WDR (public TV channel)/Germany's handball players are too "white and German" to make the sport attractive to immigrants

Germany - The WDR (public TV channel) has just launched a poisoned debate: German handball is suddenly considered too "white" .

(…) Handball players are too “white and German” to make the sport attractive to people with an immigrant background.

A toxic debate has broken out on social networks: Is the WDR's fight against alleged racism itself conducted with racist arguments?

(…) The WDR has published a contribution on the theme of immigration and sport which has been the subject of numerous criticisms (…) A twelve-minute documentary dating from January 12 is entitled “Handball in Germany: White and German become a problem . "

The documentary criticizes the fact that the German Handball Federation (DHB) does not get close enough to people of immigrant background, does not include them and focuses instead on players of German origin.

TBV Lemgo youth coach Yilmaz Dogan advances the thesis that the German Handball Federation follows the motto "they should rather stay where they are and not come to us" when it comes to people from the 'immigration.

Among people of foreign origin in Germany, there is " no desire to watch" handball matches, because there are "only blond heads, few black heads" in the national handball team . (...) [link to www.bild.de (secure)]