Scrapping of Berlin swimming day for Black children becomes latest in long list of race-linked pool rows

Scrapping of Berlin swimming day for Black children becomes latest in long list of race-linked pool rows

Rightwing voices seize on plans to offer Black children an exclusive afternoon at an outdoor pool in the German capital It was meant to be an outing for Black children in Berlin and their families, offering them an exclusive afternoon at an outdoor pool set up by a local theatre. But the plans, slated for earlier this month, had to be scrapped after they were seized on by rightwing and conservative voices to whip up…