Rassismus im Fußball: Kein Einzelfall, sondern strukturelle Realität - Deutschland vor der EM

In the organizer's words:

Racism in soccer is reduced to individual scandals. Yet the entire sports industry is held together by racist structures.

Many people in Germany believe that black and white players have different dispositions. Black people are considered to be powerful athletes, for example, but they are hardly given any opportunities as coaches or board members. These racist thought patterns have persisted in society since colonialism, and they also play a role in the language of the sports media or in the promotion of talent.

How can soccer contribute to raising awareness of racism ahead of the 2024 European Championships in Germany? And what can clubs and associations do to increase diversity in the top echelons of sport?

We will be discussing these and other questions at the legendary stadium on Schleißheimer Straße:

Ronny Blaschke
is an author and journalist who specializes in political issues in sport and works for Deutschlandfunk, Süddeutsche Zeitung and Frankfurter Rundschau, among others. With "Spielfeld der Herrenmenschen - Kolonialismus und Rassismus im Fußball", his sixth book, he wants to initiate a debate.

Lisa Braner
has been a volunteer with Löwenfans gegen Rechts for 10 years.
Löwenfans gegen Rechts (LFGR) is a group of TSV 1860 Munich soccer fans that has existed in various formations since 1995 and works together against racism, fascism, homophobia, sexism and repression - in the stadium and beyond.

Dr. Özgür Özvatan
is a political sociologist with a special focus on social research, especially integration, extremism, environmental and democracy research. He studied Interdisciplinary Social Sciences at the Humboldt University of Berlin, completed his doctorate at the Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences (BGSS), was a Visiting Fellow at the University of Melbourne and a Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto.

Pablo Thiam
has played as a Bundesliga professional for clubs including 1. FC Köln, VfB Stuttgart, FC Bayern Munich and VFL Wolfsburg. The football manager is committed to fighting racism and supports disadvantaged children.

Moderation:

Rachel Etse
is an education officer in the project Zusammen1/MAKKABI Deutschland e.V. and is currently doing her doctorate at JGU Mainz on the topic of "Insult culture in German men's soccer".