Germany is Not the Anti-Racist Model We’re Looking For

Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, photo by Marius Serban

Over the past few weeks I have come across a number of posts heralding Germany as a model for how to reckon with grave atrocities committed at the national level. This narrative is not new, but it has again gained traction as statues commemorating Confederate generals, colonial leaders, and others are torn down across the country and around the world. In the eight years I spent living in Germany…