BERLIN: A Berlin theater that has set up an outdoor swimming pool scrapped plans Friday to reserve it for black children and young people for one afternoon, citing a backlash and security fears sparked by “racist agitation.” The Volksbuehne theater and the anti-racism organization Each One Teach One (EOTO) had intended the event, for black “children, young people and their relatives,” as “a positive measure to support structurally disadvantaged groups.” However, they said this had sparked inflammatory media coverage as well as racist emails and threats of violence that had raised safety concer

Ein Tag im Volksbad nur für schwarze Menschen: Die Ankündigung sorgte für Empörung. Doch statt sich zu erklären, duckt sich das Theater vor der Debatte weg.

Die Berliner Volksbühne bietet in der Theaterpause kostenloses Schwimmen in einem eigens eingerichteten Becken an. Der Plan, einen Tag für schwarze Gäste zu reservieren, führt zum…