Colouring Between the Lines: what the experience of Black Germans in Nazi Germany tell us about systems of racial oppression in general and antisemitism in particular

In this talk, Professor Gary Younge will discuss what German Colonialism and the experience of Black Germans in Nazi Germany can tell us about systems of racial oppression.

Gary Younge is an award-winning author, broadcaster and a Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester. Formerly a columnist and US correspondent at The Guardian he is an editorial board member of the Nation magazine and winner of the 2023 Orwell Prize for Journalism. He also co-presents a podcast called ‘Over the top and Under the Radar’. He has written six books, most recently Dispatches from the Diaspora: From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter (OR Books, 2023), and writes for several publications, including The New York Review of Books, Granta, GQ, The Financial Times and The New Statesman. He has also made radio and television documentaries on subjects ranging from gay marriage to Brexit. He has six honorary degrees and has won awards on both sides of the Atlantic for his books and journalism which focus on issues of race, identity, equality and social movements. His current work focusses primarily on post-war Black Europe.  

This event is part of the conference, Anti-racism and antisemitism, 18 September 2024, hosted by the Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism. Bringing together perspectives from the social sciences, history and advocacy, this conference will explore the grounds on which to build a coherent and encompassing anti-racist politics and examine how to overcome the problems that stand in its way.

We are grateful for the support of the Centre for Research on Antisemitism, Technical University Berlin.