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BVG installs new signs as Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße replaces controversial “M-Strasse”
The name was long regarded as one of the most distasteful remnants of German colonial thinking. For years, activist-led initiatives protested against the name Mohrenstrasse, or “Moor’s Street”, in Mitte, pointing out that the word – once widely used to refer to Black people – carried an offensive and racist legacy.
The debate dragged on for years and inspired much graffiti in the area. Ordinary citizens would often add an umlaut to the “o”, turning the name into Möhrenstrasse, or “Carrot Street”.
BVG installs new signs as Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße replaces controversial “M-Strasse”
The name was long regarded as one of the most distasteful remnants of German colonial thinking. For years, activist-led initiatives protested against the name Mohrenstrasse, or “Moor’s Street”, in Mitte, pointing out that the word – once widely used to refer to Black people – carried an offensive and racist legacy.
The debate dragged on for years and inspired much graffiti in the area. Ordinary citizens would often add an umlaut to the “o”, turning the name into Möhrenstrasse, or “Carrot Street”.
BVG installs new signs as Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße replaces controversial “M-Strasse”
The name was long regarded as one of the most distasteful remnants of German colonial thinking. For years, activist-led initiatives protested against the name Mohrenstrasse, or “Moor’s Street”, in Mitte, pointing out that the word – once widely used to refer to Black people – carried an offensive and racist legacy.
The debate dragged on for years and inspired much graffiti in the area. Ordinary citizens would often add an umlaut to the “o”, turning the name into Möhrenstrasse, or “Carrot Street”.
BVG installs new signs as Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße replaces controversial “M-Strasse”
The name was long regarded as one of the most distasteful remnants of German colonial thinking. For years, activist-led initiatives protested against the name Mohrenstrasse, or “Moor’s Street”, in Mitte, pointing out that the word – once widely used to refer to Black people – carried an offensive and racist legacy.
The debate dragged on for years and inspired much graffiti in the area. Ordinary citizens would often add an umlaut to the “o”, turning the name into Möhrenstrasse, or “Carrot Street”.
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You can see video of someone in a giant pink bunny suit doing some guerilla umlaut-ing at https://www.youtube.com/watch....
You can see video of someone in a giant pink bunny suit doing some guerilla umlaut-ing at https://www.youtube.com/watch....
