Certainly celebrate on Sylt: Club Pony fights racism!

Certainly celebrate on Sylt: Club Pony fights racism!

At Pentecost 2024, the Nobelort Kampen on Sylt will again be a popular meeting place for celebrations from all over Germany. The focus is on the five days of celebrations in the club pony. After an incident in the previous year, in which guests grossed racist slogans during the song "L’Amour Toujours" by Gigi d’Agostino, the operators of the club tries to prepare themselves and to improve the climate of celebrations. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports that the incident, which was triggered by public outrage and from celebrities like the then Federal Chancellor Scholz was convicted, the operator has prompted to take measures.

The operators of the pony have clear plans for the coming year. In addition to the establishment of so-called Safe-Places, where guests can report on discomfort, position plans and signs at the entrance will provide information about the position of the club against racism. In addition, special inlet bracelets are awarded that underline the club's anti-racism position. Tom Kinder, the operator of the club, confidently commented on the upcoming parties and stated that the ticket sales are stable.

Investigations and consequences from the incident

In the course of the incident on the terrace of the pony bar on Pentecost Saturday 2024, in which more than 500 celebrating people were present, a video of what was happening became viral and led to nationwide outrage. The party guests roared, among other things, slogans like "Foreigners out! Germany out of the German! Foreigners!". A man showed the right arm and indicated a Hitler Bärtchen, which triggered additional outrage, such as Tagesschau

The Flensburg public prosecutor's office started investigations against four people, but hired the proceedings against three suspects, since the criminal offense of the sedition was not fulfilled. Chief Prosecutor Thorkild Petersen Thrö said that there were no special circumstances for an indictment for incitement. A 26-year-old man was given a suspended order to pay him to pay 2,500 euros to a non-profit organization, but lawyer Björn Elberling pointed out that the punishment could be considered mild

racism and discrimination in Germany

The discussion about racism and discrimination is of great importance in Germany. According to an analysis on Statista , the most frequent advisory inquiries from the federal anti-discrimination position in 2023 show a significant increase in reports on topics such as ethnic origin, racism and Anti -Semitism. A worrying trend that points out that 16.2 percent of Germans are classified as xenophobic. Those who fall into the gray area of ​​xenophobia even make up 30.3 percent.

The incidents in Kampen are part of a major problem that society has to actively address. Discrimination is often evident in condescending behavior or insults and can even lead to physical attacks. Awareness of such behaviors has increased in recent years, which is evident in a higher number of reports. It is to be hoped that the measures of the club and the social examination of the topic of racism lead to a positive change.