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| German Army in New Racism Row |
| 2007-04-15 |
| A video showing a German army instructor telling one of his soldiers to envision African-Americans in the Bronx while firing his machine gun was broadcast Saturday on national television. The instructor tells the soldier, "You are in the Bronx. A black van is stopping in front of you. Three African-Americans are getting out and they are insulting your mother in the worst ways ... Act." The soldier fires his machine gun several times and yells an obscenity several times in English. The instructor then tells the soldier to curse even louder. A little more at the link. Via Davids Medienkritik. Actual video here. WARNING: Naughty words. I laughed at the soldier firing off rounds and rote insults at the same time. But seriously: the hell? "Imagine your enemy..." I can see that, even if it isn't politically correct. But when was the last time Germany was invaded by the Crips? The Germans got some kind of complex about this? Too many movies? Or is it a video game thing? |
| Posted by:Angie Schultz |
| #2 It's older than that, A5089. Consider Karl May. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2007-04-15 21:41 |
| #1 Don't forget the prevalence of US pop culture in Europe; name a tv cop show, and there's good chance it's been aired here (I'm waiting for the sixth and final Sopranos season, I'm pretty sure Tony's not gonna make it), not to mention american movies and american music. So, the ubiquitous blang gangsta from the Bronx is quite real, in its cultural archetype guise. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2007-04-15 13:22 |