- A swimming day in Berlin providing Black children and their families exclusive access to a pool has been cancelled following a wave of racist abuse.
- The event, organised by the Volksbühne theatre and anti-racism project Each One Teach One, aimed to address barriers that deter Black children from swimming.
- Right-wing politicians, including Alternative für Deutschland co-leader Alice Weidel , sparked backlash by falsely labelling the initiative as racial segregation.
- Organisers called off the session after concluding they could no longer guarantee the safety of registered attendees following severe online incitement.
- Hundreds of people subsequently demonstrated against anti-Black racism outside the theatre, while Berlin's anti-discrimination senator called the cancellation unacceptable.
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Swimming day for Black children in Berlin scrapped after racist threats and right wing outrage
