Kemi Badenoch and the rightwingers. Making sense of the bizzare phenomenon of black people supporting and being supported by racists and fascists.
Insights about living and working in Germany
by The Foreigner's Journal
1y ago
Kemi Badenoch, a black woman contestant in the ongoing search for Boris Johnson's replacement was recently endorsed by Britain First, a fascist party in Britain. What is this about? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information ..read more
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Abortion laws in Germany expose how progressive the US Roe vs Wade laws really were
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by The Foreigner's Journal
2y ago
Thoughts and reflections about abortion laws in Germany and how progressive the US really was prior to their supreme court striking down the laws legalizing abortions. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information ..read more
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German pacifists and the Ukraine question
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by The Foreigner's Journal
2y ago
Is it fair to demand for peace from the attacked? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information ..read more
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Is it possible to be friends with people you disagree with politically?
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by The Foreigner's Journal
2y ago
The Britannica defines friendship as a "state of enduring affection, esteem, intimacy, and trust between two people."Is it possible to be friends with people you disagree with politically? Some people would say yes, but I have my reservations.In this episode, I share my thoughts and reflections on why I think that this is not possible. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information ..read more
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Why Whoopi Goldberg was right. The holocaust was not just about race.
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by The Foreigner's Journal
2y ago
Whoopi Goldberg was this week suspended from 'The View', an American TV show because she said that the Holocaust was not about race. This issue is complicated, and it is disappointing to see the superficial outrage and the subsequent suspension of Whoopi Goldberg. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information ..read more
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Why Gil Olfarim’s lie about being ordered to remove his Star of David chain is a tragedy not just to his fellow Jews but to all victims of discrimination
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by The Foreigner's Journal
2y ago
Gil Olfarim's gift to anti-semites. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information ..read more
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The most remarkable things about the just concluded German elections
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by The Foreigner's Journal
2y ago
Thoughts and reflections on Germany's elections. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information ..read more
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Crazy ways elections in Germany and Kenya differ
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by The Foreigner's Journal
2y ago
German elections are not just unemotional but are a master class on how to do elections right.When looked at from the prism of my birth country Kenya, one can only describe them as peculiar. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information ..read more
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Why do right wingers from Europe and America love going to Africa?
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by The Foreigner's Journal
2y ago
The Querdenker, the German equivalent of Qanon have been encouraging their followers to move to Africa. One of their leading lights, Bodo Schiffmann is at the forefront of encouraging the move to Tanzania. From Africa, they plan to fight to free Germans from Angela Merkel's "Corona dictatorship." What is this about? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information ..read more
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The cancel culture myth; the incredible story of Jens Lehman, Denis Aogo, Boris Palmer and their racist rhetorik
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by The Foreigner's Journal
2y ago
A former German national football keeper Jens Lehman, a former professional and national football player Denis Aogo and the current Greens party mayor of the city of Tübingen Boris Palmer and their supporters probably believe that they are victims of cancel culture. But are they really? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information ..read more
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