Senate abolishes migration background in police computer - https://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/senat-schafft-migrationshintergrund-im-polizeicomputer-ab https://www

Senate abolishes migration background in police computer - https://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/senat-schafft-migrationshintergrund-im-polizeicomputer-ab https://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/senat-schafft-migrationshint... One can expect nothing but dishonesty from the press in this area. When reporting on criminal offenses, care must be taken to ensure that mentioning that the suspect or perpetrator belongs to an ethnic, religious or other minority group does not lead to a discriminatory generalization of individual misconduct. As a rule, the affiliation should not be mentioned unless there is a justified public interest. It should be noted that mentioning it could fuel prejudice against minorities. - https://www.presserat.de/leitsaetze-zur-richtlinie-12-1.html https://www.presserat.de/leitsaetze-zur-richtlinie-12-1.html In contrast, no care is needed for positive news, and identifying immigrant background moves to the start of the title: “17-year-old refugee saves girls from attackers,” Welt, October 18, 2012 - https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article147730045/17-jaehriger-Fluechtling-rettet-Maedchen-vor-Prueglern.html https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article147730045/17-jaehrige... “Syrian saves toddler’s life,” STN, June 28, 2018 - https://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.junge-faellt-in-meschede-in-fluss-syrer-rettet-kleinkind-das-leben.9994aa1f-860c-4c6e-86aa-487072adbd60.html https://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.junge-faellt-i... “Refugee saves the lives of crash victims in Osnabrück,” Welt, October 3, 2016 - https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article153158281/Fluechtling-rettet-Absturzopfern-in-Osnabrueck-das-Leben.html https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article153158281/Fluechtling... “Refugee saves boy from drowning,” General-Anzeiger, May 28, 2016 - https://ga.de/bonn/stadt-bonn/fluechtling-rettet-jungen-vor-dem-ertrinken_aid-42873143 https://ga.de/bonn/stadt-bonn/fluechtling-rettet-jungen-vor-... “Refugee saves young man from drowning in the reservoir,” Ronnen Dësch, July 23, 2019 - https://ronnendesch.lu/flu%cc%88chtling-rettet-jungen-mann-vor-dem-ertrinken-im-stausee/ https://ronnendesch.lu/flu%cc%88chtling-rettet-jungen-mann-v... “Syrian refugees rescue NPD politicians from destroyed car,” Frankfurter Allgemeine, March 22, 2016 - https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/syrer-retten-npd-politiker-aus-zerstoerten-pkw-14139817.html https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/syrer-retten-npd-... “Former refugees receive A-levels – touching video,” Merker, July 7, 2020 - https://www.merkur.de/politik/abitur-fluechtlinge-syrer-berlin-franziska-giffey-video-schule-integration-gymnasium-erfolg-zr-13808133.html https://www.merkur.de/politik/abitur-fluechtlinge-syrer-berl... “From Refugee to High School Graduate – the Story of Khadija Alakhras,” Lokal26, July 18, 2020 - https://lokal26.de/esens/werdum-20-jaehrige-macht-abitur-vom-fluechtling-zur-abiturientin-die-geschichte-von-khadija-alakhras_a_50,9,719744186-blocked.html https://lokal26.de/esens/werdum-20-jaehrige-macht-abitur-vom... “African Immigrants Are Often Among the Better Educated,” Welt, October 21, 2019 - https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article202220758/UN-Studie-Afrikanische-Migranten-gehoeren-oft-zu-den-besser-Gebildeten.html https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article202220758/UN-Stud... “Most Refugees Bring With Them Strong Basic Democratic Attitudes,” Der Tagesspiegel, July 22, 2019 - https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/forschung-ueber-migranten-die-meisten-fluechtlinge-bringen-starke-demokratische-grundeinstellungen-mit/24683822.html https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/forschung-ueber-migrante... Thus the German press mirrors the venerable New York Times, who put race front and center when the perpetrator is white and the victim black: A Black Virginia Girl Says White Classmates Cut Her Dreadlocks at a Playground - https://web.archive.org/web/20190927202007/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/27/us/dreadlocks-cut-off-immanuel-christian-school.html https://web.archive.org/web/20190927202007/https://www.nytim... But when the accusation turned out to be false, race ceased to be relevant and vanished from the title: Update: Virginia Girl Recants Story of Assault, and Family Apologizes - https://web.archive.org/web/20191001003852/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/27/us/dreadlocks-cut-off-immanuel-christian-school.html https://web.archive.org/web/20191001003852/https://www.nytim...