Political Science department positions itself on the topic of racism at the University of Kassel

Resolutely confronting racism - at the University and in the city of Kassel

The university is becoming more international. We experience it as a great enrichment that students from all over the world study in Kassel - and that they share their world view and their experiences with us. In any case, our student body and university staff are diverse and unite people from a wide range of backgrounds and affiliations. We experience this diversity as an enrichment in everyday university life. At the same time, we are shocked that our students are increasingly telling us that they are the target of racist attacks. In an escalating social crisis, right-wing forces are creating a political mood with misanthropic attitudes - and declaring people who do not fit into their crude world view to be enemies. Against this backdrop, the question arises as to how we can better protect members of the university affected by racism from attacks - and what we can do together to stop anti-human political forces.