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Gerald · 12-30-10, 05:21 AM

What does a true German look like? Or rather, what do Germans think a true German looks like? The question is at the core of a debate which simmers - and occasionally boils over - as Germany tries to define itself in an age of migration.Gunter Piening, for example, thinks his blond hair and blue eyes make him the picture of German-ness - but he doesn't like that perception.He is Berlin's Commissioner for Integration and Migration, and he told the BBC: "A lot of people think that 'German' is an ethnic category - that Germans are blond and blue eyed."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12090328

Note: 30 December 2010 Last updated at 05:56 GMT

12-30-10, 05:21 AM	#1
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Germans wrestle with multicultural identity What does a true German look like? Or rather, what do Germans think a true German looks like? The question is at the core of a debate which simmers - and occasionally boils over - as Germany tries to define itself in an age of migration.Gunter Piening, for example, thinks his blond hair and blue eyes make him the picture of German-ness - but he doesn't like that perception.He is Berlin's Commissioner for Integration and Migration, and he told the BBC: "A lot of people think that 'German' is an ethnic category - that Germans are blond and blue eyed." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12090328 Note: 30 December 2010 Last updated at 05:56 GMT __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie