEEP UP THE GOOD WORKS. 👍👍👍
Oh man, her curly hair is stunning. That straight hair was lowing down her true beauty.
Knowledge of Black History is Key to building Up your self confidence.
Or maybe improving yourself is the key to self confidence . Maybe if I said knowing white history was the key to my own self confidence the logic wouldn’t transfer. But hey...you do you 👍🏻
Self confidence is key to building black futures. In order to obtain self confidence you must support and confide in your own people no matter what, spread the word.
I want everyone to understand that black history is the hardest mother F, to know. So much of it has been buried or hidden. It’s the same ( conquering people who has the facts and control over them. The only reason why you are getting somethings out now is because there are a few ( blacks- or maybe I should say ( dark skin people ) who have made money. Accumulated money and position that is willing to donate , or free up money to dig up and research things. The missing or stories were distorted or destroyed to have control . Where are the books . Only stories passed down through generations gave us this chance. Visit all the Museums around the world . See the stolen history / stolen past .
The Black peoples of this world have thousands of diverse ethnicities and nations each defined by their own unique histories.
One cannot lump together all the histories of such diverse nations as Asanti (West Africa), Masai (East Africa), Ndebele (Southern Africa) and Jamaican (Caribbean) as "Black" history any more than the diverse histories of White nations such as Russian, German, Italian and Argentino can belong as a single entity called "White" history.
The notion of categorising history as no more than "Black", "White" and "Asian" has its roots in racist generalisations on one hand and in neo-Marxist deconstructionism on the other.
@@joemoe4972 so very true.
It’s interesting how so many comments pointed out her beauty and “ classiness” to somehow constitute her worthiness to not be treated as she had by a hateful group of people with a mental disorder. As if it is justified to treat black people ( or any group in society) who are not classy or perhaps beautiful from the standard stereotypical Eurocentric aesthetic should be treated inhumanly because of their race or class.
You said it nicely. Thanks for pointing that out.
This. Exactly.
Well said brother 🤴🏾💯
That's just the nature of all species : beauty often signifies fertility.
Amazingly said!
Great Job with this documentary 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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This Documentary is PHENOMENAL!!
The beautiful dark skin man should move to a place that loves him. It’s important to be celebrated instead of being tolerated.
would you say the same for White people? If not, why not?
@@jakebagel2997 Well think about this, Black people are discriminated against and hated all over the world (more so western countries though). White people are not (and if so it's no where to the degree of black people). Therefore there's not really a reason for White people to seek a safe place like a Black person does. Now I'm being very general and I realize there are exceptions but I'm trying to make a point.
totally agree with you
it pisses me off
@@daniellegriffin9454 This is bullshit. Its not about being black or white or which skin colour the "ruling" people have. Obama happened. Clearly a rapper, an international soccer player, a news anchor, a famous hairdresser, an artist and a dog trainer also happened. Nobody stops you because of your skin colour. Your family and financial situation may stop you and it is true there are more families in poverty with black skin colour. But whats stopping them is their situation in general not the colour of their skin. Same goes for whites or asians. If they come from a good background they probably will do well too. If not then they work minimum wage at a mac donalds.
@@jakebagel2997 no because the whites started all this hatred. When u go to a dark skin country u whites are treated like kings, and 98 per cent come away with a good ecperience with the locals. Black people cannot say the same when they go to white countries.
Wow the old black guy looks amazing for his age he was 90 years old when this was filmed.
Black don't crack
It's that lovely melanin that helps us to age.
😮
Black don't crack y'all
Living during ww2 must’ve been a nightmare!
This is a good educational video and should be shared all over the world, to let people understand what it’s really like to be a different colour.
Great Documentary! Your hair is so beautiful. So glad you were open to letting her style your hair.
I think the reporter did an extremly well job! I really admire her for her social skills, she seems so emphatic and just knows what to say. I think it's a great docu!
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And she's multilingual!!!! So impressive, great job
"We didn't need to wear a yellow star to be discriminated against."
@Hamza Daoud it’s hard to understand for a left idiot
Here's a riddle.
only 2% of the population but somehow controls over 80% of the banks
@@axentrelises4724 people too busy playing victim & crying about Nothing to actually go out and be productive contributors to society.
But want the world to coddle them as they wallow in victimhood; often a victimhood of abuses they are as guilty as imposing on themselves as the Colonists.
@@lenaely6146 How about let the victims and victimizes let history speak for itself and we just listen...I'm pretty sure nothing else will need to be said.
"We didnt...":
💎💎 Yes. But dont repeat the old anti-german propaganda
Great documetary, DW!Thank you!
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It's an eye opening experience watching this documentary.
It'll make me a stronger human being with a overwhelming capacity to understand and love everyone.
Wow you are such a good person!!! Hey everyone look over here, this guy is a really really good person!! 0.5 shekels have been deposited into your account, man such a very good person!!!
Good 👍
This doc really opened my perspective on the black diaspora globally. It's really so damn cool to be a part of that conversation on being black in this world.
I feel so moveddd to start a project connecting the global decedents of the African Diaspora.
Do you know the history of,, Brown Babys" ? Take a look at this history and behavior of German & US goverment .
@@wolfgangemmerich7552 huh
Great conclusion ✊!
Thank you for sharing ❤️
"That's life's all about accepting yourself". I love it!
28:03 beautiful!
She was already beautiful, but when she changed to the natural curls......WOW!....next level beautiful.
chef Kelly only when the light glare off of her skin,in the shade she super dark and ugly.
@@marksmall1476 you're an idiot! There are no words for your lack of intelligence.
mark small
Being ‘super dark’ doesn’t make you ugly.
@@marksmall1476... minded fool.
Mark Small is a complete low down NOBODY ..thinking it would be his enjoyment and pleasure to trigger those watching this .
Narcissistic Rat with a Personality Disorder. In the dark or the light he is the EPITOME OF UGLY
I really enjoyed this documentary.. very educational 👍🏾🔝
"Germans have never been blonde and fair-haired"
What do people in say Nigeria look like, are they not generally black with dark hair lol?
I am a Black American living in Germany, and I am so glad I was able to watch this perspective!! Well done!
What are you doing over there exactly? Speaking from someone of color from Milwaukee,WI
@@4chjay its usely the army thats where I am
@@ebonyfay5513 that’s dope. I wish I would have enlisted when I was 17, now 26 in college and I realize more now that I should have just enlisted when I considered it 9 years ago...don’t think it’s too late
@@4chjay
RE: "I wish I would have enlisted when I was 17, now 26 in college and I realize more now that I should have just enlisted when I considered it 9 years ago...don’t think it’s too late"
It's not too late. Thirty-five is the maximum allowed age for a first enlistment. When you graduate from college, you could go in as an officer.
@@4chjay ; WTFRU Doing in Milwaukee, u probably in “Wawuotosa”🤔💭?. Ironically, Milwaukee is a German🇩🇪City! Most of Wisconsin (🍺/🧀) is German‼️ Germany is more advanced than Milwaukee, buddy!
That was an amazing documentary. Thanks to Jana&Team.
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Please tell them to do more documentaries. But they should not encourage tearing down of monuments. If its gone the physical evidence will be gone. Let the monuments remain where they are so they can stare at white Germans in their faces. I don't support tearing down of monuments.
Butter Bread A monument is meant to elevate and honor someone. The statues can be placed in a historical museum. But if the person is not to be lauded, if the person perpetuated racism or slavery, then that person should not be celebrated in a "monument." A statue of that person can be placed in a historical place.
Butter Bread do you know how many Monuments we would have if we never get rid of Monuments? Also monuments reflect our core values.
Hearing this stories... just grieves my heart... I am just speechless
Perfekt❤
40:34 you stated why as a child you didn't know why you wanted to be white. That was all that was around you and it made you feel different. That's a normal feeling. You wanted acceptance. Through education, you realized that who you are is more beautiful than what you though you wanted back then. This was a great documentary! Stay well!
Why is i t more beautiful to be black over being white? IsN't th at inverted racism?
@@georgedorschner5552 it’s saying you’re beautiful just the way you are.
@@georgedorschner5552yeah nobody wants to talk about the persecution and racism white people face... Marxists, communists... they hate our innocent white people😅😅😅😅.
oh my... she's 36 but looks 25
beenn15 Melanin.
beenn15 : Black don't crack.
hahaha ya'll must be really insecure if you have to use your skin colour to say that you don't "crack"
That true black people age very good
White Man's Burden * As it is with your screen name. Are you kidding?
Beautiful mixture
This was great 👌🏾👌🏾
I love being black wouldn't ever want to be another race
Good stay in Africa.
@@josephhalexander
If it was a simple trade off like that I'd agree.
Iove being mixed
There is no "black" or "white" that’s what racists want you to believe, there are only humans. When people stop referring to the tint of skin to define one’s character, the planet will be a better place to live in
We all know u r lying ..
Your naturally curly hair looks better than the straightened hair.
She looks more confident! Amazing hair and how it can change you! Beautiful!
A beautiful woman is a beautiful woman, with curly hair or with straight hair.
And another thing: I have yet to meet someone who thinks Beyonce should be blond. I'll leave you alone now with the other girls and this redundant hair discussion.
NEW MESSAGE whites wannabe black blacks wanna be white. 😑😶
NEW MESSAGE but I don't wanna be white tho... I wanna keep my chocolate skin.
YES CURLY HAIR IS BEAUTIFUL
As a mixed race South African , I resonate with the sentiment of " not been heard and not really seen.as a person."
I appreciate her authenticity.
Thank you.
be a white person in south africa today and you have it way way way worse then the get housing , water and food townships for illegal immigrants from the north soon to be citizens out voting the founders of the nation apartheid
As a educated African in Africa it’s absolutely so annoying to still be having these discussions. Africa is actually so beautiful, advance and we’re so much further away from this ridiculous stereotype 🚮
Lol hearing Robin speak was so refreshing. You can never mistake a South African accent for anything else 😂❤️🇿🇦
YET when 'we' sent building supplies to Africa to build better homes, the supplies were constantly stolen. Africans who do have houses; have bars on their windows to keep their own African neighbors out.
Maybe because it does not apply to you, you are better than us you're pure (wink). It's the story of the people who were snatched from the motherland. Maybe you can discuss how Africans from Africa treat their brethren in America..
@@montagusappling3076 Our people have destroyed london sadly. Germany will be next. We should be with our own people. Not with others.
It's called HISTORY!!
There was no South Africa until White people invented it. It is a White country
Such a beautiful woman. There will be a lot of jealousy too!
Very true
CJ DJ gamer Exactly
That activist focus on education today's education
I would prefer a woman with blue eyes and blonde
@@andysoto1266 good, no one cares!
Oh no, why was the German language spoken dubbed with voices. Why not, have subtitles? I wanted to hear the individuals speaking German in conversation fully. Besides that, I am learning. Thank you for posting. I am sharing this.
Tara G it’s Afro Deutschland, my phone doesn’t allow to share the link wtf!! Like you, Ich lerne Deutsch, so I prefer the original!!
as a german i also would love to get a version without dubbs
Yes, straight up, agreed
@@TomTom-bx5ne the german version is also on youtube called "afro.deutschland"
felt the same way
Accepting your Blackness is a journey. It’s beautiful to see how different ppl have found their way to embracing themselves✊🏾
I feel you, besides the happiness that come with the acceptance, there's also bitterness for having to go through that journey when the beauty of black was just right under your nose. The anti-black indoctrination is real and many of us are easily duped while all along they were just trying to reflect their insecurities on you
@@kevinmax25 AMEN👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Epic Masterpiece. Informative, uplifting, and hopeful......
I don’t know how I got here but I really like this documentary!
You look beautiful tho and do you have Snapchat
@@renegade3886 Bro I was about to shoot my shot too but I'm like go ahead with your bad sef lol
@@matthew5556 Tell me you are recist without telling me your racist🙄
@@lixinblade126 Science has nothing to do with being racist you moron. If you take a zebra to Sweden you don't call it a swedish animal.
@@matthew5556 you compare black people to animals🙄
I m amazed at the man who was born in 1925. This doc was very interesting, very personal and positive at the same time
Never so proud to be Black regardless of all the racism and hatred etc etc etc. All opposition truly make me stronger and prouder more and more and more because I have some to realize that it really is jealousy in disguise as evil. I do see color because God created me with his inner Color. Peace and 💘
those pictures of his parents and siblings were so beautiful. also I love how he said that there weren't any racism at his time but he was exhibited in a human zoo.
he is right though, racism appears when Black people step out of the "place" assigned to them in the world: dress like a middle-class people, marrying White women, get educated and start occupying positions of authority and so on. look how the Obama's presidency triggered a lot of hate. anyway, I have a lot of respect for earlier Black generations, they were pioneers in a good sense.
@@moustik31 Every human being is beautifull for his original her colour do know that
@@moustik31 marrying Caucasian women hasn't advanced them in any way. They just have a bunch of misfit kids that doesn't belong anywhere. They love their European half but that side never accept them. They hate their African side that always esteem them highly. Then these women destry their very souls. I think the ancestors would be disgusted at the new African generation. Most don't know their history and are lost like stray dogs. They hate themselves and love others. The ancestors were all about advancing our lives, not trying to fit in and carry wealth to them.
Survived through ww2
Again, an EXCELLENT video. Jana's beauty has made it even more enjoyable.....❤
Danke an alle !
Theodor Wonja Michael...was für eine Haltung.
Wünschte die Interviews wären länger.
My parents are white. I'm white. I have straight hair, but it's brown, I have brown eyes and always tan skin.
I'm litterally just a white girl in germany but I still got very badly bullied for being darker all throughout school and even called the n-word regularly. That was my name for a while.
I started to doubt myself in a way. Do I not belong here? Where all of my family is? Just because naturally genetic variations happen to make me a little brown?
A few months ago, when there was the attack in Manchester I went out the day after and a woman yelled at me on the street, like as if it was MY fault what happens in England? I'm Caucasian, an atheist, a GERMAN, but still Ive always been bullied and discriminated. Can't even begin to imagine what actual black people must go through.
schrott adresse yep its not easy, its worse
so is her fault that people is so racist and rude because she thinks she is whiter??! what a joke of a comment...
schrott adresse, and perhaps you're in a much better position than most whites to comprehend some of the many reasons why most "bi-racial" people identify as black.
+Pr3ssPl4y German people exist. German people have a right to exist. German people have a right to exist as German people.
+Pr3ssPl4y If every Black country, and only Black countries. were being flooded with tens of millions of non-Blacks, would you tell them "there's no pure races" if they had a problem with it?
So sad for people to hate themselves. I love being Black ✊🏿 I'm American.
@Jose Martinez tf that's not true. You're American, as soon as you have an American pass.
@Jose Martinez Does your comment imply that you are Native American?
When some white people in America see an assertive, self-aware intelligent black person, proud of his/her own roots, & who knows his/her history, they appear to be intimidated as if they were guilty of something!
I’m very proud to be black!💪🏿
Black love is the best love💜💚❤💙💛
@Jose Martinez Educate yourself. I have native ancestors from Americas to all of Africa to the Pacific islands. My bloodline runs deep.
Furthermore my ancestors built the Americas.
Go take a DNA test. You're a large part European. White washed boy. And some of you Mexicans even have Afro DNA mixed in there.
And so called Native Americans are not even originally from this landmass,
siberian hybrids.
Which would also explain why my raw DNA picked up Siberian traces.
Black American and proud ✊🏿
Part 2: On top of that my Mothers heritage is from Cameroon and Mali. I’m now 66 yrs old. I lost the language over time but I can still understand it when it’s spoken. I grew up in Aschaffensburg, Nuremberg, and Stuttgart and oddly, always call Germany 🇩🇪 Home.😊 Thank you for this documentary. 🙏🏼♥️
Nice video and I really like the cover "thumbnail" it is very meaningful
Wow!! I'm so thankful to have come across this. I live this everyday!! I am half German half Tongan and people instantly discuss my skin tone and say "you're very dark for someone who is part German".. I'm so happy I've come across this ❤
I'm Zambian and we have a tribe called Tonga here and my grandma is from that tribe. Omg!
Am a german but I have to ask the question. The fuck is ‘Tongan?’
you are not a true german, i lived there,
@@marilynwillett804 you ignorant fool.
Honey, you are beautiful just the way you are !!!!! The next time that these people make those STUPID comments, ask them who the hell are they to tell you what you are supposed to look like ??? You can also educate them on the fact that the first humans in Germany and Europe, were BLACK Africans...
She is gorgeous.
A breath of fresh air to watch this documentary! As a south African, I used to work for a German company and we were blessed with thee most wonderful colleagues from Germany and they'll forever define how great I am as a person and employee 😊
René Wuttke I would
Especially with that 'afro' hair.
Yes!
For this documentary you got only that what a pervert
Great documentary, congrats Jana and the DW team! Even though the history is a bit different, I can so easily relate with what I experienced as a mixed-race (half black, half white) growing in France. Same struggles, same every day fight...
Thank you for watching and giving us your feedback. It means a lot :)
I'm glad they did a voice over and not just subtitles so I can listen while I'm busy around the house lol
Wonderful! Thank you for making this enlightening documentary!
"Who's afraid of the black man?" is a kid's game similar to a game of tag where the "black man" tries to catch the others. However, this game is not about a "black man" as in dark-skinned but about chimney sweepers whose faces and hands were black because of soot. It's an old game that comes from a time when some poor people would sell their kids for a season to work as chimney sweepers. Kids were small so they could get into all kinds of small spaces but it was hard work and many got injured and died. So when the "black men" came to your town, it was a reason for kids to be afraid and hide so as not to be "caught" --> thus the game
@Konoha-kun. Very interesting explanation, but politically correct individuals are not showing much intellectual capacity. So most probably your explanation does not stimulate their brain activity
I completely understand that etymology, but sadly, little children singing it are not aware of the backstory and are using it literally as an unfortunate weapon.
@Karlene E what makes you think that children are using it as an 'unfortunate weapon'? when I was a child, I never connected the black man to being a black person, though I didn't know the origin of this game.
thanks for the history of the game:)
Very interesting! Thanks for the information and background. 👍👍
I love this documentary!!!
❤ documentary!
Hello Marsha, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, and love all over you, I would love to be your friend, where are you from?
This is an eye-opener for me. I have never seen the racism of any other country outside of the United States.
While I am aware of the struggles of black people in South Africa I was totally unaware the racism that exist in Germany, London and countless other countries.
I sincerely hope this show still exist . So that it may bring
Enlightenment to others .
Thanks .
Get out of America!
Unfortunately, racism is a world-wide phenomenom, found in any country.
No shade to you or this sentiment. It’s just really sad that Americans are ignorant to what happens in other countries 🤦🏾♀️ the darker you are the worst your treatment anywhere in the world even Africa. People seem to forget Africa was colonized and left a nasty legacy. Colorism and racism exist everywhere on different levels
@@yasminwinwinkxD Exactly
Geesh
You CAN be German and black. Ethnicity, race and nationality are COMPLETELY different things!
Nikola Martinis you know what they mean with black they mean African American
Why would a black person in Germany be an African American? He or she would be an African German.
Afro German -
Sorry pal, you can't be ethnic German while being black. Blacks aren't native to any region in Europe.
So I guess the people in this documentary actually don't exist. The host herself is German AND black. But I guess to you she is invisible? Sorry, pal.
Jana Pareigis, thank you for your documentary on Afro German. I will be sharing it on my site.
Paullette Sims Wimberly Tampa, Florida USA
WONDERFUL VIDEO!!
Heartwarming documentary. I wouldn't trade my skin colour for anything.
Hi @Deborah Akugue,
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Best,
The DW Documentary Team
@@_Meng_Lan would never support fascism. I don’t know where did you see fascism. I was talking about facts. And looks like you are the one , that can’t understand the difference between citizenship and ethnicity.
German (same as Pole, Dane, Estonian, Czech and etc) first of all is an ethnicity , which is native European ethnicity , the same like the rest of ethnicities that I mentioned. German is not American , Americans are political nation , any European nation , first of all based on native European ethnicity, good morning.
What it has to do with fascism , God knows …
@@_Meng_Lan ? I really don’t understand what you want from me…
Ethnical native Europeans , are ethnical native Europeans. With particular haplogroups, anthropological findings and etc. I understand that it’s not comfortable for you to accept simple science because it does not reflects the inner world of “pink ponies” that you have, but what can I say, live with it…
And keep away your jambo mambo from normal people please. Good night
@@_Meng_Lan did you even read what I wrote you? Obviously we are all humans and share the same genomes , I was writing about ethnicities and haplogroups , not genomes. I mentioned haplogroups to show what is native European , it’s fact, I don’t understand why you’re trying to oppose facts. Nationalities in Europe formed only after the French Revolution , based on ethnicities in Europe, it’s not immigration continent like America.
By the way , science , if we’re talking about native Europeans read a kit the percentage of Neanderthal genes in Europeans , compared to any other non European. We are all humans , yes , but there are still differences.
But even so , I was not talking about races now , but about concrete native Europeans , that from some reasons , you decided does not exist.
So wouldn't I but I'm white
Germans speaking English is just the cutest accent ever. And Jana is so gorgeous and classy. I've never seen her news show, but from this she seems like a great reporter!
amy benje you have to be virtuous and openly accept and cheer on blacks because they’re historically failures and we live in the age of participation awards.
I also really enjoy hearing Jana speak English, and I think I'm being seduced by her accent, appearance and intelligence...have mercy Jana!
I think Filipinos speaking English is...
+King-Emperor - ...Or rather we live in an age of brainwashing, liberalism, propaganda, and political correctness. But actual racism, is none of those things.
LOL
It’s good to know we are everywhere. If I die and come back, I want to come back black! I love who I am, I love the black life, the food, the culture, my beautiful body color ,yummy!!
Yesss sis!
I'll take the bad and the good - all of this beautiful existence!
And soon we will out number the white. I am definitely sure about this
why you need to be everywhere?!
@@Superpius91 Maybe in numbers but never in power or money. remember that.
@@CorntwallLipstickQueen We wait and see.
Awesome video.... I'm currently living in Germany. I'm from the USA but I've been living here for 4 months....Once again awesome video and the content.
Happy Black History Month !
i had a colleague who had the same problems with her workplace because of traditional african hairstyle which wasn't anything exotic just different hairstyle ,
what i dont like more than even racism is prejudice and hidden arrogance
Loved this! Black people are so beautiful. Haters gonna hate!😀✌🏽
All races are beautiful
Ana Maria Gutierrez but she specifically said black people are beautiful, so let it be.
@@anamariagutierrez2019 I agree with u
@@anamariagutierrez2019 we all from one father adam
@@bgrace8 Every human being is beautifull for his or her colour hate and racism is disease
Her father is from Zimbabwe and that’s my home country as well… it’s a pity she had to go to foster homes but she said she is happy with how her childhood ended up and that’s the most important thing
Thats so nice to hear as a fellow Zimbabwean im happy she was adopted and is happy
This is a really cool documentary !
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.