Clarissa's Blog

An article in the NYTIMES Magazine chides Germans for not being too welcoming to refugees. “I had no idea what people were saying,” the reporter chirps stupidly, “But it sounded like they said the word ‘refugee’ and they didn’t look pleased!” You can practically see the reporter ooze superiority to these anti-refugee bastards.

The article is accompanied by a photo featuring a group of refugees and Germans together. The photo is captioned “Evelyn Beilhack, Beni Beilhack, right, and Luca Beilhack, second from right, with refugees from Syria at the residence for asylum seekers in Eisenärzt.” Note that the refugees are not entitled to names while the Germans get the same last name repeated 3 times. Refugees are a backdrop to the Beilhacks who are treated as individuals and not as a concept.

Those who are the most self-righteous are usually the greatest bigots.