Being black in Germany: Patrick Mushatsi Kareba

PATRICK MUSHATSI-KEREBA is a Media Executive with profound background in music, digital distribution, media partnerships, product launch and development. Since 2008 he works for the Apple GmbH as iTunes Head Of Music GSA, Italy & PAN Europe.
A journey through the past, presence and future of Black German identity and racism told by Jermain Raffington, supported by FairPlanet. Read the full dossier on racism here: www.fairplanet...
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[@kaleidojess]

It's such a beautiful language. Listen to that !

[@worldpeace1822]

Ich finds Klasse was ihr hier macht! Bei allen Problemen die in einer Gesellschaft herrschen mögen ist es immer wichtig zu zeigen, dass eine Identität und Zusammengehörigkeit nicht an Oberflächlichkeiten festzumachen ist.

[@MrMurgen]

Hey sehr schöner Kanal. Die Interviews gefallen mir super. Wirklich spannend mal den Blickwinkel von deutschen kennenzulernen die nicht dem stereotyp entsprechen.

[@Cocoyabu]

Oh I love the sound of the German language 😍💞

[@upd84u]

Absolut gut, dass hier in dieser Serie lauter beispielhafte schwarze Deutsche gezeigt werden. Denn es fehlt einfach für die meisten an Erfahrungen (auch medialer Art), die einem schwarze Deutsche zur Alltäglichkeit werden lassen.

[@S3thc0n]

Danke für die Einsicht! Übrigens, bei 3:11 übersetzt ihr 'prozentual höher' als 'in the majority', das wird glaube ich leicht als '>50%' missverstanden.

[@MartinAmbrosiusHackl]

Vielen Dank für diese sehr guten Videos!

[@mikecarter5275]

Racism takes on a different depth of meaning depending on whether the particular culture practiced Slavery and Colonial occupation Germany has done much less of this compared with day Britain ,US, France , Holland, Belgium etc

[@xornxenophon3652]

Nearly every culture practiced slavery and colonization (and even genocide) at one point of their history or another. Greece did, Rome did, Egypt did, Assyria did, Sumeria did, the Ottoman Empire and many islamic nations did so and countless other did it too. Even almost all African cultures practiced slavery! Colonization of Afrika by European powers lasted less than one century (approximately from 1860 to 1960). So this it is but a footnote in history when compared to 8.000 years of history! In 100 years, people most likely will not know or care more about this than they know or care about Napoleon or the ancient Romans.

[@ileanaacacostaacosta1813]

German experiment in Africa was too short only 31 years , they owe Africans nothing

[@Haffelpaff]

Ich bin ja tolerant, aber mir gefallen Harleys besser :D

[@achkind6067]

Ich halte mich auch für einen recht toleranten Menschen, aber ich kann mich weder mit Ducatis von mit Harley identifizieren. Honda ist einfach besser.

[@zoemunlyn352]

This is amazing, I would love to contact you via email to ask you a few questions for a research project I am doing. I will be in Germany during the fall.

[@tamara-kurosimonalale5238]

Ich bin ein stolzer Nigerianer, obwohl ich Deutschland mag

[@nathancoleman7235]

Jermain Jermain you are a pain! Nathan is black to,he lives in America,but still Jermain Jermain you are a 21st century pain!

[@Grasomat]

Man sollte ethnische Diversität nicht verherrlichen. Es gibt inzwischen genug wissenschaftliche Beweise, wie schädlich dies für eine Gesellschaft ist.

[@themoonisaspacestation]

+Grasomat Eine humogäne Gesellschaft ist das beste Gut was es gibt.

[@sheniquabrown3852]

Ach und wie genau, diese Beweise hätt ich gern

[@Grasomat]

sheniqua brown esr.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/08/20/esr.jcv081.full

[@stefanb6539]

+Grasomat Die Ergebnisse in dem Artikel den du verlinkt hast deuten darauf hin, dass Diversität verstärkt zu Rassismus führt, der problematisch ist. Lustig, dass das dann gern von Rassisten als Argument verwendet wird.

[@Grasomat]

Stefan B Falsch. Wie wäre es die Studie mal zu lesen. Oder bist du jemand der alles auf Rassismus runterkocht?

[@birikunzira7183]

Which origin is his father ? Name sounds Ugandan or Rwandanese

[@neejohnenjegekkiv5370]

I don`t get it though. Why do people make these being black in Germany videos? I never see a being black in the UK or a being black in America or a being black in France video. Is it because people subconciously still assume Germans must be racist Nazis? And I can`t imagine being black in Germany is very different from being black in other Western countries though. Except from small towns, people are quite used to seeing black people everywhere in Western-Europe.

[@supererikman5331]

I don't understand why people would think that when modern Germans are far from racist.

[@dovermaskot4441]

"And I can`t imagine " i guess that is part of the problem...

[@kushinaa1XD]

neejohnenjegek Kiv In every beginning of thw vids/series he explains why he does those videos😅..

[@rustyshackleford5300]

This is propaganda to facilitate a genocide of native Europeans and breed them out of their own countries. Teaching white Europeans to hate themselves for their history. Wake up

[@DerTaran]

Rusty Shackleford I always wonder why white supremacists have such an inferiority complex that they are afraid of some immigrants.

[@xornxenophon3652]

Wenn in nach Kenia gehe, werde ich dort, wenn ich weiß bin und blonde oder rote Haare habe, wahrscheinlich auch als "Exot" gelten. Das ist einfach eine Frage der Mengenverhältnisse. Ein einzelner Schwarzer in einem kleinen Städtchen ist mehr oder minder zwangsläufig eine Kuriosität (...habe ich ja noch nie gesehen...). In einer Großtstadt wie New York sieht es hingegen völlig anders aus. Da würde vermutlich selbst ein echter Alien lediglich für verkleidet oder aber für exzentrisch gehalten werden.

[@xornxenophon3652]

Well, my experience is different. I see lots of people in TV and the entertainment industry that look "rather exotic". In my workplace (law firm), a third of my colleagues are turkish, italian, afghan and so on. You cannot expect to see lots of black people in offices if there is but 1 percent of black people in Germany - many of whom are immigrants.

[@nyceone45]

Xorn Xenophon 😆 alone that reply says a lot! I rest my case ! Wow! Am sure the Turkish people who don’t have jobs or Appartement s despite their exceptional qualifications and make whole documentaries about it are nuts. And congratulations to your firm for having white exotic Italians in their law firm. Great! You might be a great person yourself and might assume everyone else is but that’s not true. There is racism out here. And everywhere else’s in the world. We need to fight that and not try to sweep it under the carpet because we are ashamed of it or haven’t experienced it. Have a great day and congratulations on winning the game yesterday 🍾🥂🙌🏽

[@lisemuller6247]

Cooles Projekt :-)

[@lisemuller6247]

+Lise Müller P.S: Patrick ist einfach hammersüß :-*

[@akanyarwanda287]

KAREBA MUSHATSI, SIE SIND EINE HANDSOME RWANDAN, WÜRDEN SIE AUCH STEHEN, IHRE RWANDAN-TEIL-GESCHICHTE ZU KENNEN. HABEN SIE ÜBERTRAGEN, DASS ETWAS ÜBER DAS? KAREBA MUSHATSI, YOU ARE A HANDSOME RWANDAN, YOU WOULD ALSO BE PROUD TO KNOW YOUR RWANDAN PART HISTORY. HAVE YOU TRIED TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THAT?!. ICH BIN RWANDAN AUCH

[@Scoring57]

How is this guy black? He's half white

[@sheniquabrown3852]

So are you just going to deny the other half you idiot?

[@lisemuller6247]

+Scoring57 I guess you're as well not black enough, just measure how much light is reflected from your skin. you need 100% absorption in order to be perflectly black. Good luck trying.

[@BjoernarEricSven]

+sheniqua brown But I think he's got a point. Obama, for example, is usually considered as African-American, although he's just as white as he is black. It's all about perception (and pigeonholing based on said perception).

[@upd84u]

+Björnar Dohm Well, in the US they base(d) their ethnicity on the "one drop (of black blood)" criteria, with absolutely absurd results. But I think we tend to follow the predominant ethnic features (for, black, white/caucasian, middle eastern, indian, asian and latino) and get confused when it is absolutely unclear. Nevertheless we should focuss much more on culture, because that is what really defines us as a person. I think it is a bad thing for black men in general that so many copy the Afro-American rapper-from-the-projects-look for all the stereotypes it is connected with.

[@queenpin1947]

He looks like a man that is just trying to live his life

[@katten838]

Or you could allways go home.

[@ChiaraBells]

Es ist schon irgendwie absurd - weil ich es kaum gewöhnt bin, Schwarze zu sehen, die Deutsch sprechen, habe ich dauernd das Gefühl als wäre das Video synchronisiert (aus dem Englischen, wo ich das gewohnt bin). Mir ist natürlich klar, dass das quatsch ist aber da merkt man schon den Bias - schwer das loszuwerden. Die Untertitel helfen da natürlich gar nicht. Ich schaue mal fröhlich weiter und hoffe es hilft.

[@s7umpf]

jetzt hab ich dashier angeklickt.. und lass nen kommentar, weil's mich 0 interessiert! warum? mir ist die "farbe" kackegal. peace