Re: [Cz-L] Otto von Habsburg in Czernovitz

No argumennt with the German language, only with how the term
"Schwarzafrikaner" is (mis-)used.

Other center-left newspapers usually describe suspects by their
nationality. Krone insists on calling them Schwarzafrikaner. The
best example of this was the 1999 death of Marcus Omofuma, a Nigerian
asylum seeker who died in the custody of immigration officials while
he was being deported by plane. The pro-Haider Krone referred to him
consistently as "Schwarzafrikaner". It subsequently painted him as a
drug dealing Schwarzafrikaner (see
http://www.krone-blog.at/index.php?/archives/157-Omofuma-war-ein-Drogendealer.html),
although this was later determined as false.

My point was that Herr Otto was well within the range of acceptable
expression in modern Austria and, not unlike Austrian anti-semites
before WWII (http://www.cultsock.org/index.php?page=propaganda/pol5.html),
too readily blamed the ills of modern American society on its racial
minority.

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 2:00 PM, cornel fleming
<cornel.fleming_at_virgin.net> wrote:
> Hi Mark, the word Schwarzafrikaner is used throughout the German-speaking
> world to differentiate these people from the inhabitants of the opposite
> side of Africa...like the Egyptians who also happen to be Africans..etc.!!
> Cornel.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bounce-37791168-8441035_at_list.cornell.edu
> [mailto:bounce-37791168-8441035_at_list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Mark
> Wiznitzer
> Sent: 22 July 2011 15:57
> To: CZERNOWITZ-L
> Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Otto von Habsburg in Czernovitz
>
> My two cents.
>
> Like most on this list, I appreciate the Habsburg era in the Bukovina,
> as my father was born there late in the enlightened reign of Kaiser
> Franz Joseph.
>
> My knowledge of Otto's history is limited.  But I did meet him in
> October 2004, when he was the commencement speaker for my Executive
> MBA diploma ceremony at the IMADEC university in Vienna, where I lived
> for seven years.  My recollection of his speech, however, was not very
> positive.   And what sticks out most in my memory were his comments
> tinged with subtle racist allusions that attributed America's
> competitive weakness to its social diversity.  Anyone who has spent
> time in Austria will appreciate that such statements are not out of
> character in modern-day Austria, where newspaper headlines by the
> right-wing Krone Zeitung's regularly refer to "Schwarzafrikaner" drug
> dealers (see
> http://www.krone.at/Oesterreich/Razzia_Polizei_verhaftet_50_Schwarzafrikaner
> -Guertel_abgesperrt-Story-30665),
> rather than specifying their Kenyan or Ghanaian nationality.  There
> was a time when Jews were similarly vilified in Vienna, but I doubt
> that Otto would have recognized the prejudice implicit in his
> analysis.
>
> So whatever his accomplishments, and I suspect they were commendable,
> my own limited experience was that Otto also had his shortcomings.
>
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