Plan to exclude white swimmers from Berlin public pool event triggers backlash

Organisers cancel one-day event after slew of ‘threatening and racist’ emails

The Volksbuehne theatre and the anti-racism organization Each One Teach One (EOTO) had intended the event, for Black “children, young people and their relatives”, as “a positive measure to support structurally disadvantaged groups”.

A six-hour swimming event for Black children and teenagers at Berlin’s Volksbad was called-off amidst a wave of threats and online abuse triggered by German right-wing leaders.

The theatre said they cancelled the event because of safety concerns.