Özdemir in criticism: dispute over migration background escalated!

Özdemir in criticism: dispute over migration background escalated!

In Germany, a controversy is currently heating the minds that made a comment from the Green Minister of Agriculture Cem Özdemir. In the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung", Özdemir reported unpleasant experiences that his daughter had in Berlin, with men playing a central role with a migration background. These statements led to both consent and criticism, because they look like they were operating racist stereotypes and playing the AfD into their hands. Nevertheless, Özdemir received support from migrant circles.

ninve Ermagan, a journalist with assyan roots, commented in the same newspaper and told about personal experiences with harassment that she had experienced in German cities. She describes it impressively how her husband recovered, persecuted them and reacted aggressively in the event of rejection. Recently she was even threatened by a man who, after a clear "no", shouts at her with the words: "Why are you not interested? I want to fuck you!". Ermagan emphasizes that such incidents are not isolated cases and raises an appeal to German politics: there is a problem with men from patriarchal countries whose image of women is often problematic.

a passionate debate

Özdemir's comments have triggered a broad discussion, and Ermagan also sees part of the problem in the "progressive left" when it tries to turn such topics under the carpet. On the "X" platform, formerly Twitter, she received a lot of applause for her brave article. Özdemir himself expressed Ermagan, while the ZDF presenter Mitri Sirin also praised her words. At the same time, both were faced with sharp criticism, for example by author Annika Brockschmidt, who branded the discourse as clichéd and racist. More details on this topic can be found in a detailed report on www.focus.de .

This discussion is reinforced by other voices, such as Michael Kyrath, who is affected by the loss of his daughter Ann-Marie to domestic violence. In an open letter to Özdemir, Kyrath condemned that politics had exposed too little in his case. Allegations that are sharp and bitter aim to demand a greater examination of violence by migrants in Germany. Kyrath emphasizes that many parents have contacted him with similar fates, whereupon he described five recurring patterns in the deeds. What they all unite: the feeling that the reactions of those responsible always follow the same phrases.

a wake -up call to politics

Özdemir's opening for the topic is perceived as a turning point, but not without criticism. The demands in the room are clear: it takes a serious discussion about migrant violence and the effects of patriarchal structures that must not be accompanied by the establishment of stereotypes. So what follows are urgent questions for German society and politics, how such topics should be handled in the future without solidifying racist narratives. A comprehensive overview of the situation is the report on www.focus.de .