German lawmaker deletes post on football players' skin color – DW – 06/20/2024
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Greens lawmaker Katrin Göring-Eckardt apologized for the post made after Germany's 2-0 win against Hungary. It comes after a survey showed 21% of Germans would like to see more white players on the national team.

Greens lawmaker Katrin Göring-Eckardt apologized for the post made after Germany’s 2-0 win against Hungary. It comes after a survey showed 21% of Germans would like to see more white players on the national team.

German lawmaker Katrin Göring-Eckardt on Thursday deleted a social media post commenting on the skin color of German football players after it was met with backlash.

She apologized for the post made after Germany’s 2-0 victory over Hungary in their second Euro 2024 stage match on Wednesday.

Göring-Eckhardt is a member of the Greens and vice president of the Bundestag, Germany’s lower house of parliament.

“This team is truly exceptional. Just imagine if there were only white German players,” the German lawmaker reportedly said in the now-deleted post on platform X, formerly Twitter.

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    “This team is truly exceptional. Just imagine if there were only white German players,” the German lawmaker reportedly said in the now-deleted post on platform X, formerly Twitter.

    After removing the post, Göring-Eckhardt apologized, saying: “I was upset that 21% of Germans would prefer to see more ‘whites’ in the national team.”

    “I am proud of this team, and I hope that we can convince the remaining 21%,” she added. “I’m sorry about the way I worded it.”

    She said something that could be taken the opposite of what she meant, so she deleted it and apologized…

    I have zero idea why people in this thread are upset about that.

    Too many people these days think if you apologize it means the other person “wins” I guess. They’re not interested in talking about stuff, just having slap fights. So someone acting like an adult just breaks their brains. They can’t imagine someone handling it like a reasonable person.