Racism in Public Debate

In the summer of 2020, the killing of George Floyd sparked Black Lives Matter protests which reverberated far beyond the United States. In Germany, these protests triggered an intense public reckoning with racism, which played out across traditional and social media platforms. Ana-Nzinga Weiß analysed this debate as it moved between political talk shows on public service broadcasting, YouTube, and Instagram, asking who gained visibility, authority, and legitimacy. The result is a nuanced account of how intersectional power relations shape democratic discourse in an increasingly hybrid media landscape.