Dieter Nuhr on Alice Haster’s bestseller: “Too racist!”

“Too racist!”: Nuhr criticizes the bestselling author – without having read her book

More criticism for comedian Dieter Nuhr. In his ARD program, he made erroneous and questionable claims. He receives a shit storm promptly.

In his show “Nuhr im Erste” on Thursday evening Dieter Nuhr showed the book “What White People Don’t Want to Hear About Racism – But They Should Know” by journalist and podcaster Alice Hasters. It quickly became clear that he hadn’t looked inside. Because, as the 60-year-old pointed out, “the title was a little too racist” for him.

«Believing that the color of the skin – whether it is white or black, it doesn’t matter – automatically implies a certain attitude, this is classic racism. The woman seriously claims that as a white man I am automatically a racist, “Nuhr said in his show and then made a statement himself:” The book was a huge success in the United States. ”

And again: “To be honest, I believe that this form of pseudo-intellectuality of an arrogant left is largely responsible for the fact that there may be something like Donald Trump.”

Author Alice Hasters responded to Nuhr’s statements via Twitter. He simply writes: “Did you already know that my book was a ‘big hit’ in the United States?” The fact is: the book has not yet been translated into English.

Alice Hasters, born in Cologne in 1989, published her book last year. He has a podcast, studied journalism in Munich and works as a freelancer. Among other things, she wrote lyrics for “Die Zeit”, gives lectures and was, for example, a guest on the talk shows “Anne Will” and “Kölner Treff”. In his bestseller “What Whites Don’t Want to Hear About Racism – But They Should Know,” he recounts his experiences with everyday racism.

Moderator Dunya Hayali and rapper Lady Bitch Ray also spoke on Twitter. Reactions to Nuhr’s statements can be found here.

“Somewhere in this empty, echoing room it makes very faint beeps”

Jo Lendle, editor of Hanser Verlag, in which Alice Hasters’ book appeared, also comments on the subject. A copy of the book is already on its way in the mail to Dieter Nuhr, he writes on Facebook. And also:

Nuhr has repeatedly drawn criticism from various quarters. He sparked protests when he tweeted at the start of the corona pandemic in Germany in March: “We have a disease rate of 0.0001 percent of the population. So I would like to perform only on the weekend … ”This statement was also criticized later, when he took part in the online campaign # fürdasWissen at the request of the German Research Foundation (DFG).

In an interview with dpa, Nuhr recently pointed out: “I am neither a crown nor a climate denier, I am not an idiot. I want a differentiated vision of things “.